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Insects of Conifer Foliage

Cypress Leaf Beetle
Pine Colaspis
Webworm
Pine Sawflies
Woolly Pine Scale
Pine Scale



 

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TABLE III.   Common species of pine-feeding sawflies
Common Name Species Description Host
Slash pine sawfly Neodiprion merkeli Two-tone head (red above, black below); yellow-green body with 4 faint black stripes and a large black spot on hind end on each side Slash pine
Redheaded pine sawfly Neodiprion lecontei Red head; whitish or yellowish- green body with 6 rows of irregular black spots, large black
spot on hind end		 Longleaf pine
Blackheaded pine sawfly Neodiprion excitans Shiny black head; olive-green body with two black stripes and row of blacks spots, large black spot on hind end Slash pine
Sand pine sawfly Neodiprion pratti Black head; pale green body with 2 black stripes and a row of black spots

Loblolly pine
Pond pine
Sand pine
Spruce pine
A pine sawfly (no common name) Neodiprion virginianus Black head; row of distinct, nearly square black spots on each side of the body

Loblolly pine
Choctawhatchee sand pine
Ocala sand pine
Spruce pine sawfly Neodiprion warreni Black head; two dark stripes on each Spruce pine side of the body

Loblolly pine
Longleaf pine
Shortleaf pine
Abbot's sawfly Neodiprion abbotii Brown-black head with a white spot on the front; yellow to pale green body with 4 dark green stripes Slash pine
Sand pine webspinning sawfly Acantholyda circumcincta Red head; yellowish-orange body with broad reddish-brown stripe; webbing on foliage  Sand pine



Bulletin No. 196-A | Printed October, 1983 | Contact the Forest Health Section
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