Blue Tiger at Slade Point, QLD
Identification history
| Tirumala hamata | 2 Jan 2025 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Tirumala hamata | 16 Sep 2024 | Petesteamer |
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Regularly seen in this reserve, although numbers were small compared to other years. There is a very large Paperbark swamp about 1 km from this spot where these butterflies are enormously abundant at certain times, presumably when mating and egg laying. Laval host trees?
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.227935-21.078413
- Places Slade Point, QLD
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 22 Jul 2024 02:46 PM Recorded on
- Petesteamer Recorded by
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Collections
Petesteamer NatureMapr Nymphs (Nymphalidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects Tirumala hamata
Additional information
- Local native shrubs. Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Mating display Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Resting Insect behaviour on flower
Species information
- Tirumala hamata Scientific name
- Blue Tiger Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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