Sawfly Definition

sôflī
sawflies
noun
Any of various four-winged hymenopteran insects (esp. families Tenthredinidae and Cimbicidae): the abdomen of the female is provided with a pair of sawlike organs that cut into plants, the eggs being then deposited in the cuts.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Sawfly

Noun

Singular:
sawfly
Plural:
sawflies

Sawfly Sentence Examples

  • For all exposed sawfly larvae hellebore washes are most fatal, but they must not be used over ripe or ripening fruit, as the hellebore is poisonous.

  • Among these are the great spruce bark beetle (Dendroctonus micans) and defoliating insects such as the European sawfly (Gilpinia hercyniae ).

  • The QIC includes details of the hosts, description and life cycle, damage, sources and pest status of the European spruce sawfly.

  • Carry out a thorough weekly inspection of gooseberries from May onwards concentrating in the center of the bush for larvae of gooseberry sawfly.

  • The larvae, along with some sawfly larvae, share some responsibility for ' leaf roll ' damage to rose bushes.

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