Spitfires on alert

Posted by Helen (Melbourne, Australia) on 11 August 2009 in Animal & Insect.

A spitfire is not a true caterpillar but is a larva of the Sawfly - Perga dorsalis. Sawflies are not flies either, they are actually a wasp.
The larvae are about 25 mm long and move in clusters . Thet are a pest and cause damage to eucalypt trees. More info here

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