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| Jalmenus inous - Varied Hairstreak |
Common, but very local according to Braby. A little larger than boeticus. Adults fly around the larval food plant, and may feed from flowers, including Nuytsia.
It's been recorded from Port Kennedy in the past, and also Point Peron. Looking at Google maps, it seems if I park at the golf course car park at Port Kennedy I can walk over the road to the Scientific Park, which would seem to be the obvious location. Certainly the Nuytsia is beginning to flower, always very characteristic at this time of year.
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| Port Kennedy Scientific Park |
45 minutes down the freeway, and the wind's not too strong. The area looks very snakey, so I pick my way carefully. The location certainly looks promising, plenty of clear sandy patches amongst acacia bushes, with sandy tracks running through and into the park. The trail bikers have torn down the protective fences, and a couple of random 4WD's are churning up the area - I keep out of their way.
Not a lot going on. A couple of smaller blues that never settle. I turn back towards the road, in a sheltered pocket a specimen of agricola perches helpfully, just asking to be photographed.
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| Neolucia agricola |
Back on the track I spot a larger Lycaenid flying strongly into the wind, showing a purplish blue. Possibly inous but no way of confirming without a picture, and it's soon lost.
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| Scientific Park |
After an hour and a half I return to the car, where there's a very tired villida nectaring in the car park.
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| Junonia villida |
Since Pt Peron's almost on the way home I take a short detour. Parking right at the Point, there's a small area just below the lookout where labradus is abundant.
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| Zizina labradus |
Rather strangely, all the specimens are found in an area of no more than about twenty square metres.
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| Looking back towards Port Kennedy |
Nothing else of interest, so back to the freeway before the traffic builds up.
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