Wood Sorrel at Hackett, ACT
Identification history
| Oxalis sp. | 5 May 2020 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Oxalis sp. | 5 May 2020 | trevorpreston |
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4 comments
BettyDonWood
wrote:
5 May 2020
If you have not already done so, could you upload this sighting again as a bee/wasp sighting please, with a comment and link to the plant sighting. To get the link, click/tap on the header at the top of this page, which brings up the page details, then select, copy, and paste.
waltraud
wrote:
6 May 2020
The visitor is a hoverfly. Hoverflies are attracted to yellow flowers. I always keep some flowering brassicas in my garden to attract them; their larvae are great aphid hunters...
BettyDonWood
wrote:
6 May 2020
Thanks Waltraud.
This is an example of an insect that is not nasty pretending to be one that has a nasty sting. Presumably it fools would be predators. This is known as Batesian mimicry. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batesian_mimicry
This is an example of an insect that is not nasty pretending to be one that has a nasty sting. Presumably it fools would be predators. This is known as Batesian mimicry. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batesian_mimicry
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.168611-35.250556
- Altitude 645.0m
- Maps Mount Majura
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 5 May 2020 12:03 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
Additional information
- True In flower
- Less than 10cm Plant height
Species information
- Oxalis sp. Scientific name
- Wood Sorrel Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1575.03m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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