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rose slug

noun

Definitions

  1. The larvae of various species of sawfly that feed on rose plant leaves.

    • The rose slug or sawfly is neither a slug nor a fly; actually, it is an insect related to bees and wasps.
    • Rose slugs are the larvae of sawflies, non-stinging members of the wasp family. Three species are rose pests: the rose slug (Endelomyia aethiops), the bristly rose slug (Cladius difformis), and the curled rose sawfly (Aallantus cinctus).

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