15 Small Ant-blue Butterfly at suppressed
Identification history
| Acrodipsas myrmecophila | 3 Nov 2021 | SuziBond | ||
| Acrodipsas myrmecophila | 3 Nov 2021 | RAllen |
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Significant sighting
User's notes
3 males battling above small sapling. Female laying eggs around crevices of log containing coconut ant colony. 30 fresh eggs observed previous afternoon. Many more over 30 minutes I observed.
4 comments
RAllen
wrote:
3 Nov 2021
unfortunately within boundaries of a future development, would be nice to see this area added to adjacent nature reserve
Christine
wrote:
3 Nov 2021
Fabulous photos, and a super find! Let's hope something can be done to save this site!
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 3 Nov 2021 12:37 PM Recorded on
- RAllen Recorded by
Additional information
- Shining coconut ant Associated Insect
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Female Gender
- Egg laying Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Acrodipsas myrmecophila Scientific name
- Small Ant-blue Butterfly Common name
- Highly Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-Invasive
- 148 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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