Close-up of two tightly coiled birch sawfly larvae (Cimbex femoratus) attached to the underside of a birch leaf. Photographed in a birch woodland habi

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Close-up of two tightly coiled birch sawfly larvae (Cimbex femoratus) attached to the underside of a birch leaf. Photographed in a birch woodland habitat in Norfolk, UK.

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Photo credit: © NIGEL DOWNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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