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Cherry slug actually a sawfly larvae... I thought it looked like a leech Caliroa cerasi,Geotagged,Pear slug,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Cherry slug

actually a sawfly larvae... I thought it looked like a leech

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  1. Nice! Posted 3 years ago

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The pear slug or cherry slug is the larva of the sawfly, "Caliroa cerasi", a nearly worldwide pest. They are not slugs but are a kind of sawfly of the family Tenthredinidae. The pear slug is an important pest that eats leaves of cherry, pear, and plum trees, leaving behind a skeleton of veins.

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Uploaded Jul 15, 2022. Captured Jul 12, 2022 13:08 in XHWQ+R6 Elma, WA, USA.
  • X-E2
  • f/9.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO400
  • 80mm