Tuesday, 30 November 2010

Sawfly Larvae

Thank you to Don Herbison-Evans for identifying these for me: http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/none/sawfly.html

Posted by AlanS at 06:45
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6 comments:

  1. Julie30 November 2010 at 09:12

    Hard to consider these beautiful - but they are in their own way. I used to live in a leafy suburb on the North Shore of Sydney, and on a regular basis I would be inundated with swamps of these blighters ... or ones that look eerily similar.

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  2. Susan30 November 2010 at 18:20

    Wow... alien or what!
    Makes for fascinating photos :)

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  3. Joan Elizabeth30 November 2010 at 20:23

    Ditto to Susan's comment.

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  4. Vicki1 December 2010 at 08:46

    When Alan showed them to me, I squirmed. They're even more alien in real life. :)

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  5. Kevin4 December 2010 at 20:30

    They are not the most pleasant things to come across in the bush. They are known as 'spitfires' because they can squirt an irritating liquid as a defence.

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  6. Dean and Nicky13 March 2011 at 22:05

    Revolting but interesting photo, lol, great capture.

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