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Tisiphone abeona
About 60mm wingspan. Flies with a lazy long-looping action.
Exploring the swordgrass (Gahnia species, CYPERACEAE) in a local nature reserve.
The larvae of these feed and pupate on swordgrass. Larvae and pupae are green to match the host plant.
Spotted on Nov 24, 2013
Submitted on Nov 29, 2013
2 Comments
They're great aren't they. I am wrestling with why they look black to the eye and brown to the camera.
I love seeing these. Always near the creeks but the urban sprawl is giving them a hard time in the suburbs. You'll notice intentional Ghania plantations in some roadsides and reserves such as Wicks :)