1 Saltbush Blue at Molonglo Valley, ACT
Identification history
| Theclinesthes serpentata | 14 Feb 2022 | SuziBond | ||
| Theclinesthes serpentata | 11 Feb 2022 | DPRees125 | ||
| Neolucia agricola | 8 Feb 2022 | Christine |
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Pretty sure she is egg laying in pic 2.
1 comment
DPRees125
wrote:
11 Feb 2022
I don't think that main picture is Neolucia rather it is a Saltbush blue. I have been up there in recent days and have seen Saltbush blue there, there is some planted saltbush in and around the carpark.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.097552-35.273643
- Maps Black Mountain
- Places Molonglo Valley, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 6 Feb 2022 03:56 PM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Egg laying Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Theclinesthes serpentata Scientific name
- Saltbush Blue Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1785.3m Recorded at altitude
- 146 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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