Pseudoperga lewisii
Mid-late March 2009
Peter Murrell Reserve, Blackmans Bay
This sawfly is an admirable parent. She lays about 80 eggs in the leaf, and stands protectively over them for about 21 days before they hatch. They then guard over the larvae for another two weeks or so.

Mid-late March 2009
Peter Murrell Reserve, Blackmans Bay
This sawfly is an admirable parent. She lays about 80 eggs in the leaf, and stands protectively over them for about 21 days before they hatch. They then guard over the larvae for another two weeks or so.




Early May 2021
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart/nipaluna
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart/nipaluna
October 2010
Newtown Rivulet, Lenah Valley
Ichneumon Wasps (in the Braconid mimicry ring) waiting to parasitise sawfly larvae. The larvae continually thrashed their defensive display. Days later there were dead wasps stuck to the sawfly exudate.
October 9, 2010

Newtown Rivulet, Lenah Valley
Ichneumon Wasps (in the Braconid mimicry ring) waiting to parasitise sawfly larvae. The larvae continually thrashed their defensive display. Days later there were dead wasps stuck to the sawfly exudate.
October 9, 2010

October 14, 2010
October 17, 2010
October 22, 2010
Mid October 2012
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart