Australian Droseraceae

Sundew family : DROSERACEAE (DILLENIIDAE) in Australia

Flower
Families

Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
&
Christine Ashe

Plant
Classes

Drosera auriculata
Lobed Sundew
Wonboyn, NSW
Photos: courtesy of
Paul Whitington

Drosera banksii
Banks' Sundew?
Queensland, December 2015

Drosera callistos
Pygmy Sundew
Western Australia,
September 2007

Drosera ericksoniae
Pink Sundew
Western Australia,
September 2007

Drosera peltata
Pale Sundew
Wonboyn, NSW
Photos: courtesy of
Paul Whitington

Drosera species
White Sundew
Western Australia,
September 2007

We know of three caterpillar species in Australia that attack plants in DROSERACEAE. The fact that the plants are carnivorous does not seem to deter them:

Spodoptera litura
NOCTUIDAE
Undetermined Psychidae AD
PSYCHIDAE
Buckleria paludum
PTEROPHORIDAE