Dubbed the Baladi warru to honor the “Traditional Owners” of the lands, the sawfly is actually a type of wasp. However, flies and wasps belong to the same order of insects, Hymenoptera.

Sawflies are actually a type of wasp, however, they look a little unusual and do not possess the “wasp waist” seen in other more common members of the wasp family.Instead, sawflies have saw ...

Sawfly adults are small, short-lived insects slightly resembling wasps to which they are related but their waists are generally thicker. Their ovipositor (egg-laying appendage) is somewhat saw ...

Roseslug sawflies are wasps with an immature stage that feeds on the underside of rose leaves. The immature insect looks like a caterpillar but is difficult to see because it is greenish-yellow in ...

Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery says that a reader who has seen rose sawfly damage this year will need to be proactive to ...

The Nebraska Extension held a Crop Production Clinic on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at the UNL Panhandle Research Extension and Education Center in Scottsbluff. The clinic featured presentations and ...

The bright spot in HPAL’s ongoing research is the increase in Bracon spp.—a parasitoid wasp and natural predator of the sawfly—which is beginning to make a dent in the infestation problem.

You may notice a pine sawfly on your pine trees this spring or summer. The pesky creatures are more disturbance than damage, but The News Tribune has gathered advice on what to do about them.

Wheat stem sawfly is a native insect that feeds on grasses in Colorado. The insect was first identified by entomologists in Colorado around the late 1800’s and primarily fed on range grasses.

Invasive Asian wasp known as the elm zigzag sawfly has been discovered in two North Carolina counties. The pests can create havoc with elm trees, experts say.

These invasive, wasp-like insects are eating Pierce County pine trees. Constanza Montemayor. Mon, June 2, ... You may notice a pine sawfly on your pine trees this spring or summer.