Danaus plexippus

1 Monarch at Freshwater Creek, VIC

Danaus plexippus at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 7 May 2021
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Danaus plexippus 9 Sep 2024 SuziBond
Danaus plexippus 9 Sep 2024 WendyEM

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pupating - emergence soon (colour changing from bright green to brown)

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Plectophila discalis (Xyloryctidae) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 20 Jan 2023 by WendyEM
Eochrois dejunctella (A Concealer moth (Wingia Group)) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 13 Jan 2023 by WendyEM
Persectania ewingii (Southern Armyworm) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 13 Jan 2023 by WendyEM
Mythimna (Pseudaletia) convecta (Common Armyworm) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 8 Jan 2023 by WendyEM
Ectropis excursaria (Common Bark Moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 7 Jan 2023 by WendyEM
Litoria ewingii (Ewing's Tree Frog) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 7 Jan 2023 by WendyEM
Chiriphe dichotoma (Reticulated Footman) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 7 Jan 2023 by WendyEM
Dictyotus caenosus (Brown Shield Bug) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 7 Jan 2023 by WendyEM
Neosparassus diana at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 6 Jan 2023 by WendyEM
Epiphyas postvittana (Light Brown Apple Moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 6 Jan 2023 by WendyEM
Pasiphilodes testulata (Pome looper) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 6 Jan 2023 by WendyEM
Neoaratus hercules (Herculean Robber Fly) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 5 Jan 2023 by WendyEM
Dictyotus caenosus (Brown Shield Bug) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 5 Jan 2023 by WendyEM
Heteronympha merope (Common Brown Butterfly) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 31 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Eochrois dejunctella (A Concealer moth (Wingia Group)) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 30 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Chlenias (genus) (A looper moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 30 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Litoria ewingii (Ewing's Tree Frog) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 30 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Capusa senilis (Black-banded Wedge-moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 30 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Stenotaphrum secundatum (Buffalo Grass) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 28 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Macrenches clerica (Macrenches clerica) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Apertochrysa edwardsi (A Green Lacewing) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Aeolothapsa malacella (A Concealer moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Ptyoptila matutinella (Wingia Group) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Hippotion scrofa (Coprosma Hawk Moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Proteuxoa sanguinipuncta (Blood-spotted Noctuid) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Limnaecia camptosema (Cosmopterigid) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Termessa zonophanes (Double Yellow-patched Footman) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Utetheisa pulchelloides (Heliotrope Moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Heliothinae (subfamily) (Budworm) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Chlenias (genus) (A looper moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Acyphas semiochrea (Omnivorous Tussock Moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Chloroclystis filata (Filata Moth, Australian Pug Moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Persectania ewingii (Southern Armyworm) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Epyaxa subidaria (Subidaria Moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Anthela acuta (Common Anthelid) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Trichiocercus sparshalli (Sparshall's Moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Prionocris (genus) (A Conceler moth (Wingia Group)) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Machetis aphrobola (A Concealer moth (Barea Group)) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Pseudanapaea (genus) (A cup moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Olbonoma triptycha (Chezela Group) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Aeolochroma metarhodata (Tea-tree Emerald) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Chiriphe dichotoma (Reticulated Footman) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Monopis ethelella (Dead Sheep's Moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Tracholena sulfurosa (A tortrix moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Thoracolopha verecunda (A Noctuid moth (Acronictinae)) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Athetis tenuis (Plain Tenuis Moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Moerarchis inconcisella (A tineid moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Epicyme rubropunctaria (Red-spotted Delicate) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Uraba lugens (Gumleaf Skeletonizer) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Chloroclystis insigillata (Chloroclystis insigillata) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Hippotion scrofa (Coprosma Hawk Moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Ephestiopsis oenobarella (a Phycitine moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Chrysolarentia severata (Finely-lined Carpet) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Neumichtis nigerrima (Black Turnip Moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Epyaxa subidaria (Subidaria Moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Opodiphthera helena (Helena Gum Moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Crocidosema plebejana (Cotton Tipworm Moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Mythimna (Pseudaletia) convecta (Common Armyworm) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Plutella xylostella (Diamondback Moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Cryptophasa irrorata (A Gelechioid moth (Xyloryctidae)) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 25 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Chrysodeixis argentifera (Tobacco Looper) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Nola pleurosema (Plain Tuft-moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Sinpunctiptilia emissalis (Speedwell Pterror) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Garrha repandula (a Concealer Moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Utetheisa pulchelloides (Heliotrope Moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Pseudanapaea (genus) (A cup moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Ptyoptila matutinella (Wingia Group) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Hippotion scrofa (Coprosma Hawk Moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Termessa zonophanes (Double Yellow-patched Footman) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Garrha repandula (a Concealer Moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Poecilasthena pulchraria (Australian Cranberry Moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Euproctis marginalis (Margined Browntail Moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Ectropis excursaria (Common Bark Moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Epicyme rubropunctaria (Red-spotted Delicate) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Garrha rubella (A Concealer moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Prasinocyma semicrocea (Common Gum Emerald moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Limnaecia camptosema (Cosmopterigid) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Euchaetis metallota (Euchaetis metallota) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Phelotis cognata (Long-fringed Bark Moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Anestia ombrophanes (Anestia ombrophanes) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Palaeosia bicosta (Two-ribbed Footman) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Cosmopterigidae (family) (Unidentified Cosmopterigid moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Halone sejuncta (Variable Halone) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Phrissogonus laticostata (Apple looper moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Limnaecia cirrhosema (A Cosmet moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Arhodia lasiocamparia (Pink Arhodia) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Scopula rubraria (Reddish Wave, Plantain Moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Syncometes vilis (Barea Group) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Epidesmia tryxaria (Neat Epidesmia) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Hippotion scrofa (Coprosma Hawk Moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Wingia aurata (Golden Leaf Moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Sorama bicolor (Two-coloured Notodontid) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Capua dura (A Tortricid moth) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Acropolitis rudisana (Family Tortricinae) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Oecophoridae (family) (Unidentified Oecophorid concealer moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Brown House Moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Chrysodeixis subsidens (Australian Cabbage Looper) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Pasiphilodes testulata (Pome looper) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Chloroclystis pallidiplaga (White-shouldered Pug Moth) at WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM
Chrysodeixis argentifera (Tobacco Looper) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 21 Dec 2022 by WendyEM

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  • Gomphocarpus physocarpus - Swan Plant Associated plant
  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size
  • Alive / healthy Animal health

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  • Danaus plexippus Scientific name
  • Monarch Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1326.7m Recorded at altitude
  • 51 images trained Machine learning
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