Perga
Sawfly or Spitfire at Latham, ACT
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| Perga | samreid007 | 19 Sep 2020 | |
| Perga | MichaelMulvaney | 8 Aug 2020 | |
| Perga dorsalis | DerekC | 1 Aug 2020 |
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User's notes
You can tell when there's a change in the season but insects. At least 5 different groups on the same small tree.
1 comment
4 Aug 2020
Hi Derek, those photos look like they might actually be two different species (ones with the white shoulder and ones without the white shoulder).
Location information
- Coordinates 149.031480-35.212525
- Altitude 575.5m
- Maps Umbagong District Park
- Places Latham, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 1 Aug 2020 01:04 PM Recorded on
- DerekC Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
Collections
- DerekC Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Perga sp. (genus) Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) Insects
Species information
- Perga Scientific name
- Sawfly or Spitfire Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1490.9m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
6 / 7
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
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- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species