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Papilio anactus

Dainty Swallowtail at Crooked Corner, NSW

Papilio anactus at Crooked Corner, NSW - 21 Nov 2020
Papilio anactus at Crooked Corner, NSW - 21 Nov 2020
Papilio anactus at Crooked Corner, NSW - 21 Nov 2020
Papilio anactus at Crooked Corner, NSW - 21 Nov 2020
Papilio anactus at Crooked Corner, NSW - 21 Nov 2020
Papilio anactus at Crooked Corner, NSW - 21 Nov 2020
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Identification history

Papilio anactus 22 Nov 2020 MatthewFrawley
Papilio anactus 21 Nov 2020 Milly

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These butterflies didn't actually land on the blossoms, but were hovering close to them whilst feeding.

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Doratifera vulnerans (Mottled Cup Moth) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 5 Mar 2021 by Milly Chauliognathus tricolor (Tricolor soldier beetle) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 5 Mar 2021 by Milly Hippotion celerio (Vine Hawk Moth) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 27 Feb 2021 by Milly Mordella dumbrelli (Pintail or tumbling flower beetle) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 22 Feb 2021 by Milly Geron nigralis (Slender bee fly) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 22 Feb 2021 by Milly Gryllacrididae sp. (family) (Wood, Raspy or Leaf Rolling Cricket) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 21 Feb 2021 by Milly Phaulacridium vittatum (Wingless Grasshopper) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 19 Feb 2021 by Milly Ardea pacifica (White-necked Heron) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 18 Feb 2021 by Milly Exaireta spinigera (Garden Soldier Fly) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 16 Feb 2021 by Milly Agrianome spinicollis (Poinciana longicorn) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 14 Feb 2021 by Milly Noctuidae sp. unclassified IMMATURE moth (Immature Noctuidae Moth) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 13 Feb 2021 by Milly Aridaeus thoracicus (Tiger Longicorn Beetle) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 13 Feb 2021 by Milly Eutyrhinus meditabundus (Weevil) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 12 Feb 2021 by Milly Hadrogryllus sp. (genus) (A raspy cricket) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 4 Feb 2021 by Milly Hippotion scrofa (Coprosma Hawk Moth) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 3 Feb 2021 by Milly Pataeta carbo (Dark Euteliid) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 31 Jan 2021 by Milly Acontia detrita (Marbled Shoulder) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 30 Jan 2021 by Milly Diemenia rubromarginata (Pink-margined bug) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 27 Jan 2021 by Milly Poecilometis strigatus (Gum Tree Shield Bug) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 25 Jan 2021 by Milly Chlorocoma vertumnaria (Red-fringed Emerald) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 17 Jan 2021 by Milly Hypobapta diffundens (Diffundens Grey) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 12 Jan 2021 by Milly Hippotion scrofa (Coprosma Hawk Moth) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 12 Jan 2021 by Milly Doratifera quadriguttata (Four-spotted Cup Moth) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 5 Jan 2021 by Milly Phrataria bijugata (Bold Phrataria) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 4 Jan 2021 by Milly Cassinia longifolia (Shiny Cassinia, Cauliflower Bush) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 16 Dec 2020 by Milly Australiphthiria hilaris (Slender Bee Fly) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 5 Dec 2020 by Milly Scaptia sp. (genus) (March fly) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 1 Dec 2020 by Milly Noctuidae sp. (family) (A cutworm or owlet moth) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 29 Nov 2020 by Milly Hestiochora furcata (A zygaenid moth) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 25 Nov 2020 by Milly Aseroe rubra (Anemone Stinkhorn) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 24 Nov 2020 by Milly Alisterus scapularis (Australian King-Parrot) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 16 Nov 2020 by Milly Omorgus australasiae (Hide beetle) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 18 Oct 2020 by Milly Scleroderma sp. (Earth balls) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 12 Oct 2020 by Milly Vitellus sp. (genus) (Spined shield bug) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 11 Oct 2020 by Milly Ectomocoris ornatus (A ground assassin bug) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 9 Oct 2020 by Milly Scopula rubraria (Reddish Wave) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 25 Apr 2020 by Milly Dispar compacta (Barred skipper) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 13 Apr 2020 by Milly Apricia jovialis (Jovial jumping spider) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 2 Apr 2020 by Milly Agrianome spinicollis (Poinciana longicorn) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 4 Jan 2020 by Milly Australothis rubrescens (Indian Weed Caterpillar) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 22 Dec 2019 by Milly Laxta granicollis (Common trilobite cockroach, bark cockroach) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 6 Nov 2019 by Milly Acritoscincus platynotus (Red-throated Skink) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 1 Nov 2019 by Milly Microseris walteri (Murnong, Yam Daisy) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 2 Aug 2019 by Milly Eurymeloides pulchra (Gumtree hopper) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 14 Apr 2019 by Milly Melolonthinae sp. (subfamily) (Cockchafer) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 8 Jan 2019 by Milly Iphierga sp. (genus) (A case moth) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 20 Dec 2018 by Milly Phyllotocus sp. (genus) (Nectar scarab) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 9 Dec 2018 by Milly Exaireta spinigera (Garden Soldier Fly) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 12 Apr 2018 by Milly Wingia lambertella at Crooked Corner, NSW - 26 Dec 2015 by Milly Pararguda nasuta (Wattle Snout Moth) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 2 Oct 2015 by Milly Plesanemma fucata (Lemon Gum Moth) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 13 May 2015 by Milly Pinara divisa (Common Pinara) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 23 Dec 2014 by Milly Garrha pudica (A concealer moth) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 19 Dec 2012 by Milly Chlorocoma melocrossa (Cream-fringed Emerald) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 18 Mar 2010 by Milly
