Meadow Argus at Holt, ACT
Identification history
| Junonia villida | 16 Feb 2025 | MatthewFrawley | ||
| Junonia villida | 16 Feb 2025 | CarbonAI | ||
| Heteronympha merope | 16 Feb 2025 | Margo |
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I am guessing that the smaller butterfly was intent on breeding with the butterfly on the flower. It was flying around her and mobbing her as she tried to fly away.
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Location information
- Places Holt, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- Margo Recorded by
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Collections
Margo NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Latest Nymphs (Nymphalidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Additional information
- Mint flower Associated plant
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Mating display Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Pollinator Insect on Flower
Species information
- Junonia villida Scientific name
- Meadow Argus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1642.1m Recorded at altitude
- 795 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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