Telicota ancilla
4 Green Darter at QPRC LGA
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| Telicota ancilla | owenh | 10 Feb 2024 | |
| Ocybadistes walkeri | CarbonAI | 9 Feb 2024 | |
| Unverified | MatthewFrawley | 9 Feb 2024 |
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Significant sighting
MatthewFrawley noted:
11 Feb 2024
First sighting of this skipper butterfly for Canberra & Southern Tablelands Nature Map
3 comments
10 Feb 2024
Even though it was far away, at the top of the bush, it looked bigger than Ocybadistes walkeri, and seemed brighter in colour. I felt it was a skipper I'd never seen before. Another new butterfly species for Canberra & Southern Tablelands Nature Map?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.792248-35.454762
- Places Braidwood, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 9 Feb 2024 03:51 PM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
- Buddleja Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- Yes Insect on a flower
Collections
- 72 Araluen Road MatthewFrawley Skippers (Hesperiidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects Significant Featured Pinned Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Telicota ancilla
Species information
- Telicota ancilla Scientific name
- Green Darter Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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