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Sawfly

Sawflies are wasp-like insects that are in the suborder Symphyta within the order Hymenoptera. The common name comes from the saw-like appearance of the ovipositor, which females use to cut into the plants where they lay their eggs. The name is associated especially with the Tenthredinoidea, by far the largest superfamily in the suborder, with about…

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related to Further reading · 44
Sawfly → Academic Press, Adults, Agriculture, Allantinae, Archived, Blank, Blennocampinae, California, December, Evers, Germany, Goecke, Gruyter, Heterarthrinae, Hymenoptera, ISBN, Keltern, Larvae, Nearctic Sawflies, Nearctic Sawflies II
related to Parasites · 24
Sawfly → Bracon, Braconid, Braconidae, Collyria, Eulophidae, Europe, Female, Heteropilus, However, Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Many, New World, North America, Old World, One, Recorded, Sawflies, Some, Ten
related to Behaviour and ecology · 21
Sawfly → Black, Blarina, Emberiza, However, Insects, Itycorsia, Monterey, Pardalotes, Peromyscus, Poecile, Rhipidura, Sawflies, Saxicola, Small, Sorex, Strepera, Tetrao, The, These, Vespula
related to Life cycle and reproduction · 21
Sawfly → After, During, Females, Hence, In, Larvae, Like, Many, Once, Orussoidea, Phyllotoma, Plant-eating, Siricidae, Some, The, There, These, They, Unfertilized, Until
related to Phylogeny · 16
Sawfly → Apocrita, Carl Gerstaecker, Consequently, Despite, German, Gerstaecker, However, Hymenoptera, In, Orussidae, Siricidae, Symphyta, The, The Symphyta, Together, While
related to Relationship with humans · 16
Sawfly → Arge, Different, Diprion, Diprionidae, Eucalyptus, Finland, For, Iris, Little, Neodiprion, Sawflies, Scandinavia, Similarly, Species, The, Up
related to Description · 14
Sawfly → Accorduleceridae, Batesian, Heads, Hoplitolyda, Many, Mesozoic, Most, Pamphiliidae, Sawflies, The, They, Unlike, Urocerus, When
related to Taxonomy · 13
Sawfly → Alexandr Rasnitsyn, As, Austin, Dowton, Early, Extinct, However, Most, Such, Symphyta, Tenthredinidae, Tenthredinoidea, There
related to Etymology · 5
Sawfly → Greek, Its, Sawflies, Symphyta, The

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sawflies larvae species eggs hymenoptera symphyta insects family apocrita wasps parasitoids two may ovipositor superfamily suborder many feed trees years

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shrewsinstance ofsmall mammals0.80text
and other insectsinstance ofsmall mammals0.80text
such as Dipteransinstance ofsmall mammals0.80text
other Hymenopteransinstance ofsmall mammals0.80text
which themselves may be parasitoids of sawfliesinstance ofsmall mammals0.80text
regurgitating irritating liquidinstance ofThe larvae of some species have anti-predator adaptations0.80text
clustering together for safety in numbers.The herbivorous larvae are often confused with caterpillarsinstance ofThe larvae of some species have anti-predator adaptations0.80text
but can be distinguished from these by the number of prolegsinstance ofThe larvae of some species have anti-predator adaptations0.80text
the absence of crochetsinstance ofThe larvae of some species have anti-predator adaptations0.80text
the pine sawfly can cause substantial damage to economic forestryinstance oftypically in bark or the soil.Large populations of species0.80text
while others such as the iris sawfly are major pests in horticultureinstance oftypically in bark or the soil.Large populations of species0.80text
that of Alexandr Rasnitsyninstance ofEarly phylogenies0.80text

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