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Lucia limbaria

Chequered Copper at Mount Mugga Mugga

Lucia limbaria at Mount Mugga Mugga - 17 Feb 2019

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Lucia limbaria at Mount Mugga Mugga - 17 Feb 2019
Lucia limbaria at Mount Mugga Mugga - 17 Feb 2019
Lucia limbaria at Mount Mugga Mugga - 17 Feb 2019

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Lucia limbaria 17 Feb 2019 Mike
Lucia limbaria 17 Feb 2019 Mike

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Mike wrote:
   17 Feb 2019
Also flying at north end of pond. They were fending off much larger butterflies like meadow argus.

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(Bears Ear) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 4 Sep 2015 by Mike Stackhousia monogyna (Creamy Candles) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 4 Sep 2015 by Mike Chrysocephalum apiculatum (Common Everlasting) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 17 May 2015 by Mike Melilotus albus (Bokhara) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 17 May 2015 by Mike Dittrichia graveolens (Stinkwort) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 1 Apr 2015 by Mike Lavandula stoechas (Spanish Lavender or Topped Lavender) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 1 Apr 2015 by Mike Cucumis myriocarpus (Prickly Paddy Melon) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 1 Apr 2015 by Mike Rubus anglocandicans (Blackberry) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 1 Apr 2015 by Mike Oenothera lindheimeri (Clockweed) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 22 Feb 2015 by Mike Veronica anagallis-aquatica (Blue Water Speedwell) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 26 Jan 2015 by Mike Rumex conglomeratus (Clustered Dock) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 26 Jan 2015 by Mike Typha domingensis (Narrow-leaved Cumbungee) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 26 Jan 2015 by Mike Alternanthera denticulata (Lesser Joyweed) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 26 Jan 2015 by Mike Cymbopogon refractus (Barbed-Wire Grass) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 26 Jan 2015 by Mike Baumea articulata (Jointed Twig Rush) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 19 Oct 2014 by Mike Sanguisorba minor (Salad Burnet, Sheep's Burnet) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 19 Oct 2014 by Mike Leucochrysum albicans subsp. tricolor (Hoary Sunray) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 19 Oct 2014 by Mike Carex appressa (Tall Sedge) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 19 Oct 2014 by Mike Cymbonotus sp. (Bears Ear) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 22 Sep 2014 by Mike Cryptandra amara (Bitter cryptandra) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 22 Sep 2014 by Mike
Zizina otis (Common Grass-blue) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 24 Oct 2019 by Mike
Cacatua galerita (Sulphur-crested Cockatoo) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 30 Aug 2019 by KumikoCallaway
Acacia buxifolia subsp. buxifolia (Box-leaf Wattle) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 30 Aug 2019 by KumikoCallaway
Acacia boormanii (Snowy River Wattle) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 30 Aug 2019 by KumikoCallaway
Acacia rubida (Red-leaved Wattle) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 30 Aug 2019 by KumikoCallaway
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Fraxinus sp. (An Ash) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 1 May 2019 by Mike
Psilogramma casuarinae (Southern Psilogramma) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 1 May 2019 by Mike
Zanda funereus (Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 1 May 2019 by Mike
Junonia villida (Meadow Argus) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 16 Mar 2019 by Mike
Leptotarsus (Macromastix) sp. (genus & subgenus) (Unidentified Macromastix crane fly) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 11 Mar 2019 by BIrdsinCanberra
Gambusia holbrooki (Gambusia, Plague minnow, Mosquito fish) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 11 Mar 2019 by BIrdsinCanberra
Ischnura heterosticta (Common Bluetail) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 11 Mar 2019 by BIrdsinCanberra
Acacia lanigera var. lanigera (Woolly Wattle, Hairy Wattle) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 15 Dec 2018 by Mike
Vittadinia sp. (Fuzzweed) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 15 Dec 2018 by Mike
Chrysocephalum semipapposum (Clustered Everlasting) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 15 Dec 2018 by Mike
Calocephalus citreus (Lemon Beauty Heads) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 15 Dec 2018 by Mike
Leucochrysum albicans subsp. tricolor (Hoary Sunray) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 15 Dec 2018 by Mike
Cynoglossum australe (Australian Forget-me-not) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 15 Dec 2018 by Mike
Larinus latus (Onopordum seed weevil) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 15 Dec 2018 by Mike
Phyllotocus navicularis (Nectar scarab) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 15 Dec 2018 by Mike
Onopordum acanthium (Scotch Thistle) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 15 Dec 2018 by Mike
zz puffball at Mount Mugga Mugga - 15 Dec 2018 by Mike
Acacia lanigera var. lanigera (Woolly Wattle, Hairy Wattle) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 17 Nov 2018 by Mike
Acacia lanigera var. lanigera (Woolly Wattle, Hairy Wattle) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 20 Oct 2018 by Mike
