WHITE MIGRANT BUTTERFLY

WHITE MIGRANT flying today@ YARRIGAN NP NSW
Photo from file Ann Peach
Growing nearby is the Larval Host Plant Senna barclayana 
YARRIGAN NATIONAL PARK Fire Tower picnic area good butterfly spot.

Location: YARRIGAN NPNSW 2357, Australia

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

SMALL YELLOW BUTTERFLY

Image
SMALL GRASS YELLOW ( Eurema smilax)   Picture taken YARRIGAN NP  Saw one flying this week. Have yet to verify the Larval Host Plant in this area Two SILVER  CASSIAS (   Senna artemisioides)  are thriving on the COONABARABRAN BUTTERFLY WALK They grow in the WEST PILLIGA,   also near BARADINE  I am hoping they will breed on it.
Read more
Image
SWAMP TIGER BUTTERFLY Maaroom on the Fraser Coast was a good butterfly spot for the SWAMP TIGER BUTTERFLY Danaus affinis; unfortunately it seams the host plant CYNANCHUM CARNOSUM has been partially cleared. The site is now badly infested with Asparagus fern . A weedy plant that was once used by florist for Wedding 'buttonholes'    I saw  HELEN SCHWENKE at the WOODFORD FOLK Festival site where she has been actively involved in habitat enrichment for some years including a labelled butterfly walk. Helen told me that by planting the larval host plant in her garden in West End Brisbane she attracted the SWAMP TIGER BUTTERFLY. This was good to hear as I had previously thought it needed to breed in the littoral zones. I am going to check the Sunshine Coast sites near Caloundra see below. GOLDEN BEACH CALOUNDRA GOLDEN BEACH I have found many more vines among the mangroves. Before reaching the last amenities; healthy vigorous plants but no sign of Larvae. No a...
Read more