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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Pear Fruit Sawfly

Hoplocampa brevis

About

A small, dark sawfly that is a pest of pear orchards. Larvae bore into developing pear fruitlets, causing premature fruit drop.

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Did You Know?

Infested young pears often show a distinctive entry hole with wet frass, and a single larva may damage two to three fruits before completing development.