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Gallery

Catalog Two-spotted Line-blue Gallery

Adults

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Males

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Females

Food Host

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Acacia tetragonophylla (Dead Finish)
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Acacia papyrocarpa (Western Myall)
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Acacia aneura aneura (Mulga)

Eggs

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Photography by R. Fisher
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Emergent larva and empty egg on the flower bud cluster of an Acacia

Larvae

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First instar larva immediately after emerging from egg, head on right

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First instar larva, head on left
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Late first instar larva with head exposed,
head on right
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Second instar larva, head on right
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Third instar larva, head on right
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Fourth instar larva, head on right
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Final instar larvae, head on left

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Photography by R. Fisher

Final instar larva, green coloured variety, head on left.
It has been devouring the buds of an Acacia flower cluster

Pupae

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Pupae lying loose on the ground

All photography by R. Grund unless stated otherwise.