Acrodipsas myrmecophila
10 Small Ant-blue Butterfly at suppressed
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| Acrodipsas myrmecophila | owenh | 4 Dec 2022 |
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THNR Small Ant-blue sightings sequence 2022. Image 1: 5 Nov 22 male (12 seen), Image 2: 6 Nov 22, female (3 seen), Image 3: 9 Nov 22, female laying eggs (15 eggs on this date), Image 4: 3 Dec 22 - eggs near hatching), Image 5: 4 Dec 22 - eggs have hatched. Images 4 and 5 taken into mirror.
4 comments
4 Dec 2022
@michaelb - fyi, this is a new breeding site approx 60 metres east of last seasons.
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- owenh Recorded by
- Red Box (Eucalyptus polyanthemos) Associated plant
- Coconut Ants Associated animal
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Eggs Breeding behaviour
Collections
- Significant owenh Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects Acrodipsas myrmecophila
Species information
- Acrodipsas myrmecophila Scientific name
- Small Ant-blue Butterfly Common name
- Highly Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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