Butterflies in ANBG

["Tony Lawson" <>]

For the many COG lepidopterists:

 

From:

 

(T)here is a spectacular colony of Jalmenus evagoras (Imperial Hairstreak) in the Australian National Botanic Gardens at present.

 

It is at the top of the rainforest gully but up on the southern side beside the upper bitumen road opposite the larger of the two bottle trees which are in Section 120/117.

 

There are butterflies, ants larvae and pupae in clusters on a small Acacia dealbata.

 

Cheers,

Ted.

 

Also for your imformation:

Field Naturalists Talk - Insects of the ACT - 7:30 pm, Thurs 3 Feb

Kim Pullen is an entomologist at CSIRO. One of his current tasks is

to compile a list of insects found in the ACT, based on specimens in the very

extensive CSIRO collection.

Kim will talk about what insects are, what are some of the different

groups (orders) of insects found locally and why insects are

an important part of our ecosystems.

He will highlight some of the more interesting local species, including

the threatened Golden Sun Moth Synemon plana and the Perunga

Grasshopper Perunga ochracea. He will also tell us something about their life

cycles and why there have been so many butterflies this summer.

(The Field Nats meet at the ANU BOZO's Gould Wing seminar room in  Building 116 off Daley Road.)

 

FNAC Outing - Catching Insects at Night  8:00pm Friday 11th February

For the Feruary outing, Kim will show us how to catch insects at night using a light to attract them and a sheet to catch the falling insects. Come and see what is flying around at night. We will meet in the car park by the CSIRO Discovery Centre at 8:00 pm on Friday 11 February.

The outing will last until around 10:00 pm.

Contact Tony Lawson: 6161 9430.