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Discussion

Jimbobo wrote:

19 Mar 2025

Nope I got this one wrong. 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)

Pergagrapta latreillii

Jimbobo wrote:

18 Mar 2025

Possibly Xyloperga sp, but my identification is tentative.

Pergidae sp. (family)

ruthkerruish wrote:

9 Mar 2025

Many years ago about about 6-8 Choisya ternata (Mexican Orange Blossom) were planted for the Citrus butterflies, every year the caterpillars feed on them so the shrubs. The strange thing there is large lemon shrub adjacent to the Choisyas btu they caterpillars never feed on it. The lovely butterflies only live for a day and die after mating! They dart around so quickly that they are never still enough to photo graph.

Papilio aegeus

ruthkerruish wrote:

9 Mar 2025

Many adult butterflies around but they fly so quickly, only live for a day and die after mating,

Papilio aegeus

ruthkerruish wrote:

8 Mar 2025

Boorowa in New South Wales, is known as a "Superb Parrot Country" and is working with landholders and organizations like the Boorowa Community Landcare Group to protect and restore habitat for the threatened Superb Parrot.

Polytelis swainsonii