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25 Oct 2021
I agree with John that these are definitely Intellagama l. howittii.
These adult males are engaging in territorial combat behaviour.

Intellagama lesueurii howittii
wombey wrote:
9 Oct 2021
They look more like howittii to me but I am happy not to get into subspecies here

Intellagama lesueurii howittii
WHall wrote:
4 Dec 2020
Many thanks for this explanation.

Bill

Pergagrapta bicolor
4 Dec 2020
Hi Bill.
The pattern formed by the way the plates of the thorax fit together is rather different to that found in bees. To oversimplify, the top of the thorax between the wing bases is smooth in bees, never lumpy in the way shown in your images. The legs are much thinner than those of nearly all bees and the shape, length and number of segments of the antennae differ from those of bees.

Pergagrapta bicolor
WHall wrote:
3 Dec 2020
Hi Michael, can you give your reasons for the identification you proposed.

Bill

Pergagrapta bicolor
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