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Perga dorsalis or Perga affinis
About 7cm long. In a group of about 20. Larvae of the Steel-blue Sawfly and the Large Green Sawfly are large (80mm in length) and black in colour with numerous short, white hairs. They have a shiny black head and the tip of the abdomen is yellow.
Eucalypt trees.
These are the biggest spitfires I've ever seen! Interestingly they were on the ground at the base of a eucalypt - not on the leaves like I've normally seen. They will eventually turn into a large, stout bodied wasp, dark green in colour with orange/yellow patches on the shoulders and in the middle of the back. They are approximately 25mm in length with a wingspan of 50mm.
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Nice series and info, Rachael!