Butterflies of a Dorrigo Garden - and Moths
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      • Barred Skipper (Dispar compacta)
      • Lilac Grass-skipper (Toxidia doubledayi)
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      • Dark Shield Skipper (Signeta Tymbophora)
      • Spotted Sedge-skipper (Hesperilla ornata)
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      • White Migrant (Catopsilia pyranthe)
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      • Small Grass-yellow (Eurema smilax)
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      • *Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)
      • Striated Pearl-white (Elodina parthia)
      • Southern Pearl-white (Elodina angulipennis)
      • Yellow Albatross (Appias paulina)
      • Caper White (Belenois java)
      • Caper Gull (Cepora perimale)
      • Yellow-spotted Jezebel (Delias nysa)
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      • Ringed Xenica (Geitoneura acantha)
      • Varied Sword Grass Brown (Tisiphone abeona regalis)
      • Tailed Emperor (Charaxes sempronius sempronius)
      • Glasswing (Acraea andromacha)
      • White-banded Plane (Phaedyma shepherdi)
      • Painted Lady (Vanessa kershawi)
      • Yellow Admiral (Vanessa itea)
      • Meadow Argus (Junonia villida calybe)
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      • Chequered Copper (Lucia limbaria)
      • Imperial Hairstreak (Jalmenus evagoras)
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      • Hairy Line-blue (Erysichton lineata)
      • Small Green-banded Blue (Psychonotis caelius taygetus)
      • Two-spotted Line-blue Nacaduba biocellata
      • Short-tailed Line-blue (Prosotas felderi)
      • Saltbush Blue (Theclinesthes serpentata)
      • Long-tailed Pea-blue (Lampides boeticus)
      • Orange-tipped Pea-blue (Everes lacturnus)
      • Plumbago Blue (Leptotes plinius)
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      • Theretra celata celata
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      • Theretra nessus
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A good butterfly reference book is Ross Field's Butterflies Identification and Life History. Although it covers Victorian species, many occur elsewhere and it is a great reference for all stages of these fascinating insects.

​The following site includes wonderful microscopic photographs, taken from the book, of butterfly eggs and their diversity of shapes and sculptures. It is well worth a look.

artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/GQKCxeqp61KWJQ
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2018 - Some things happening round the world
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British Big Butterfly Count - From 20 July to  12 August people in the UK will be counting butterflies! Wish our country was this aware and active.
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https://www.bigbutterflycount.org/  
www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2018/jul/30/big-butterfly-count-2018-your-best-pictures
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nationalmothweek.org/
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National Moth Week celebrates the beauty, life cycles, and habitats of moths. “Moth-ers” of all ages and abilities are encouraged to learn about, observe, and document moths in their backyards, parks, and neighborhoods. National Moth Week is being held, worldwide, during the last full week of July. NMW offers everyone, everywhere a unique opportunity to become a Citizen Scientist and contribute scientific data about moths. Through partnerships with major online biological data depositories, NMW participants can help map moth distribution and provide needed information on other life history aspects around the globe.
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America even has a Caterpillar Lab!

They hold events and have some great videos and photos.
​www.thecaterpillarlab.org/

PictureOur photo of a Tawny Coster laying eggs in Whyanbeel, FNQ
2017 June - Just had a holiday in FNQ. There are many butterflies about up there. We were thrilled to see Tawny Costers - 'fake' refugee butterflies that have entered the country from SE Asia without apparent human involvement. They are originally from India and Sri Lanka.
For more information go to:

​www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-16/indian-butterfly-crosses...australia/6916980
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​Tawny Costers were first sighted in Australia in 2012 near Darwin, they have spread rapidly in the north reaching Cairns around March this year and are thought to now be moving south.
bunyipco.blogspot.com/2017/04/a-new-butterfly-appears-then-disappears.html



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