Danaus plexippus

Monarch at Mount Clear, ACT

Danaus plexippus at Mount Clear, ACT - 11 Dec 2020
Danaus plexippus at Mount Clear, ACT - 11 Dec 2020
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Identification history

Danaus plexippus 28 Dec 2020 MatthewFrawley
Danaus plexippus 12 Dec 2020 Christine

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Flying through, but stopped for a spell on a thistle. Interestingly I saw another a few hours later at Jerra Wetlands.

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Sighting information

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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