Small Ant-blue Butterfly at suppressed
Identification history
| Acrodipsas myrmecophila | 8 Nov 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Acrodipsas myrmecophila | 8 Nov 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Acrodipsas myrmecophila | 8 Nov 2024 | RAllen |
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User's notes
New site last season (see record 4545100), same sapling again. In fact, last years hatched eggs still visible above new eggs (second photo). Also, more eggs (9) on adjacent sapling this time.
2 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
8 Nov 2024
Thanks Richard - I checked out my egg site from last year - but didn't see any eggs this year
RAllen
wrote:
9 Nov 2024
Yes that was our experience at Wanniassa this year so we had broadened our search. The key is looking for c ants accumulating generally below 1 metre. Usually around lerps etc but occasionally fresh eggs. Using head torch also helps.
Sighting information
- 6 Abundance
- RAllen Recorded by
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Insects Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) RAllen Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- papyrius nitidus Associated Insect
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Acrodipsas myrmecophila Scientific name
- Small Ant-blue Butterfly Common name
- Highly Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 160 images trained Machine learning
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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