Life On A Quarter Acre

Genus Dolerus

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The larvae of this sawfly feed on grass for a month or so. Then they drop to the ground to pupate overwinter.

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Links
BugGuide
Bugging you from San Juan Island
Sunday Sawfly: A Dolerus deceptively not interested in a Mayday
MoBugs
Sawflies of the subfamily Dolerinae of America north of Mexico
Do host-plant requirements and mortality from soil cultivation determine the distribution of graminivorous sawflies on farmland?