The acuta Group as defined by Fletcher (1985) includes 16 species of generally similar colouring and external features. Examination of the genitalia is usually required to confidently place specimens to species level. From this group Tasmania has two species, S. acuta and S. hebes.
Early June 2011
Nipaluna/Hobart
Photos AD
Late April 2017
Sisters Beach
Photo KE
Mid March 2014
Port Sorell
Photo KE
Mid January 2013
Sisters Beach
on Marram grass
Photo KE
Early November 2017
Kingston Beach
Photo KE
Rare blue morph
Late March 2015
Geilston Bay
Image by John Phillips, used with permission.
Late March 2015
Nipaluna/Hobart
Photos KE
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Eggs
Egg mass (with parasitic wasp)
Early March 2014
Port Sorell
on Coastal Wattle (or Boobyalla) Acacia longifolia subsp sophorae
Photo KE
Early March 2019
Ulverstone
On a rose leaf
Photo KE
Mid Novemebr 2023
Scamander
Photos KE
Empty egg mass
Late September 2012
Nipaluna/Hobart
Photo KE
Early March 2021
Nipaluna/Hobart
Photo KE
Larvae (“Torpedo Bugs”)
Very early instar nymph
Early March 2023
nipaluna/Hobart
Photos KE
Early instar nymph parasitised by a Dryinid wasp (the brown lump under the wing bud)
Early March 2019
Ulverstone
Photos KE
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Mid March 2014
Port Sorell
On Acacia longifolia subsp sopohorae.
Photos KE
Mid March 2014
Port Sorell
On Acacia longifolia subsp sopohorae.
Photo KE
Early March 2019
Ulverstone
Photo KE
Late January 2024
Ulverstone
Next to Scolypopa australis nymph
Photos KE
Early March 2021
Hobart/nipaluna
Photo KE
Early November 2022
Nipaluna/Hobart
Photos KE
