Stencilled Hairstreak at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Jalmenus ictinus | 21 Jan 2019 | SuziBond | ||
| Jalmenus ictinus | 19 Jan 2019 | JackyF |
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User's notes
Caterpillars pupating, tended by ants, several different groups so probably more than 20. Caterpillar on right in photo 1 in process of pupating, photo 3 shows single caterpillar. Hairstreak butterflies courting around wattle at same time, see separate sighting.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.102476-35.328973
- Maps Federal Golf Course Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 19 Jan 2019 10:08 AM Recorded on
- JackyF Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera)
Additional information
- Large shrubby wattle Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Jalmenus ictinus Scientific name
- Stencilled Hairstreak Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1014.5m Recorded at altitude
- 284 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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