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The pear slug or cherry slug is the larva of the sawfly, Caliroa cerasi, a nearly worldwide pest. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. They are not slugs but are a kind of sawfly of the family Tenthredinidae. The pear slug is an important pest that eats leaves of cherry, pear ...
They are up to 8 mm across and suck sap from many plants, especially indoor plants. The pear slug or cherry slug is a sawfly larva. The larvae cover themselves with dark glossy slime to make themselves unpalatable. They skeletonize the leaves of cherry, pear, plum or hawthorn trees.
The larvae are slimy in appearance, and are sometimes referred to as "slugs" (e.g., the "pear slug") although they are insects rather than gastropods. The larvae of some species in this genus are important pests which can do significant damage to the leaves of trees such as oaks, poplars, and cherry and pear trees.
Molluscicides (/ m ə ˈ l ʌ s k ɪ ˌ s aɪ d s,-ˈ l ʌ s-/) [1] [2] – also known as snail baits, snail pellets, or slug pellets – are pesticides against molluscs, which are usually used in agriculture or gardening, in order to control gastropod pests specifically slugs and snails which damage crops or other valued plants by feeding on them.
The Australian Weeds Committee maintain a noxious weeds list covering all the states and territories. [1] Acacia farnesiana (sweet acacia) [2] Ageratina riparia (mistflower) [3] Ailanthus altissima (tree of heaven) [4] Alternanthera philoxeroides (alligator weed) [4] Andropogon virginicus (broomsedge) [5] Annona glabra (alligator apple) [4]
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Syzygium australe, with many common names that include brush cherry, [1] scrub cherry, [1] creek lilly-pilly, [1] creek satinash, [1] and watergum, [1] is a rainforest tree native to eastern Australia. It can attain a height of up to 35 m with a trunk diameter of 60 cm.
Syzygium tierneyanum, commonly known as river cherry, water cherry, or Bamaga satinash, is a tree in the family Myrtaceae which is native to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and north east Queensland. [3] [4] It often grows along watercourses where it is a facultative rheophyte. [4]