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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Xyelid Sawflies (Xyelidae) » Xyelinae » Pleroneura » Balsam Shootboring Sawfly (Pleroneura bruneicornis)
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Balsam Shootboring Sawfly - grub and damage to buds - Pleroneura bruneicornis
Copyright © 2007 Christopher Adam

Balsam Shootboring Sawfly - grub and damage to buds - Pleroneura bruneicornis
Burtts Corner, York County, New Brunswick, Canada
June 22, 2005
Size: 3 mm
This is the exposed larva of the Balsam Shootboring Sawfly - Pleroneura brunneicornis (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae), a common pest of balsam fir Christmas trees. These pictures were taken at different times while researching a manual on pests and diseases. This photo and the others show the typical rosette shape of the infested buds.

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Contributed by Christopher Adam on 12 September, 2007 - 1:47pm
Last updated 8 October, 2007 - 8:47am

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