Hippotion scrofa
Coprosma Hawk Moth at Crooked Corner, NSW
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| Hippotion scrofa | ibaird | 13 Jan 2021 | |
| Hippotion scrofa | Milly | 13 Jan 2021 |
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User's notes
Moth didn't settle at all, but obtained nectar whilst hovering.
3 comments
15 Jan 2021
Up until and including on 5 May 2020 there had been 12 sightings of H. scofa on CNM spanning the 7 years since 13 November 2013. Since November 2020 until this sighting there have been 14 sightings this summer of 2020-21 alone.
15 Jan 2021
Wow - that's amazing, and also fantastic! I wonder why the huge increase - are there any thoughts as to the reason? I actually saw another one a couple of days after this sighting - although I guess it could have been the same one, who knows?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.345547-34.208850
- Places Crooked Corner, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 12 Jan 2021 06:27 PM Recorded on
- Milly Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- Australian Moths visiting Flowers Milly NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Hippotion scrofa Hawk moths (Sphingidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Hippotion scrofa Scientific name
- Coprosma Hawk Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1676.2m Recorded at altitude
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5 / 7
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