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Introducing sawflies or spitfires

Introducing sawflies or spitfires

by Tanya | May 23, 2023 | eucalypts, Gang gang cockatoo, insects, Sawflies

Spitfires are a well known but somewhat mysterious feature of the Australian bush. What are they? Particularly tough caterpillars? They are actually the young of an insect called a sawfly – which is not a fly at all but a benign relative of wasps. There are about 200...

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