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Lophyrotoma analis
About 50mm long this looks very much like the green long-tailed sawfly larvae we have on eucalyptus leaves in spring and summer - but this is nearly winter and these creatures are living within the bark of large trunked Red Ironbarks. They seem to be very active compared to their leaf-dwelling versions but apparently not interested in finding leaves. This is a strangely similar situation to the hopper found in the previous spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/109... Need some theories to explain. ie Is there something in the gum which gives them a kick?
Crevices within the bark of the Red Ironbark (E. tricarpa)
Spotted on May 9, 2012
Submitted on May 11, 2012
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Nice!!