Common Grass-Blue at Undefined Area
Identification history
| Zizina otis | 8 Apr 2024 | SuziBond | ||
| Lycaenidae | 6 Apr 2024 | donhe | ||
| Zizina otis | 6 Apr 2024 | DianneClarke | ||
| Unverified | 6 Apr 2024 | maura |
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User's notes
Insect pollinator survey, second one for February 2024. Moth followed me around the survey site. Took off in a rapid whirr of grey (underside)/blue (?topside) wings when approached. Flowers on dandelions small. Most seeding. Thick ground cover of live and dead grasses.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.086945-35.231394
- Maps Reservoir Hill, Lawson
- Places Lawson, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 27 Feb 2024 10:53 AM Recorded on
- maura Recorded by
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Collections
maura Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Zizina otis Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Additional information
- Dandelions, grasses Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Resting Insect behaviour on flower
Species information
- Zizina otis Scientific name
- Common Grass-Blue Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1694.4m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Zizina labradus
Record quality
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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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