Pig (feral) at QPRC LGA
Identification history
| Sus scrofa | 6 Mar 2024 | DonFletcher | ||
| Sus scrofa | 6 Mar 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Sus scrofa | 6 Mar 2024 | LisaH |
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I am shocked and horrified at the destruction these animals cause - they remind me of humans, intent on destroying one food source at a time, rather than nurturing for the future. I'm also curious - what is it about Bursaria spinosa that is so attractive to feral pigs?
6 comments
DonFletcher
wrote:
6 Mar 2024
Feral Pigs will go to extremes to get the larvae that inhabit Bursaria roots. The digging is different to normal rooting for tubers and can go 60cm deep.
LisaH
wrote:
6 Mar 2024
Oh wow - the larvae! I thought it might have been just nutrition in the roots. Are these the larvae from butterflies such as the Fiery Copper and Bright Copper? If so, that's just another threat this feral species poses to our native fauna. I wish they'd go for the exotic trees instead.
DonFletcher
wrote:
6 Mar 2024
I have always wanted to find out what they are but have never done so. If you do it please tell me what they are.
LisaH
wrote:
6 Mar 2024
I wonder how we could find out? Autopsy some pigs before they have a chance to digest the larvae? Grow the larvae - but the butterfly larvae are in a symbiotic relationship with ants and the bursaria, I understand . . . hmmm, a Phd project, perhaps?
DonFletcher
wrote:
6 Mar 2024
More likely beetle or moth larvae than the ant symbiotic butterfly larvae.
Location information
- Maps Mongarlowe River QPRC LGA
- Places Mongarlowe, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 5 Mar 2024 03:10 PM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
Species information
- Sus scrofa Scientific name
- Pig (feral) Common name
- Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor Weed or Pest
- Up to 1945m Recorded at altitude
- 88 images trained Machine learning
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