Paralucia pyrodiscus
1 Fiery Copper at Michelago, NSW
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| Paralucia pyrodiscus | SuziBond | 19 Dec 2017 | |
| Paralucia pyrodiscus | Illilanga | 19 Dec 2017 |
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4 comments
20 Dec 2017
Great record for this species, thanks for submitting it. Your butterfly is a female. Is this a long-established site for Fiery Copper or have you only just noticed/found them?
20 Dec 2017
This may be a long-established site, as the Bursaria have been here for a very long time! The butterflies caught my eye, as they were near our house, so I decided to spend some time trying to get a photo. They were not very helpful in keeping still or landing, so it took a few tries! I am slowly trying to build up our CNM photo catalogue of taxa to be identified, including many older photos we have. Sandra :)
22 Dec 2017
Thanks Sandra for the info - good on you for persevering for a photo! In addition to needing bursaria, Fiery Coppers also need the presence of an ant colony (specifically Notoncus ants), so even if the bursaria has been there a long time, the ants may not have.
22 Dec 2017
Thanks for the info. I can vouch there are plenty of ants in the vicinity, having been bitten many times whilst taking photos!
Location information
- Maps Illilanga & Baroona
- Places Michelago, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- Illilanga Recorded by
- Near a grove of Bursaria. Associated plant
Collections
- Illilanga Completed Illilanga NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Significant Paralucia pyrodiscus Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Species information
- Paralucia pyrodiscus Scientific name
- Fiery Copper Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 846.1m Recorded at altitude
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