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How to pronounce sawfly in English?

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Type Words
Type of hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect, hymenopter
Has types birch leaf miner, fenusa pusilla

Examples of sawfly

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The larva of the sawfly Strongylogaster multifasciata feeds on a bracken leaf.
From the sciencedaily.com
One of the common insects attacking dogwoods at this time of year is the dogwood sawfly.
From the delawareonline.com
Be sure the label states both roses and roseslug sawfly and follow all label directions.
From the jsonline.com
A pear slug is the larval stage of a kind of sawfly, Caleroa cerasi.
From the sfgate.com
They also love gooseberry sawfly, which is capable of stripping a bush bare in a matter of days.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Watch for rose slug sawfly and use a pesticide if you see the green, slimy worm-like larvae feeding.
From the jsonline.com
Caterpillars of the sawfly can strip a bush in no time.
From the independent.co.uk
The host is the fern sawfly Blasticotoma filiceti, the only member of the family Blasticotomidae in Europe.
From the sciencedaily.com
Some pests, like Gooseberry sawfly, I just ignore.
From the telegraph.co.uk
More examples
  • Insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant
  • Sawfly is the common name for insects belonging to suborder Symphyta of the order Hymenoptera. Sawflies are distinguishable from most other Hymenoptera by the broad connection between the abdomen and the thorax, and by their caterpillar-like larvae. ...
  • Insect in the order Hymenoptera; the female has a sawlike structure that it uses for egg-laying.