Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta)


Sawflies are wasp-like insects that are in the suborder Symphyta within the order Hymenoptera, alongside ants, bees, and wasps. The common name comes from the saw-like appearance of the ovipositor, which the females use to cut into the plants where they lay their eggs. 

The primary distinction between sawflies and the Apocrita (ants, bees, and wasps) is that the adults lack a "wasp waist", and instead have a broad connection between the abdomen and the thorax.

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Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta)

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Mike wrote:
26 Aug 2025
Dead.

Perginae sp. (subfamily)
Jennybach wrote:
21 Aug 2025
Ok, thanks, Jenny

Perginae sp. (subfamily)
21 Aug 2025
I think the yellow thing is also a sawfly larvae but a newly emerged instar

Perginae sp. (subfamily)
Jimbobo wrote:
9 Aug 2025
Possibly the larva of Pterygophorus turneri.

Pterygophorinae (subfamily)
Jimbobo wrote:
9 Aug 2025
Identification based on Eucalyptus foodplant. Pterygophorinae larvae are as indistinguishable as Perginae larvae.

Lophyrotoma sp. (genus)
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