sawflies in English
noun
1
an insect related to the wasps, with a sawlike egg-laying tube used to cut into plant tissue before depositing the eggs. The larvae resemble caterpillars and can be serious pests of crops and foliage.
This insect is the maggot of the eggs laid by sawflies or carpenter bees in the freshly-cut cane of the rose after pruning.
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1. The collection is especially rich in Symphyta (sawflies), Aculeates, and entomophagous parasites from worldwide locations
2. Where there is an extensive British literature, which is mainly true of the sawflies and the Aculeates, synonyms have mostly been restricted to
3. The collection represents about 15% of the total entomological collections in the department, and is especially rich in Symphyta (sawflies), Aculeates, and entomophagous parasites from …