Zanda funereus (Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 18 Aug 2018 by Mike
Cacatua galerita (Sulphur-crested Cockatoo) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 18 Aug 2018 by Mike
Cymbopogon refractus (Barbed-Wire Grass) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 21 Mar 2018 by Mike
Fraxinus sp. (An Ash) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 19 Feb 2018 by Mike
Gleditsia triacanthos (Honey Locust, Thorny Locust) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 19 Feb 2018 by Mike
Schoenoplectus validus (River Club-rush) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 20 Jan 2018 by Mike
Synthemis eustalacta (Swamp Tigertail) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 20 Jan 2018 by Mike
Myrmecia nigriceps (Black-headed bull ant) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 20 Jan 2018 by Mike
Leontodon saxatilis (Lesser Hawkbit, Hairy Hawkbit) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 20 Jan 2018 by Mike
Typha domingensis (Narrow-leaved Cumbungee) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 20 Jan 2018 by Mike
Calocephalus citreus (Lemon Beauty Heads) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 16 Dec 2017 by Mike
Geranium retrorsum (Grassland Cranesbill) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 16 Dec 2017 by Mike
Geranium sp. at Mount Mugga Mugga - 19 Nov 2017 by Mike
Lavandula stoechas (Spanish Lavender or Topped Lavender) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 21 Oct 2017 by Mike
Leucochrysum albicans subsp. tricolor (Hoary Sunray) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 21 Oct 2017 by Mike
Kunzea parvifolia (Violet kunzea) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 21 Oct 2017 by Mike
Salix sp. (A Willow) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 8 Oct 2017 by Mike
Onthophagus sp. (genus) (Dung beetle) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 19 Aug 2017 by Mike
Chrysolina quadrigemina (Greater St Johns Wort beetle) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 19 Aug 2017 by Mike
Gleditsia triacanthos (Honey Locust, Thorny Locust) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 15 Apr 2017 by Mike
Apis mellifera (European honey bee) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 15 Apr 2017 by Mike
Dittrichia graveolens (Stinkwort) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 19 Mar 2017 by Mike
Oenothera lindheimeri (Clockweed) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 18 Feb 2017 by Mike
Nasturtium officinale (Watercress) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 20 Nov 2016 by Mike
Apina callisto (Pasture Day Moth) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 21 Aug 2016 by Mike
Calocephalus citreus (Lemon Beauty Heads) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 16 Jan 2016 by Mike
Calocephalus citreus (Lemon Beauty Heads) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 19 Dec 2015 by Mike
Melilotus albus (Bokhara) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 3 Dec 2015 by Mike
Cullen tenax (Tough scurf-pea) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 14 Nov 2015 by LukeMcElhinney
Euphorbia oblongata (Egg-leaf Spurge) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 18 Oct 2015 by Mike
Cymbonotus sp. (Bears Ear) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 4 Sep 2015 by Mike
Stackhousia monogyna (Creamy Candles) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 4 Sep 2015 by Mike
Chrysocephalum apiculatum (Common Everlasting) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 17 May 2015 by Mike
Melilotus albus (Bokhara) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 17 May 2015 by Mike
Dittrichia graveolens (Stinkwort) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 1 Apr 2015 by Mike
Lavandula stoechas (Spanish Lavender or Topped Lavender) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 1 Apr 2015 by Mike
Cucumis myriocarpus (Prickly Paddy Melon) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 1 Apr 2015 by Mike
Rubus anglocandicans (Blackberry) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 1 Apr 2015 by Mike
Oenothera lindheimeri (Clockweed) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 22 Feb 2015 by Mike
Veronica anagallis-aquatica (Blue Water Speedwell) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 26 Jan 2015 by Mike
Rumex conglomeratus (Clustered Dock) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 26 Jan 2015 by Mike
Typha domingensis (Narrow-leaved Cumbungee) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 26 Jan 2015 by Mike
Alternanthera denticulata (Lesser Joyweed) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 26 Jan 2015 by Mike
Cymbopogon refractus (Barbed-Wire Grass) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 26 Jan 2015 by Mike
Baumea articulata (Jointed Twig Rush) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 19 Oct 2014 by Mike
Sanguisorba minor (Salad Burnet, Sheep's Burnet) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 19 Oct 2014 by Mike
Leucochrysum albicans subsp. tricolor (Hoary Sunray) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 19 Oct 2014 by Mike
Carex appressa (Tall Sedge) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 19 Oct 2014 by Mike
Cymbonotus sp. (Bears Ear) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 22 Sep 2014 by Mike
Cryptandra amara (Bitter cryptandra) at Mount Mugga Mugga - 22 Sep 2014 by Mike

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Species information

  • Not Sensitive
  • Local Native
  • Non-Invasive

Sighting information

  • 4 - 15 Abundance
  • 17 Feb 2019 Recorded on
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