Synemon plana

Golden Sun Moth at Watson, ACT

Synemon plana at Watson, ACT - 1 Nov 2013
Synemon plana at Watson, ACT - 1 Nov 2013
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Synemon plana 11 Nov 2017 ibaird
Synemon plana 11 Nov 2017 waltraud

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Photographs by Tony Howard. we observed only males which were running on bare ground stopped frequently and performed low dashes of flight of approx 10m max length.

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ibaird wrote:
   11 Nov 2017
I think this probably the male. We can't see the hindwings in the photo, but they are brown compared to females bright orange hindwings.
waltraud wrote:
   12 Nov 2017
All animals we observed / collected (and released) that day were males including the one of which Tony took these 2 photos. We haven't observed a female at this day.
ibaird wrote:
   12 Nov 2017
I thought originally that the sighting of the S. plana female i.e No. 3384817 was also on the same day (1 Nov.) but then realised it was later ie. on 10 November, but nearby.
waltraud wrote:
   12 Nov 2017
yeah and the obsevations are 4 years apart! the observation of the female is from yesterday; we observed the males in November 2013!
ibaird wrote:
   12 Nov 2017
OK, my mistake.That's what peer review is for!
waltraud wrote:
   16 Nov 2017
I think the female finding 4 years after the males were spotted is a sign that there is a stable breeding population. I'm not aware of anyone monitoring GSM at this location. The 2 observations of 2013 and recently were by chance; I discovered the female during my Fridays @ The Fair weeding activity.

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