Vanessa kershawi
Australian Painted Lady at Gowrie, ACT
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| Vanessa kershawi | 30 Sep 2024 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Junonia villida | 29 Sep 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Vanessa kershawi | 29 Sep 2024 | BruceG |
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User's notes
~45 mm wingspan; medium sized butterfly; in urban garden; fast flight with frequent perching; feeding on garden daisies.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.106444-35.409314
- Altitude 632.9m
- Places Gowrie, ACT
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- 29 Sep 2024 02:45 PM Recorded on
- BruceG Recorded by
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- Yes Insect on a flower
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- urban garden daisies Associated plant
- Breeding behaviour
- Unknown Gender
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- BruceG Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Vanessa kershawi Nymphs (Nymphalidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Species information
- Vanessa kershawi Scientific name
- Australian Painted Lady Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2203.8m Recorded at altitude
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