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Bottlebrush Sawfly larva -molting
Pterygophorus cinctus
-37.8968, 145.315
Field Notes
Description:
Pic #6 shows one of the instars of the bottlebrush sawfly larva between molts, holding its long tail up, threatened by my proximity. Pics 1 to 3 shows a newly molted larva with the skin hanging on to the long tail.
Pics 4 & 5 are pictures of the larva after the molted skin dropped off.
Habitat:
Spotted on a Bottlebrush bush ( Callistemon sp)
Notes:
Sawflies are neither flies nor wasps and their larvae look like caterpillars.
Almost every branchlet and leaf had these larvae; the top of the bush was decimated by these sawfly larvae.
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