Sawfly or Spitfire at Red Hill, ACT
Identification history
| Perga sp. (genus) | 8 Sep 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 8 Sep 2021 | Tapirlord |
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User's notes
Possibly butterfly larve, on euc blakelyi
1 comment
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
8 Sep 2021
They store and concentrate the eucalyptus sap in their gut and spit (actually dribble) when they are threatened - so you obviously treated them softly. Gang=gangs have learnt to remove the stomach and dine on the rest of the flesh.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.119506-35.340939
- Altitude 712.8m
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Red Hill, ACT
Sighting information
- 10 Abundance
- 1 Sep 2021 03:54 PM Recorded on
- Tapirlord Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) Tapirlord Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Euc, blakelyi Associated plant
- 50mm or larger Animal size
Species information
- Perga sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Sawfly or Spitfire Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1490.9m Recorded at altitude
- 184 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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