Pergagrapta bella
A sawfly at Cotter River, ACT
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| Pergagrapta bella | Jimbobo | 6 Jul 2025 | |
| Pergagrapta | MichaelBedingfield | 15 Jul 2024 | |
| Pergagrapta | Jimbobo | 13 Jul 2024 | |
| Perginae sp. (subfamily) | KimPullen | 30 Nov 2020 | |
| Unverified | MattM | 8 Nov 2020 |
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User's notes
Single red wasp struggling to climb a slender blade of grass. I thought it looked like the flower wasp Thynnus zonatus, but it doesn't look as orange, the antennae are shorter and the abdomen looks much more robust.
The insect rapidly vibrated its wings (without opening them) against its abdomen when I was taking its photo. The insect then flew away, and gave the impression it could only barely fly with its immense mass.
5 comments
6 Jul 2025
Refer here for a comparitive study of modern observations of Pergagrapta bella and Pergagrapta turneri- https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2025/2/21/pergagrapta-bella-vs-turneri?rq=bella%20turneri
6 Jul 2025
Location information
- Coordinates 148.782953-35.555617
- Altitude 1655.1m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 8 Nov 2020 01:22 PM Recorded on
- MattM Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- MattM NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) Insects Pergagrapta bella
Species information
- Pergagrapta bella Scientific name
- A sawfly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1938m Recorded at altitude
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