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Sawfly

Description:

Another variation of the infamous sawfly. The pale yellow dorsal patterns look quite unique.

Habitat:

On black wattle.

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7 Comments

lori.tas
lori.tas 8 years ago

Great photos Martin.

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 9 years ago

Nice ! The banding on the abdomen is so wasp-like.

MartinL
MartinL 9 years ago

That looks quite good.
I will wait to see if I get a suggestion on bowerbird before I call it.
Thanks Mark.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Perga vollenhovii (m) :)

MartinL
MartinL 9 years ago

Thanks Mark
It looks closest to Pera sp. but that's far from certain.
http://www.pergidae.net/gallery.htm

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Yet another different aqwfly. Pergidae might be the search limit. :(

MartinL
Spotted by
MartinL

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Mar 25, 2015
Submitted on Mar 25, 2015

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