Brian Smith separates the leaves of a deciduous azalea to show the small green larvae of an aaa;ea sawfly

Azalea Sawfly Makes Its Appearance

There are a lot of tasks that go into managing a public gardening, including monitoring for pests. Here, City Horticulturist Brian Smith finds azalea sawfly larvae on one of the park’s Exbury deciduous azaleas. These hungry critters have defoliated entire groups of deciduous azaleas in past years. Here’s what OSU says about the critter: “It…