#sawfly

[miyrumiyru]

Bean-headed Sawfly babe

[miyrumiyru]

Various flies - mayfly, hoverflies and sawfly

[northerlyy]

Introduced Pine Sawfly (Diprion similis), larva, taken July 5, 2026, in New Hampshire, US

An intricately-patterned sawfly larva chowing down on pine needles! This individual was one of only two sawfly larvae I found of this species, though I came across tons of their pupae scattered across stripped or dead branch tips. July is when this species' first generation of the year typically creates their cocoons, so I was just barely in time to see larvae. The second generation larvae will spin a cocoon in late August or September, often falling to the ground and overwintering in the leaf litter. They follow the trend of the forbidden fruit: very pretty, but invasive!

[cnestus]

Xiphydria prolongata

[otaharuo]

ハバチの幼虫、7月3日、長野県

[bug-gender]

just learned about the purslane sawfly and 🤢 why are his antennae like that

why is this so gross to me??? they're like fucked up tuning forks

[waspdaily]

Any purple wasps? Also have you done one on that one wasp that kinda mind controls cockroaches into its little lair?

I got the beautiful mad scientist that is the cockroach wasp right here!

Post by @waspdaily · 2 images

💬 1  🔁 42  ❤️ 97 · the green wasp you posted reminded me of my favorite wasp, the emerald cockroach wasp! i'd love to see you feature them :

As for purple wasps— any instance of purple on wasps is going to be the result of structural color (meaning not actual pigment and just looks purple to us due to how the light reflects off of it) and is most visible on the wings of some wasps such as Drepanaporus collaris or Gnamptopelta obsidianator (interestingly, it seems that Pepsine wasps are the ones that show the most purple in their wings). Given the right light and angle though, you might be able to spot flashes of purple on many wasps.

If you're looking for a true purply purple though I would like to bring to your attention the larva of the mallow sawfly (Neoptilia tora), which is not a wasp but is still hymenoptera:

image 1, image 2

They can be absolute menaces to trees and strip them of all their leaves but ooooaf so porpel

[overdoso]

Caliroa cerasi é uma espécie de mosca-serra pertencente à família Tenthredinidae. As larvas deste inseto são comumente chamadas de mosca-serra-da-pereira ou mosca-serra-da-cereja e são uma praga agrícola quase mundial. As larvas se cobrem com uma gosma verde, tornando-se desagradáveis ​​ao paladar dos predadores.