Araujia sericifera

Moth Plant at Isaacs, ACT

Araujia sericifera at Isaacs, ACT - 2 May 2023
Araujia sericifera at Isaacs, ACT - 2 May 2023
Araujia sericifera at Isaacs, ACT - 2 May 2023
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Araujia sericifera 2 May 2023 Mike
Araujia sericifera 2 May 2023 CarbonAI
Araujia sericifera 2 May 2023 Mike

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6 comments

Mike wrote:
   2 May 2023
Moth plant is putting on an autumn growth spurt but these flowers are a bit late - spring-summer, summer, summer-autumn flowering, depending on what you read.
Mike wrote:
   2 May 2023
@ACTBioSecurity do you want to tackle this site again?
Ben88 wrote:
   3 May 2023
@ACTBioSecurity went out yesterday to inspect and it was already treated. Thank you for notifying us.
Mike wrote:
   3 May 2023
I didn't see any sign of treatment. Perhaps @ACTBioSecurity was misled by the trampling and cut log where it looks as though someone has been stealing firewood. I have now stem-scraped and poisoned the plant and recorded it on Field Maps. The main stem was about 5 metres long.
Ben88 wrote:
   4 May 2023
My apologise @Mike. There was another moth plant sighting reported at the same time as this one, and I have accidently commented on this one and not the other. Thank you for treating it. @ACTBioSecurity have been working on known moth plant sights the last couple of days and will be working down in that area today, so we can have a hunt around to see if there is any more in the area. Thankyou
Mike wrote:
   4 May 2023
Plenty of passionflower vines if you don't find moth plant vines.

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  • Araujia sericifera Scientific name
  • Moth Plant Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Major weed or pest
  • Up to 762.57m Recorded at altitude
  • 111 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower

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