Synemon plana
1 Golden Sun Moth at Amaroo, ACT
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| Synemon plana | donhe | 19 Nov 2019 | |
| Synemon plana | DPRees125 | 19 Nov 2019 |
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Plenty of sun moths about, including egg laying females. I've loaded this record as it shows interesting behaviour, male sun moths being attracted to fragments of brown glass, probably thinking the orange thing is a female. the behaviour in action can best be seen in my video at https://vimeo.com/374081664
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.156312-35.174530
- Maps Mulligans Flat
- Places Amaroo, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 18 Nov 2019 12:00 PM Recorded on
- DPRees125 Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Male Gender
Collections
- DPRees125 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species Synemon plana Sun moths (Castniidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Synemon plana Scientific name
- Golden Sun Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Vulnerable *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 702m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
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- More than one media file
- GPS evidence of location