pest identification - help!

[Tinker]

Hello

Please can someone help me identify this thing that's eating my young fruit trees? (See pictures below)

Should I be worried or will they not do too much harm?

Thanks!

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[red]

tbh looks like a small slug.
what part of the world are you in?

[Annpan]

yes, I agree it is a slug.


(it does make giving advice easier if you put a location in your profile )

[MKG]

It's a Pear Slug, also known as the Pear Sawfly

Here you go ...

http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/tfipm/pearslug.htm

[Tinker]

Thanks everyone. Pear sawfly it is! It doesn't look like a normal slug, as it seems to have very small legs underneath - imagine a cross between a small tadpole and a caterpillar. Weeeeird.