Mauritius Fody Beetle vs Abbott's Pine Sawfly

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute	Mauritius Fody Beetle	Abbott's Pine Sawfly
Scientific Name	Cratopus exquisitus	Neodiprion abbotii
Order	Coleoptera	Hymenoptera
Family	Curculionidae	Diprionidae
Size	10-14 mm	6-8 mm
Habitat	Forests	Forests
Diet	Herbivores	Omnivores
Regions	Mauritius	Eastern North America
Conservation	Endangered	Least Concern

Mauritius Fody Beetle

An ornately scaled weevil endemic to Mauritius with iridescent green and copper markings. It is found primarily in upland native forests.

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Did You Know?

Many Mauritius Cratopus weevils are known only from a handful of museum specimens.

Abbott's Pine Sawfly

A pine sawfly whose distinctively marked larvae have black heads and grayish-green bodies with dark stripes. It feeds on hard pines in eastern North America.

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Did You Know?

This species was named after John Abbott, one of the earliest entomological illustrators in North America, who documented it in the early 1800s.