12 Chequered Swallowtail at Cotter River, ACT
Identification history
| Papilio demoleus | 8 Jan 2023 | owenh | ||
| Papilio demoleus | 8 Jan 2023 | DPRees125 |
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Significant sighting
User's notes
Two and probably three individuals flying maddly up and down road, stoping for an occasional nanosecond for some food, mostly on the Pimelia. Two seen fighting together, so there are at least two. Larval foodplant (Cullen) seen in area
4 comments
owenh
wrote:
8 Jan 2023
Very nice. @RAllen mentioned early last week that he had sighted one out that way.
DPRees125
wrote:
8 Jan 2023
yeh, i thought I would have a go at a record shot, these things were crazy active and flying about like mad things, and did better than I expected to. First ones for me in the region since about 2012
owenh
wrote:
8 Jan 2023
You certainly have the knack of locating and photographing these uncommon visitors
MatthewFrawley
wrote:
8 Jan 2023
Yeah, good find and only the fifth sighting for Canberra Nature Map.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.873037-35.537154
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 7 Jan 2023 03:48 PM Recorded on
- DPRees125 Recorded by
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Collections
Significant DPRees125 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Papilio demoleus Swallowtails (Papilionidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Additional information
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Insect on a flower
Species information
- Papilio demoleus Scientific name
- Chequered Swallowtail Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 862.04m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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