Delias aganippe

1 Spotted Jezebel at Kambah, ACT

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Identification history

Delias aganippe	3 Jan 2025	owenh
Delias harpalyce	3 Jan 2025	CarbonAI
Delias aganippe	3 Jan 2025	HelenCross

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User's notes

I think the white things are wasp eggs, and the lower caterpillar has been parasitised by the wasps?

2 comments

owenh wrote:

3 Jan 2025

These look like wasp pupal cocoons. Ross P. Field notes that both larvae and pupae of this species suffer heavy parasitism from wasp and fly parasitoids (Butterflies Identification and life history).

HelenCross wrote:

3 Jan 2025

Ah yes, that's what they are! Thanks Owen

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Location information

Coordinates 149.029160 -35.381317
Maps Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm A.C.T.
Places Kambah, ACT

Sighting information

2 Abundance
3 Jan 2025 12:22 PM Recorded on
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Mistletoe associations HelenCross NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Whites & Yellows (Pieridae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects

Additional information

Amyema sp. Associated plant
Wasp eggs? Associated animal
25mm to 50mm Animal size

Species information

Delias aganippe Scientific name
Spotted Jezebel Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1914.58m Recorded at altitude
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania