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Agrius convolvuli
Convolvulus Hawk Moth at Mount Ainslie
Identification history
| Agrius convolvuli | 23 Dec 2020 | donhe | ||
| Agrius convolvuli | 23 Dec 2020 | ibaird | ||
| Unidentified | 23 Dec 2020 | JaneR |
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Author's notes
Very slow-moving
disturbed weedy grassland, lots saffron thistle and some native plants underneath
1 comment
ibaird wrote:
23 Dec 2020
The single protruding spike suggests a hawk moth (Sphingidae); See: http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/sphi/convolvuli.html .
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.181258-35.265594
- Altitude 608.9m
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Majura, ACT
Species information
- Not Sensitive
- Cosmopolitan
- Non-Invasive
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 22 Dec 2020 04:21 PM Recorded on
- JaneR Recorded by
Additional information
- Caterpillar was dislodged by walking through: it was possibly on Euchiton. Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
