{"id":10745,"date":"2020-05-10T12:30:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T10:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/plantenplagen\/apple-sawfly\/"},"modified":"2023-11-30T18:18:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T17:18:15","slug":"apple-leaf-sawfly","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/plantenplagen\/apple-leaf-sawfly\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple leaf sawfly"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text el_id=”topentry” el_class=”topentry”]Apple sawfly<\/a> is an insect of the sawfly family.
\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text el_id=”entrytxt” el_class=”entrytxt” css=”.vc_custom_1701364372882{padding-left: 20px !important;}”]Do not confuse with:<\/em>
\nThe apple sawfly (Hoplocampa testudinea) <\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”35″ css=”.vc_custom_1532162142715{background-color: #e6e6e6 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”5853″ img_size=”medium” add_caption=”yes” style=”vc_box_rounded” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_single_image image=”5841″ img_size=”medium” add_caption=”yes” style=”vc_box_rounded” onclick=”img_link_large”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1532162092980{background-color: #e6e6e6 !important;}”][vc_column_text el_class=”entrytxt”]Apple sawfly<\/strong> (Pristiphora maesta)<\/em> is an insect of the sawfly family (Tenthredinidae)<\/em> . Sawflies do not have a wasp<\/a> waist like the ‘regular’ wasps and they do not sting.
\nThe apple sawfly occurs throughout Northern Europe, but is rarely a pest. However, if a few sawflies colonize an apple tree<\/a>, the damage to the leaf is extensive.
\nThe apple sawfly is black and measures 5 to 7 mm. Adult caterpillars are 10 mm long, are light greenish yellow with a row of black shiny dots on each side. The head is orange-yellow.
\nApple sawflies fly in April and May. Female wasps lay eggs in rows on the leaf margins of apple trees, the host plant<\/a> of this sawfly. The caterpillars that appear in mid-May eat the edges of the leaves. In mid-July, the caterpillars are adults, drop to the ground, burrow a few cm into the soil and spin a cocoon in which they overwinter.
\nParasitoid wasps and vo <\/wbr> are the natural enemies of the apple sawfly and caterpillars.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Affected plants” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1537946500082{background-color: #536895 !important;}”][vc_column_text el_id=”entrytxt” el_class=”entrytxt” css=”.vc_custom_1701364463168{padding-left: 15px !important;}”]<\/p>\n