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Butterflies and wasps

Cool fact: Cook Trig in Wahroonga is a well-known butterfly hill-topping site. Hill-topping behaviour is seen in certain butterflies and often facilitates the meeting of the sexes and so these sites are critical for the conservation of many butterfly species.

Blue flower wasps – Scolia sp.

Blue flower wasps – Scolia sp.

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Common dusky blue - Candalides hyacinthinus

Common dusky blue - Candalides hyacinthinus

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Common brown butterfly - Heteronympha merope

Common brown butterfly - Heteronympha merope

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Common jezebel - Delias nigrina

Common jezebel - Delias nigrina

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Green ant – Diamma bicolor

Green ant – Diamma bicolor

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Monarch butterfly – Danaus plexippus

Monarch butterfly – Danaus plexippus

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Pencilled Blue - Candalides absimilis

Pencilled Blue - Candalides absimilis

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Potter wasps – e.g. Abispa ephippium

Potter wasps – e.g. Abispa ephippium

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Small grass yellow - Eurema smilax

Small grass yellow - Eurema smilax

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Spider wasps – e.g. Cryptocheilus bicolor

Spider wasps – e.g. Cryptocheilus bicolor

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