Belenois java
1 Caper White at Higgins, ACT
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| Belenois java | SuziBond | 19 Oct 2020 | |
| Belenois java | AlisonMilton | 16 Oct 2020 |
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User's notes
Massive migration coming from the west flying eastward. Impossible to count but estimate 400-500 or more. Flying through in a constant wave along the whole length of my street for more than two hours. Mostly males but seen fluttering with female on the wind. Very few females perched. They were already on the wing when I noticed the first two and still coming through two hours later when I had to go out.
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16 Oct 2020
Nice photos, I also noticed huge numbers over my house this afternoon, watched for about an hour and the numbers were constant (in Tuggeranong).
Location information
- Coordinates 149.029495-35.238253
- Altitude 627.2m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 16 Oct 2020 02:42 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
Collections
- AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Belenois java Whites & Yellows (Pieridae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Species information
- Belenois java Scientific name
- Caper White Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Migratory
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1730m Recorded at altitude
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