Lampides boeticus
Long-tailed Pea-blue at Aranda, ACT
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| Lampides boeticus | owenh | 26 Oct 2022 | |
| Lampides boeticus | KMcCue | 26 Oct 2022 |
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It seemed interested in a nearby dead Cabbage White, alerted me to the dead moth
3 comments
27 Oct 2022
Is it just me, or is there more Long-tailed Pea-blues around this year than usual? I've been seeing them in many places where I've never noticed them before.
27 Oct 2022
Seems to be a lot of sightings on CNM at the moment to support there being good numbers and I even saw my first one ever so surely that's an indicator.
27 Oct 2022
Certainly having a bumper season. Suzi Bond, in the ACT butterfly field guide, notes their status as 'Common, widespread migrant, possibly also resident' also 'As with other migrants, numbers can fluctuate from year to year' which explains it.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.081725-35.257739
- Altitude 633.0m
- Places Aranda, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 26 Oct 2022 02:03 PM Recorded on
- KMcCue Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- KMcCue Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Lampides boeticus Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Species information
- Lampides boeticus Scientific name
- Long-tailed Pea-blue Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1444m Recorded at altitude
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