azalea argid sawfly

...Their habits are also very similar. The Azalea argid sawfly, A. similis , is about 9mm long and has a blue-indigo body. As its name suggests, it is a pest of Azaleas , and lays eggs one by one in the tissue near the underside of the leaf margin.

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…習性も酷似する。ルリチュウレンジA.similis(英名azalea argid sawfly)は体長9mm内外，体は青藍色。英名のようにツツジ類Azaleaの害虫で，卵は葉縁の裏面に近い組織内に1粒ずつ産みつける。…

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