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Junonia villida

Meadow Argus at Watson, ACT

Junonia villida at Watson, ACT - 17 Apr 2022
Junonia villida at Watson, ACT - 17 Apr 2022
Junonia villida at Watson, ACT - 17 Apr 2022
Junonia villida at Watson, ACT - 17 Apr 2022
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Identification history

Junonia villida 18 Apr 2022 MichaelBedingfield
Junonia villida 18 Apr 2022 MatthewFrawley

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Two locked together with a third one trying to get in on the action.

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Nearby sightings

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Cyperus eragrostis (Umbrella Sedge) at Watson Woodlands - 11 May 2024 by AdrianM
Celtis australis (Nettle Tree) at Watson Woodlands - 20 Apr 2024 by AniseStar
Ligustrum lucidum (Large-leaved Privet) at Watson, ACT - 5 Mar 2024 by abread111
Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata (African Olive) at Watson, ACT - 5 Mar 2024 by abread111
Microlaena stipoides (Weeping Grass) at Watson, ACT - 5 Mar 2024 by abread111
Eucalyptus melliodora (Yellow Box) at Watson, ACT - 5 Mar 2024 by abread111
Rosa rubiginosa (Sweet Briar, Eglantine) at Watson, ACT - 5 Mar 2024 by abread111
Nyctemera amicus (Senecio Moth, Magpie Moth, Cineraria Moth) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 5 Mar 2024 by abread111
Apis mellifera (European honey bee) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 5 Mar 2024 by abread111
Diplacodes sp. (genus) (Percher) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 5 Mar 2024 by abread111
Rosa rubiginosa (Sweet Briar, Eglantine) at Watson, ACT - 5 Mar 2024 by abread111
Glyphipterix (genus) (A sedge moth) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 5 Mar 2024 by abread111
Bursaria spinosa (Native Blackthorn, Sweet Bursaria) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 5 Mar 2024 by abread111
Zizina otis (Common Grass-Blue) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 5 Mar 2024 by abread111
Coccinella transversalis (Transverse Ladybird) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 5 Mar 2024 by abread111
Cynoglossum australe (Australian Forget-me-not) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 5 Mar 2024 by abread111
Geron nigralis (Slender bee fly) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 5 Mar 2024 by abread111
Solanum nigrum (Black Nightshade) at Watson, ACT - 5 Mar 2024 by abread111
Zizina otis (Common Grass-Blue) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 5 Mar 2024 by abread111
Eretmocera (genus) (Scythrididae family) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 5 Mar 2024 by abread111
Uroleucon sp. (genus) (an aphid that usually feeds on daisies) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 29 Feb 2024 by abread111
Coccinella transversalis (Transverse Ladybird) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 29 Feb 2024 by abread111
Pterygophorus cinctus (Bottlebrush sawfly) at Watson, ACT - 29 Feb 2024 by abread111
Mordellidae (family) (Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 27 Jan 2024 by abread111
Syllitus microps (Longicorn or Longhorn beetle) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 27 Jan 2024 by abread111
Mordellidae (family) (Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 27 Jan 2024 by abread111
Cheiranthera linearis (Finger Flower) at Watson, ACT - 27 Jan 2024 by abread111
Zygoptera (suborder) (Damselfly) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 27 Jan 2024 by abread111
Nacaduba biocellata (Two-spotted Line-Blue) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 27 Jan 2024 by abread111
Trichonephila edulis (Golden orb weaver) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 27 Jan 2024 by abread111
Aporocera (Aporocera) speciosa (Leaf Beetle) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 27 Jan 2024 by abread111
Mordella sp. (genus) (Pintail or tumbling flower beetle) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 27 Jan 2024 by abread111
Nemophora (genus) (A Fairy Moth) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 27 Jan 2024 by abread111
Mordellidae (family) (Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 27 Jan 2024 by abread111
Amyema miquelii (Box Mistletoe) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 26 Jan 2024 by abread111
Lasioglossum sp. (genus) (Furrow Bee) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 26 Jan 2024 by abread111
Conocephalomima barameda (False Meadow Katydid, Barameda) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 26 Jan 2024 by abread111
Nyctemera amicus (Senecio Moth, Magpie Moth, Cineraria Moth) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 26 Jan 2024 by abread111
Hirschfeldia incana (Buchan Weed) at Watson Woodlands - 6 Jan 2024 by abread111
Calocephalus citreus (Lemon Beauty Heads) at Watson, ACT - 6 Jan 2024 by abread111
Chauliognathus lugubris (Plague Soldier Beetle) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 6 Jan 2024 by abread111
Apis mellifera (European honey bee) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 6 Jan 2024 by abread111
Heteronympha merope (Common Brown Butterfly) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 6 Jan 2024 by abread111
Orthodera ministralis (Green Mantid) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 6 Jan 2024 by abread111
Mordella limbata (A pintail beetle) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 6 Jan 2024 by abread111
Hoshihananomia leucosticta (Pintail or Tumbling flower beetle) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 6 Jan 2024 by abread111
Glycine tabacina (Variable Glycine) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 6 Jan 2024 by abread111
Mordella dumbrelli (Dumbrell's Pintail Beetle) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 6 Jan 2024 by abread111
Glyphipterix chrysoplanetis (A Sedge Moth) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 6 Jan 2024 by abread111
Oxyopes sp. (genus) (Lynx spider) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 6 Jan 2024 by abread111
Cheiranthera linearis (Finger Flower) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 6 Jan 2024 by abread111
