1 Imperial Jezebel at Tuggeranong DC, ACT
Identification history
| Delias harpalyce | 8 Nov 2021 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Delias harpalyce | 5 Sep 2021 | SuziBond | ||
| Perginae sp. (subfamily) | 2 Jun 2021 | KimPullen | ||
| Perga sp. (genus) | 24 May 2021 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 23 May 2021 | HelenCross |
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Sawfly larvae or caterpillars?
6 comments
KimPullen
wrote:
2 Jun 2021
Interesting to see sawfly larvae on a mistletoe - I haven't heard of any sawfly being a mistletoe feeder. Maybe they moved onto it from the mistletoe's host tree, although the leaf they are on in the first image looks well chewed.
HelenCross
wrote:
5 Sep 2021
Could these be Delias harpalyce? I've found their pupae in mistletoe in the same area
SuziBond
wrote:
5 Sep 2021
I agree Helen, these do look like Delias harpalyce larvae. If you look on page 97 of the ACT butterfly field guide, you can see their caterpillar looks the same as these larvae in your photo.
HelenCross
wrote:
8 Nov 2021
@KimPullen and @michaelb would you mind having another look at this sighting please?
Location information
Sighting information
- 30 Abundance
- 23 May 2021 10:07 AM Recorded on
- HelenCross Recorded by
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Insects Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Whites & Yellows (Pieridae) HelenCross Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Mistletoe Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Delias harpalyce Scientific name
- Imperial Jezebel Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1339.3m Recorded at altitude
- 460 images trained Machine learning
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