2 Fiery Copper at Mongarlowe, NSW
Identification history
| Paralucia pyrodiscus | 2 Feb 2021 | SuziBond | ||
| Paralucia pyrodiscus | 21 Jan 2021 | LisaH |
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User's notes
Symbiotic relationship between ants, bursaria and fiery copper?
1 comment
SuziBond
wrote:
2 Feb 2021
Hi LisaH, yes - the ants attend the butterfly larvae, and the butterfly larvae eat the bursaria. Thanks for ensuring the photos are helpful for id too.
Location information
- Maps Mongarlowe River
- Places Mongarlowe, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 20 Jan 2021 03:17 PM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
Additional information
- Bursaria Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Paralucia pyrodiscus Scientific name
- Fiery Copper Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-Invasive
- 120 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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