5 Small Grass-yellow at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Eurema smilax | 31 Oct 2020 | SuziBond | ||
| Eurema smilax | 31 Oct 2020 | RodDeb |
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Significant sighting
SuziBond noted:
31 Oct 2020
Egg-laying is not normally observed in the ACT for this species, and there is no successful breeding record for the ACT for this species.
User's notes
just deposited an egg in the 3rd pic
3 comments
SuziBond
wrote:
31 Oct 2020
Hi RodDeb, great series of images and brilliant that you recorded some breeding activity! This species is not known to have any successful breeding records in the ACT, so would it be possible for you to return to this plant and check on the progress of the egg/s? Do you know what species the plant is?
RodDeb
wrote:
31 Oct 2020
Hi Suzi, thanks for your kind comment, we do not know the species of plant we will try to find out, the plants were on the edge of the Eastern Mallee area (section 211) near the first walkway entrance. We will try and check on the eggs next time we go to the ANBG but there were multiple plants laid on, have you any idea how long they take to hatch? Cheers Deb & Rod
RodDeb
wrote:
4 Nov 2020
Hi Suzi, we went to the ANBG again today 4 Nov 2020 and looked for eggs on the plants unfortunately it was like trying to find a needle in a haystack. However there were larger plants there that looked (to us) the same type of plant and we were able to find one with a name tag which was:
Senna artemisioides S. Zygophylla. It has a yellow flower. We did take more photos of the plant so if you like we can email them to you but won't list them here as obviously they are not wild. Sorry we could not be of more help in finding the butterfly eggs.
Senna artemisioides S. Zygophylla. It has a yellow flower. We did take more photos of the plant so if you like we can email them to you but won't list them here as obviously they are not wild. Sorry we could not be of more help in finding the butterfly eggs.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108412-35.279072
- Altitude 607.4m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 30 Oct 2020 12:02 PM Recorded on
- RodDeb Recorded by
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Collections
Significant sightings Insects Whites & Yellows (Pieridae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera)
Additional information
- Senna artemisioides S. Zygophylla Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Female Gender
- Egg laying Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Eurema smilax Scientific name
- Small Grass-yellow Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1655.9m Recorded at altitude
- 71 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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