Vanessa kershawi
Australian Painted Lady at Weston, ACT
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| Vanessa kershawi | 9 May 2021 | MatthewFrawley | ||
| Vanessa kershawi | 3 Dec 2020 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unverified | 3 Dec 2020 | AliceH |
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8 comments
3 Dec 2020
Hi Alice. Were you interested in the ID of the plant or the insect cocoon?
3 Dec 2020
Hi Michael the chrysalis hahaha I think it may be a Vanessa kershawi. My bad I should have made that clearer 😊
9 May 2021
Apologies for the delay in identifying, this is the first sighting of the pupa of the Australian Painted Lady on CNM. Interestingly, out of the 317 sightings thus far on CNM of this species, 315 are of the adult stage with only the one larva and this one pupa.
9 May 2021
this is very exciting thank you for confirming the sighting :) I noticed the adult butterflies visiting the pseudonaphalium luteoalbum and I wondered if there may be a relatioship between them. So I started watching patches and then I noticed it what looked like a pupa. I didnt know who it belonged to but I looked it up and it seemed very similar to the pictures I found of Vanessa Kershawii. So obvious in the end that it would be so well disguised given its colouring and texture. Sorry for the silly question but what does CNM stand for?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.063707-35.342572
- Maps Fowles St. Woodland, Weston
- Places Weston, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 2 Dec 2020 08:16 AM Recorded on
- AliceH Recorded by
- jersey cudweed Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- AliceH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Vanessa kershawi Nymphs (Nymphalidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Species information
- Vanessa kershawi Scientific name
- Australian Painted Lady Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2203.8m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- GPS evidence of location
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