1 Sawfly at Higgins Woodland
Identification history
| Pergagrapta latreillii | 19 Mar 2025 | Jimbobo | ||
| Pergagrapta latreillii | 30 Mar 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Pergidae sp. (family) | 1 Sep 2023 | CarbonAI | ||
| Perga affinis | 1 Sep 2023 | MattM | ||
| Unverified | 9 Dec 2022 | MattM |
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User's notes
Orange abdomen. Brazel St Park.
6 comments
Hejor1
wrote:
30 Aug 2023
Maybe a Phyllotocus rufipennis beetle and a Perga affinis sawfly - can you make a separate sighting and crop the first photo so there is only one species per sighting?
MattM
wrote:
1 Sep 2023
I have cropped the images and uploaded a separate sighting for the beetle. Phyllotocus rufipennis (Nectar scarab)
Jimbobo
wrote:
13 Jul 2024
This is the male of the species Pergagrapta bella. Note abdomen shape and proportions.
Refer to discussion on this observation on iNat- https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/148882834
Refer to discussion on this observation on iNat- https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/148882834
Jimbobo
wrote:
19 Mar 2025
Michael had this one right originally. Orange abdomen. Refer- https://southernforestlife.net/notes/2024/6/27/pergagrapta-species-identification
Discussion here- https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/148882834
This sighting has a male showing the abdomen that fits with the description of P.bella- Pergagrapta bella (A sawfly)
Discussion here- https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/148882834
This sighting has a male showing the abdomen that fits with the description of P.bella- Pergagrapta bella (A sawfly)
Location information
- Coordinates 149.030333-35.228283
- Altitude 583.0m
- Maps Higgins Woodland
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 9 Dec 2022 06:06 PM Recorded on
- MattM Recorded by
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Collections
MattM NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) Insects
Species information
- Pergagrapta latreillii Scientific name
- Sawfly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1067m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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