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Sighting 4198536

Eryngium ovinum

Blue Devil at Ainslie, ACT

Eryngium ovinum at Ainslie, ACT - 30 Nov 2018
Eryngium ovinum at Ainslie, ACT - 30 Nov 2018
Eryngium ovinum at Ainslie, ACT - 30 Nov 2018
Eryngium ovinum at Ainslie, ACT - 30 Nov 2018
Eryngium ovinum at Ainslie, ACT - 30 Nov 2018
Eryngium ovinum at Ainslie, ACT - 30 Nov 2018
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Identification history

Eryngium ovinum 23 Feb 2019 SilkeSma
Eryngium ovinum 23 Feb 2019 JessGio

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Plants were subsequently destroyed, possibly by Council/ ranger mowing, possibly by use of pesticide.

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Pseudonaja textilis (Eastern Brown Snake) at Mount Ainslie - 20 Jan 2024 by RussA
Paropsisterna octosignata (Eucalyptus leaf beetle) at Ainslie, ACT - 9 Dec 2023 by Hejor1
Chalcidoidea (superfamily) (A gall wasp or Chalcid wasp) at Ainslie, ACT - 9 Dec 2023 by Hejor1
Paropsini sp. (tribe) (Unidentified paropsine leaf beetle) at Ainslie, ACT - 9 Dec 2023 by Hejor1
Eurymeloides sp. (genus) (Eucalyptus leafhopper) at Ainslie, ACT - 9 Dec 2023 by Hejor1
Ellipsidion sp. (genus) (A diurnal cockroach) at Ainslie, ACT - 9 Dec 2023 by Hejor1
Celaenia calotoides (Bird-dropping spider) at Ainslie, ACT - 9 Dec 2023 by Hejor1
Ardozyga stratifera (Striped Ardozyga Moth) at Ainslie, ACT - 9 Dec 2023 by Hejor1
Simosyrphus grandicornis (Common hover fly) at Ainslie, ACT - 9 Dec 2023 by Hejor1
Ceraon sp. (genus) (2-horned tree hopper) at Ainslie, ACT - 9 Dec 2023 by Hejor1
Macrotona australis (Common Macrotona Grasshopper) at Ainslie, ACT - 9 Dec 2023 by Hejor1
Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) sp. (genus & subgenus) (Halictid bee) at Mount Ainslie - 9 Dec 2023 by Hejor1
Ectropis (genus) (An engrailed moth) at Mount Ainslie - 9 Dec 2023 by Hejor1
Trigonospila sp. (genus) (A Bristle Fly) at Mount Ainslie - 9 Dec 2023 by Hejor1
Zizina otis (Common Grass-Blue) at Mount Ainslie - 9 Dec 2023 by Hejor1
Peltoschema oceanica (Oceanica leaf beetle) at Mount Ainslie - 9 Dec 2023 by Hejor1
Anzora unicolor (Grey Planthopper) at Mount Ainslie - 9 Dec 2023 by Hejor1
Paropsisterna cloelia (Eucalyptus variegated beetle) at Mount Ainslie - 9 Dec 2023 by Hejor1
Agonoscelis rutila (Horehound bug) at Mount Ainslie - 9 Dec 2023 by Hejor1
Anestia (genus) (A tiger moth) at Mount Ainslie - 9 Dec 2023 by Hejor1
Deroploa parva (A turtle bug) at Mount Ainslie - 9 Dec 2023 by Hejor1
Gminatus australis (Orange assassin bug) at Mount Ainslie - 9 Dec 2023 by Hejor1
Solanum linearifolium (Kangaroo Apple) at Ainslie, ACT - 3 Nov 2021 by Mike
Dacelo novaeguineae (Laughing Kookaburra) at Ainslie, ACT - 3 Nov 2021 by Mike
Eryngium ovinum (Blue Devil) at Ainslie, ACT - 18 Nov 2019 by JessGio
Solanum linearifolium (Kangaroo Apple) at Ainslie, ACT - 13 Nov 2019 by JessGio
Eryngium ovinum (Blue Devil) at Ainslie, ACT - 13 Nov 2019 by JessGio
Eryngium ovinum (Blue Devil) at Ainslie, ACT - 30 Oct 2018 by JessGio

Location information

Sighting information

  • 4 - 15 Abundance
  • 30 Nov 2018 08:05 AM Recorded on
  • JessGio Recorded by

Additional information

  • True In flower
  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height

Species information

  • Eryngium ovinum Scientific name
  • Blue Devil Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 820.89m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower

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