Another check under the Snowy River Wattle while gardening revealed a lot more empty Oxycanus australis pupa cases than first noted three weeks ago, and after being collected the number came to a rather astonishing seventy five.
As mentioned in the previous post the larvae feed on acacia roots, and as can be seen in the first picture they certainly haven’t bothered the shrub that continues to bud up and thrive and put on new growth at the base after being cut back.