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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Woolly Alder Sawfly

Eriocampa ovata

About

A small, dark sawfly whose larvae are covered in a white, woolly, waxy secretion. The larvae feed on the underside of alder leaves.

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Did You Know?

The white waxy covering on the larva closely resembles woolly aphids, a possible case of defensive mimicry.