Sawfly or Spitfire at Kaleen, ACT
Identification history
| Perga sp. (genus) | 6 Oct 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 6 Oct 2019 | TomfromOregon |
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MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
7 Oct 2019
Called spitfires because they extract the oil from gum trees and vomit it out to discourage predators. Really should be called spit dribblers rather than firers but it certainly makes me not want to eat them. They are a favourite food of Gang Gang cockatoos who are able to extract the oil store before eating.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.100833-35.236944
- Altitude 626.0m
- Maps O'Connor Ridge to Gungahlin Grasslands
- Places Kaleen, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 5 Oct 2019 04:15 PM Recorded on
- TomfromOregon Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) TomfromOregon Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 50mm or larger Animal size
Species information
- Perga sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Sawfly or Spitfire Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1490.9m Recorded at altitude
- 184 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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