Delias aganippe

1 Spotted Jezebel at Kambah, ACT

Delias aganippe at Kambah, ACT - 3 Jan 2025
Delias aganippe at Kambah, ACT - 3 Jan 2025
Delias aganippe at Kambah, ACT - 3 Jan 2025
Delias aganippe at Kambah, ACT - 3 Jan 2025
Delias aganippe at Kambah, ACT - 3 Jan 2025
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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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I think the white things are wasp eggs, and the lower caterpillar has been parasitised by the wasps?

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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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Additional information

  • Amyema sp. Associated plant
  • Wasp eggs? Associated Insect
  • 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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