Delias harpalyce
Imperial Jezebel at Cook, ACT
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| Delias harpalyce | owenh | 2 Mar 2023 | |
| Delias harpalyce | CarbonAI | 2 Mar 2023 | |
| Delias harpalyce | CathB | 2 Mar 2023 |
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Slow, gliding flight around treetops. Landed high in eucalypt near mistletoe, too high for better pictures. Eggs were found on the same mistletoe. Possibly butterfly eggs? Several groups of eggs seen elsewhere on same plant.
3 comments
2 Mar 2023
Unfortunately these are not Imperial Jezebel eggs in image 4. For an example of an IJ egg refer to enlarged image by Ken Walker on @donhe 's http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pier/harpalyce.html website page.
2 Mar 2023
Thanks Owen. I have removed the photo of the eggs from this sighting. Do you have any idea what they might belong to? Is it worth putting this and some other photos from the same mistletoe into another sighting?
3 Mar 2023
Hi Cath, Sorry, I haven't a clue as to what the eggs may be. Definitely worth posting as a new sighting with any other photos you have.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.072825-35.268533
- Altitude 635.7m
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 28 Feb 2023 09:16 AM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
- Amyema miquelii Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Delias harpalyce Whites & Yellows (Pieridae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Species information
- Delias harpalyce Scientific name
- Imperial Jezebel Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1339.3m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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6 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species