Long-tailed Sawfly at Higgins, ACT
Identification history
| Pterygophorus sp. (genus) | 18 Jul 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Pergidae sp. (family) | 28 Mar 2023 | CarbonAI | ||
| Pterygophorus sp. (genus) | 28 Mar 2023 | AlisonMilton |
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Found these larvae on my two callistemon bushes. They had stripped or skeletonised the leaves on my larger bush. I removed around 120 larvae, 20 from the smaller bush and 100 from the larger. Similar larvae have completely stripped a bush in Hawker.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.029698-35.238242
- Altitude 627.9m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 120 Abundance
- 27 Mar 2023 04:55 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Insects Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) AlisonMilton
Additional information
- Callistemon Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Pterygophorus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Long-tailed Sawfly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 630m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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