Moth Plant at O'Malley, ACT
Identification history
| Araujia sericifera | 15 Jul 2021 | Tapirlord |
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Significant sighting
User's notes
Rather large moth vine infestation by Hindmarsh drive, plants are entrenched among acacia boormani, so anyone trying to remove these has their work cut out for them!! :)
8 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
15 Jul 2021
Thanks Tapirlord an important discovery - have asked about control.
ACTBioSecurity
wrote:
15 Jul 2021
Well spotted. It is an eradication target in the ACT. Predicted to spread with climate change.
Mike
wrote:
18 Jul 2021
Picked about 50 fruit and scraped and poisoned 8 plants. I might have missed some among all the acacia stems and other weeds but at least the infestation has been reduced significantly.
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
18 Jul 2021
Thanks Mike much appreciated - I was about to go out the door to do the same job but got caught up in a Red Hill matter
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
22 Jul 2021
went to site today and had a good hunt - found and treated six seedlings but there are probably more hidden in bushes and grass growth
Mike
wrote:
22 Jul 2021
I knew there must have been seedlings but I was in between Waterwatch sites and couldn't spend much time. It seems as though when mulch gets overgrown it no longer gets maintained.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.104447-35.349717
- Altitude 620.8m
- Places O'Malley, ACT
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- 2 Jul 2021 11:10 AM Recorded on
- Tapirlord Recorded by
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Collections
Significant sightings Plants Climbers & Mistletoes
Additional information
- Less than 10cm Plant height
Species information
- Araujia sericifera Scientific name
- Moth Plant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 762.57m Recorded at altitude
- 107 images trained Machine learning
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In flower
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