Sawfly at Bullen Range
Identification history
| Pergagrapta latreillii | 19 Mar 2025 | Jimbobo | ||
| Pergagrapta bella | 5 Mar 2025 | Jimbobo | ||
| Pergagrapta bella | 8 Jan 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Pergidae sp. (family) | 7 Jan 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Unverified | 7 Jan 2024 | HelenCross |
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User's notes
Many sawflies flying around the highest Acacia at the top of Forster Hill, and the occasional one closer to the ground
7 comments
Jimbobo
wrote:
2 Mar 2025
Multiple genus and species in these images. Xyloperga Pseudoperga and Pergagrapta.
Jimbobo
wrote:
3 Mar 2025
1st image has a female Pseudoperga ferruginea on the left next to a male Pseudoperga guerinii. 2nd image is a female Xyloperga amenaida. 3rd image is a male Pergagrapta bella. It's a great record showing a strong hilltopping behaviour in Perginae species. I assume it's a sparsely vegetated rise, leading to a concentration of insects. If you split the obs out then they can be separately identified.
HelenCross
wrote:
3 Mar 2025
Thanks very much Jimbobo - will do later tonight! Yes, it's a sparsely vegetated hill.
Jimbobo
wrote:
19 Mar 2025
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 149.019917-35.384527
- Maps Bullen Range
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 6 Jan 2024 04:03 PM Recorded on
- HelenCross Recorded by
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Collections
Forster Hill, Bullen Range Nature Reserve HelenCross NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) Insects
Additional information
- Acacia Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
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
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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