Sawfly or Spitfire at Gungahlin, ACT
Identification history
| Perginae sp. (subfamily) | 10 Sep 2024 | NKingsford | ||
| Perga sp. (genus) | 7 Oct 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Perga sp. (genus) | 4 Oct 2023 | CarbonAI | ||
| Perga sp. (genus) | 4 Oct 2023 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 3 Oct 2023 | TrishGungahlin |
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User's notes
What are these? Caterpillars? They moved as one across the ground beside the path near Yerrabi Pond.
1 comment
NKingsford
wrote:
10 Sep 2024
The furthest you can get with this is Perginae. This is one of the Myrtaceae feeding genera which includes Acanthoperga, Antiperga, Paraperga, Perga, Peragrapta, Pseudoperga and Xyloperga.
As there is are no systematic references or diagnostic characteristics of the larvae and with over 50 species within this grouping, it's almost impossible to determine the species, let alone genera in which they belong to.
As there is are no systematic references or diagnostic characteristics of the larvae and with over 50 species within this grouping, it's almost impossible to determine the species, let alone genera in which they belong to.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.131750-35.176704
- Maps Yerrabi Pond
- Places Gungahlin, ACT
Sighting information
- 50 Abundance
- 3 Oct 2023 04:29 PM Recorded on
- TrishGungahlin Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) TrishGungahlin
Additional information
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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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