The study looked at larvae of the iconic Australian steel-blue sawfly Perga affinis often known as 'spitfires'. Sawfly larvae can grow to 7cm long and forage nocturnally in Australian Eucalyptus ...

Leaders and followers naturally emerge from the group, and in the steel-blue sawfly, leaders had a slight advantage in avoiding predators and accessing nutrients, researchers reported in 2014 in ...

The study looked at larvae of the iconic Australian steel-blue sawfly Perga affinis often known as 'spitfires'. Sawfly larvae can grow to 7cm long and forage nocturnally in Australian ...