Cullen microcephalum (Dusky Scurf-pea) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 6 Jan 2024 by abread111
Acacia implexa (Hickory Wattle, Lightwood) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 6 Jan 2024 by abread111
Austrotephritis poenia (Australian Fruit Fly) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 6 Jan 2024 by abread111
Platyptilia celidotus (Plume Moth) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 6 Jan 2024 by abread111
Sidnia kinbergi (Australian crop mirid) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 6 Jan 2024 by abread111
Centaurium erythraea (Common Centaury) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 6 Jan 2024 by abread111
Heliocosma (genus - immature) (A tortrix or leafroller moth) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 6 Jan 2024 by abread111
Glyphipterix chrysoplanetis (A Sedge Moth) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 6 Jan 2024 by abread111
Hedera sp. (helix or hibernica) (Ivy) at Watson Woodlands - 6 Jan 2024 by abread111
Mordellidae (family) (Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 16 Dec 2023 by abread111
Apis mellifera (European honey bee) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 16 Dec 2023 by abread111
Heteronympha merope (Common Brown Butterfly) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 16 Dec 2023 by abread111
Mordellidae (family) (Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 15 Dec 2023 by abread111
Gminatus australis (Orange assassin bug) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 15 Dec 2023 by abread111
Phaulacridium vittatum (Wingless Grasshopper) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 15 Dec 2023 by abread111
Mordellidae (family) (Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 15 Dec 2023 by abread111
Callistemon sp. (A Bottlebrush) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 15 Dec 2023 by abread111
Orthetrum caledonicum (Blue Skimmer) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 15 Dec 2023 by abread111
Hypochaeris radicata (Cat's Ear, Flatweed) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 15 Dec 2023 by abread111
Apis mellifera (European honey bee) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 15 Dec 2023 by abread111
Centaurium sp. (Centaury) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 15 Dec 2023 by abread111
Vittadinia gracilis (New Holland Daisy) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 15 Dec 2023 by abread111
Apiformes (informal group) (Unidentified bee) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 15 Dec 2023 by abread111
Mordellidae (family) (Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 15 Dec 2023 by abread111
Mordellidae (family) (Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 15 Dec 2023 by abread111
Geranium solanderi var. solanderi (Native Geranium) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 15 Dec 2023 by abread111
Convolvulus angustissimus subsp. angustissimus (Australian Bindweed) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 15 Dec 2023 by abread111
Agonoscelis rutila (Horehound bug) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 15 Dec 2023 by abread111
Calocephalus citreus (Lemon Beauty Heads) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 26 Nov 2023 by abread111
Onopordum acanthium (Scotch Thistle) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 26 Nov 2023 by abread111
Tricoryne elatior (Yellow Rush Lily) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 26 Nov 2023 by abread111
Mordellidae (family) (Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 26 Nov 2023 by abread111
Vanessa kershawi (Australian Painted Lady) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 26 Nov 2023 by abread111
Eurymeloides adspersa (Gumtree hopper) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 26 Nov 2023 by abread111
Halictidae (family) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 26 Nov 2023 by abread111
Mordellidae (family) (Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle) at Watson, ACT - 26 Nov 2023 by abread111
Blattidae sp. (family) (Unidentified blattid cockroach) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 26 Nov 2023 by abread111
Ligustrum lucidum (Large-leaved Privet) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 26 Nov 2023 by abread111
Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum (Jersey Cudweed) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 10 Nov 2023 by abread111
Dasytinae (subfamily) (Soft-winged flower beetle) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 10 Nov 2023 by abread111
Epilobium hirtigerum (Hairy Willowherb) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 10 Nov 2023 by abread111
Rumex brownii (Slender Dock) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 10 Nov 2023 by abread111
Austrotephritis sp. (genus) (Fruit fly or Seed fly) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 10 Nov 2023 by abread111
Wheeleria spilodactylus (Horehound plume moth) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 10 Nov 2023 by abread111
Agonoscelis rutila (Horehound bug) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 10 Nov 2023 by abread111
Lasioglossum sp. (genus) (Furrow Bee) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 10 Nov 2023 by abread111
Syrphidae (family) (Unidentified Hover fly) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 10 Nov 2023 by abread111
Tebenna micalis (Small Thistle Moth) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 10 Nov 2023 by abread111
Eurys sp. (genus) (Eurys sawfly) at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH) - 10 Nov 2023 by abread111

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Location information

Sighting information

  • 3 Abundance
  • 17 Apr 2022 11:40 AM Recorded on
  • MatthewFrawley Recorded by

Additional information

  • 25mm to 50mm Animal size
  • Mixed Gender
  • Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour

Species information

  • Junonia villida Scientific name
  • Meadow Argus Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 1642.1m Recorded at altitude
  • 722 images trained Machine learning
  • External link More information

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