Lampides boeticus

Long-tailed Pea-blue at Aranda, ACT

Lampides boeticus at Aranda, ACT - 24 Oct 2016
Lampides boeticus at Aranda, ACT - 24 Oct 2016
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Lampides boeticus 17 Jan 2018 SuziBond
Candalides heathi 16 Jan 2018 KMcCue

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SuziBond wrote:
   17 Jan 2018
Yes, she is laying an egg in the main image. Rayed Blues are more of a high-country species in the ACT, and their preferred larval food plants are different to what the Long-tailed Pea-blue uses.
KMcCue wrote:
   18 Jan 2018
Thanks Suzi
Could only see one tail so thought it wasn't one - she must have lost the other one

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