Nettle family
URTICACEAE in Australia

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

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Australina pusilla Shade Nettle Morwell Park, Victoria	Dendrocnide excelsa Giant Stinging Tree Photo: courtesy of Rob Whyte, Brisbane	Dendrocnide photinophylla Shiny Stinging Tree Photos: courtesy of Rob Whyte, Brisbane	Parietaria judaica Spreading Pellitory Concord, December 2006
Pilea cadierei Aluminum Plant specimen: courtesy of Ginger Factory, Yandina, April 2007	Pilea nummularifolia Creeping Charlie Wyee, March 2008	Pipturus argenteus Australian Native Mulberry Photos: courtesy of Rob Whyte, Brisbane	Urtica incisa Scrub Nettle Morwell Park, Victoria

Urtica urens Dwarf Nettle Wyee, September 2008

A number of Australian Butterflies and Moths have larvae that prefer to feed on plants in URTICACEAE, including:

Hypolimnas anomala

Mynes geoffroyi

Vanessa itea

Theretra queenslandi

Arcte coerula

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Australian butterflies

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Australian moths

(updated 10 September 2009)