Belenois java

1 Caper White at Higgins, ACT

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Identification history

	Belenois java	19 Oct 2020	SuziBond
	Belenois java	16 Oct 2020	AlisonMilton

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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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MatthewFrawley wrote:

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).

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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
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AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr 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
345 images trained Machine learning
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