Danaus plexippus

Monarch at Tennent, ACT

Danaus plexippus at Tennent, ACT - 25 Nov 2020
Danaus plexippus at Tennent, ACT - 25 Nov 2020
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Identification history

Danaus plexippus 27 Nov 2020 SuziBond
Danaus plexippus 26 Nov 2020 RodDeb

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User's notes

seen in a few areas only 1 at a time none of them settled and flew off very fast

2 comments

SuziBond wrote:
   27 Nov 2020
Nice work getting a photo, they don't like to stop for long.
RodDeb wrote:
   27 Nov 2020
Thanks Suzi, they sure don't stop and their flight path is very erratic and fast

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Additional information

  • 50mm or larger Animal size

Species information

  • Danaus plexippus Scientific name
  • Monarch Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1326.7m Recorded at altitude
  • 65 images trained Machine learning
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