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Webworms? - Depressaria radiella
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Webworms? - Depressaria radiella
Fletcher Wildlife Garden, Ottawa-Carleton, Ontario, Canada
July 7, 2010
Size: approx 1 inch
On a wild parsley plant (Pastinaca sativa), there were about 7 individual web cases made in the flower heads. Each one contained a larva. I thought at first they were sawflies, but am not now convinced. I think they must be a webworm moth. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Contributed by Christine Hanrahan on 9 July, 2010 - 1:21pm
Last updated 10 September, 2010 - 5:42pm

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