Long tailed sawfly (Pterygophorus facielongus)

Long tailed sawfly (Pterygophorus facielongus) 2016

CRANNEY, Kate

Registration number

1908697

Artist/maker

CRANNEY, Kate

Title

Long tailed sawfly (Pterygophorus facielongus)

Production date

2016

Medium

ink and watercolour on paper

Dimensions (H x W x D)

29.7 x 42 cm (paper size)

Credit line

City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection
© Kate Cranney (www.katecranney.com)

Keywords

Kate Cranney, sawfly, The Little Things That Run the City, 2016, drawing

Summary

This drawing depicts an adult long tailed sawfly and nine sawfly larvae on a leaf. As depicted in the illustration, sawfly larvae feed on plants, in groups, eating so much that they leave behind only a leaf skeleton. The illustration was drawn by Kate Cranney for the City of Melbourne's publication 'The Little Things that Run the City'. The book explores the diversity of insects we have within our city’s boundaries and examines what we can do to help them survive and thrive.