6 Stencilled Hairstreak at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Jalmenus ictinus | 8 May 2023 | SuziBond | ||
| Unverified | 6 May 2023 | ConBoekel |
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Significant sighting
User's notes
The only one of this species flying after two frosts in DSW. Noted just one other blue - Zizina otis flying.
6 comments
SuziBond
wrote:
8 May 2023
Thanks for your record @ConBoekel - can you confirm that the date is correct for this record?
ConBoekel
wrote:
8 May 2023
Hi Suzi
Yep. I thought it might be interesting to pick up the late flying records for DSW.
Yep. I thought it might be interesting to pick up the late flying records for DSW.
SuziBond
wrote:
8 May 2023
Thanks for confirmation Con. This is the first May record of this species for the ACT!
MatthewFrawley
wrote:
8 May 2023
Wow, so until this year we didn't even have April records of the Stencilled Hairstreak flying and now we've got them flying in May as well!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.107238-35.260183
- Altitude 632.8m
- Maps Dryandra St Woodland
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 5 May 2023 03:09 PM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
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Collections
Significant ConBoekel Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Jalmenus ictinus Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Jalmenus ictinus Scientific name
- Stencilled Hairstreak Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1014.5m 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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