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Acrodipsas myrmecophila
13 Small Ant-blue at suppressed
Identification history
| Acrodipsas myrmecophila | 22 May 2022 | OwenH |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
23 May 2022
New breeding location of Small-ant Blue which is only known to presently breed at less than 10 locations.
User's notes
Tuggeranong Hill Nature Reserve.
Newly emerged female (pictured) located 5 Oct 2021 (partly cloudy, cool wind, 12 deg C). Another on 6th and a male on 9th. Numbers subsequently increased. Breeding behaviour and ovipositing observed and recorded. Numerous eggs laid over a period, eggs attended by Papyrius sp, with most hatching by Christmas.
5 comments
OwenH wrote:
23 May 2022
Michael a new site for me but I have no idea what breeding records Suzi @SuziBond has for the reserve
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
23 May 2022
I think we only had hill-topping at this reserve before so a very exciting and significant find but will wait for Suzi to confirm. If you have photos of the attending ants it would be good to send those to jon.lewis@outlook.com.au. Also the Parks and Conservation Service should be told of the exact location so that protection of teh site can be part of their management.
michaelb wrote:
23 May 2022
I've checked the distribution map for Tugg. Hill. This is only the second record of this species on Tugg. Hill. The other was as you said Michael and quite a distance away, so it is a new location for CNM.
SuziBond wrote:
23 May 2022
Brilliant work Owen! This is a new breeding location, the first confirmed for TH although they hilltop there.
Species information
- Highly Sensitive
- Very Rare / Threatened
- Non-Invasive
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 5 Oct 2021 01:03 PM Recorded on
- OwenH Recorded by
Additional information
- Mealy Bundy (Eucalyptus nortonii) Associated plant
- Papyrius sp. Associated Insect
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
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- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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