Sawflies are ravenous insects that feed on a wide variety of landscape trees, shrubs, and conifers. “They are actually not flies. They get their name from the saw-like ovipositor which they use to cut ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- An invasive insect that's originally from East Asia has arrived in North Carolina, according to researchers at NC State. The elm zigzag sawfly, or Aproceros leucopoda, first ...

Gardeners know that amidst the promises of each new growing season come its challenges, usually in the form of weather or pests. A common insect pest this time of year are sawfly larvae, which feed on ...

Step 2: Sawflies earn their name because they look like flies, even though they are not, and because the females lay their eggs in slits, which they cut into pine needles with their saw-like ...

Dear Carol: We're in our second summer at our home, and again the two mock orange shrubs that came with the house have been completely devastated. Last year we were so busy I didn't get a chance to ...

Boaters may have noticed gray, dead-looking trees on islands north of Ketchikan. Like other parts of Southeast Alaska in recent years, Western hemlock trees on those islands are suffering a sawfly ...

An invasive species of insect is putting ash trees in Northern Ireland under threat, ecologists have warned. If you have visited areas around the tree-lined towpath which leads from central Belfast to ...

Insects—do we have insects. The cooler, wet spring has brought with it many insects. The good news for the most part is these pests do not need control as they are only cosmetic, nescience feeders.

BOZEMAN, Mont. — Researchers at Montana State University published new research about stem sawflies, which cost agricultural producers millions annually. Doctoral student Jackson Strand, master’s ...

Although common, indirect interactions between taxonomically distant herbivores, such as mammals and insects, are less studied than interaction between taxonomically related species (insect–insect).