A new sawfly species between 11 and 16 million years old has been discovered in Australia, opening a rare window into the ...

A team of Australian researchers has described a new species of now-extinct sawfly from an extremely well-preserved fossil ...

Sawfly larvae are foraging for food. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any ...

But these caterpillars will not turn into butterflies. They are the larvae of the ash sawfly, a highly destructive species thought to have arrived in Northern Ireland in 2016. During the months of ...

Researchers have discovered a brand new species of sawfly from an amazingly preserved fossil found in Australia. This is a great discovery – but we need to remember that sawflies are not flies at all.

A team of Australian researchers has described a new species of now-extinct sawfly from an extremely well-preserved fossil ...

Have a few students carefully open the galls (with a pocket knife or thumbnails) to find a sawfly larva. You could collect a few larvae in advance of the lab, and let students view them under a ...

The new species has been named Baladi warru, meaning saw wasp in the language of the Aboriginal people in the area where the fossil was found. Sawflies are a type of insect belonging to the order ...

When sawfly larvae are threatened by predators like ants, they emit a cocktail of nasty smells to defend themselves. These secretions can irritate a potential foe's antennae or nose. Scientists ...

This is an audio clip of the chemical defense of a sawfly (Craesus septentrionalis) converted into a sound by sonification. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of ...

However, scientists report that queen black garden ants ( Lasius niger ) eat offspring in a seemingly unappetizing state: when the larvae are infected with a fungus 1 . By doing so, the queens ...