Doratifera vulnerans (Mottled Cup Moth) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 5 Mar 2021 by Milly
Chauliognathus tricolor (Tricolor soldier beetle) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 5 Mar 2021 by Milly
Hippotion celerio (Vine Hawk Moth) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 27 Feb 2021 by Milly
Mordella dumbrelli (Pintail or tumbling flower beetle) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 22 Feb 2021 by Milly
Geron nigralis (Slender bee fly) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 22 Feb 2021 by Milly
Gryllacrididae sp. (family) (Wood, Raspy or Leaf Rolling Cricket) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 21 Feb 2021 by Milly
Phaulacridium vittatum (Wingless Grasshopper) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 19 Feb 2021 by Milly
Ardea pacifica (White-necked Heron) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 18 Feb 2021 by Milly
Exaireta spinigera (Garden Soldier Fly) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 16 Feb 2021 by Milly
Agrianome spinicollis (Poinciana longicorn) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 14 Feb 2021 by Milly
Noctuidae sp. unclassified IMMATURE moth (Immature Noctuidae Moth) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 13 Feb 2021 by Milly
Aridaeus thoracicus (Tiger Longicorn Beetle) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 13 Feb 2021 by Milly
Eutyrhinus meditabundus (Weevil) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 12 Feb 2021 by Milly
Hadrogryllus sp. (genus) (A raspy cricket) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 4 Feb 2021 by Milly
Hippotion scrofa (Coprosma Hawk Moth) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 3 Feb 2021 by Milly
Pataeta carbo (Dark Euteliid) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 31 Jan 2021 by Milly
Acontia detrita (Marbled Shoulder) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 30 Jan 2021 by Milly
Diemenia rubromarginata (Pink-margined bug) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 27 Jan 2021 by Milly
Poecilometis strigatus (Gum Tree Shield Bug) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 25 Jan 2021 by Milly
Chlorocoma vertumnaria (Red-fringed Emerald) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 17 Jan 2021 by Milly
Hypobapta diffundens (Diffundens Grey) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 12 Jan 2021 by Milly
Hippotion scrofa (Coprosma Hawk Moth) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 12 Jan 2021 by Milly
Doratifera quadriguttata (Four-spotted Cup Moth) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 5 Jan 2021 by Milly
Phrataria bijugata (Bold Phrataria) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 4 Jan 2021 by Milly
Cassinia longifolia (Shiny Cassinia, Cauliflower Bush) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 16 Dec 2020 by Milly
Australiphthiria hilaris (Slender Bee Fly) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 5 Dec 2020 by Milly
Scaptia sp. (genus) (March fly) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 1 Dec 2020 by Milly
Noctuidae sp. (family) (A cutworm or owlet moth) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 29 Nov 2020 by Milly
Hestiochora furcata (A zygaenid moth) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 25 Nov 2020 by Milly
Aseroe rubra (Anemone Stinkhorn) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 24 Nov 2020 by Milly
Alisterus scapularis (Australian King-Parrot) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 16 Nov 2020 by Milly
Omorgus australasiae (Hide beetle) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 18 Oct 2020 by Milly
Scleroderma sp. (Earth balls) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 12 Oct 2020 by Milly
Vitellus sp. (genus) (Spined shield bug) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 11 Oct 2020 by Milly
Ectomocoris ornatus (A ground assassin bug) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 9 Oct 2020 by Milly
Scopula rubraria (Reddish Wave) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 25 Apr 2020 by Milly
Dispar compacta (Barred skipper) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 13 Apr 2020 by Milly
Apricia jovialis (Jovial jumping spider) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 2 Apr 2020 by Milly
Agrianome spinicollis (Poinciana longicorn) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 4 Jan 2020 by Milly
Australothis rubrescens (Indian Weed Caterpillar) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 22 Dec 2019 by Milly
Laxta granicollis (Common trilobite cockroach, bark cockroach) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 6 Nov 2019 by Milly
Acritoscincus platynotus (Red-throated Skink) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 1 Nov 2019 by Milly
Microseris walteri (Murnong, Yam Daisy) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 2 Aug 2019 by Milly
Eurymeloides pulchra (Gumtree hopper) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 14 Apr 2019 by Milly
Melolonthinae sp. (subfamily) (Cockchafer) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 8 Jan 2019 by Milly
Iphierga sp. (genus) (A case moth) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 20 Dec 2018 by Milly
Phyllotocus sp. (genus) (Nectar scarab) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 9 Dec 2018 by Milly
Exaireta spinigera (Garden Soldier Fly) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 12 Apr 2018 by Milly
Wingia lambertella at Crooked Corner, NSW - 26 Dec 2015 by Milly
Pararguda nasuta (Wattle Snout Moth) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 2 Oct 2015 by Milly
Plesanemma fucata (Lemon Gum Moth) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 13 May 2015 by Milly
Pinara divisa (Common Pinara) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 23 Dec 2014 by Milly
Garrha pudica (A concealer moth) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 19 Dec 2012 by Milly
Chlorocoma melocrossa (Cream-fringed Emerald) at Crooked Corner, NSW - 18 Mar 2010 by Milly

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Location information

Species information

  • Not Sensitive
  • Local Native
  • Non-Invasive

Sighting information

  • 2 Abundance
  • 21 Nov 2020 12:48 AM Recorded on
  • Milly Recorded by

Additional information

  • Valerian Associated plant
  • 25mm to 50mm Animal size
  • Unknown Gender
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