Catalog Long-tailed Pea-blue Gallery
Photography by R. Fisher
Males
Females
Coast Swainson-pea (Swainsona lessertiifolia)
Australian trefoil (Lotus australis)
Newly laid egg
Old egg
First instar larva devouring the inner parts of a flower, head on right
Third instar larva, hiding in a Dipogon flower
Fourth instar larva
Head on left
Final instar larva, green colour form, head on left
Yellow-green colour form with head exposed
Yellow and purple colour form
Final instar larvae, head on left
Reaching newly formed seeds
Reaching the inner parts of Dipogon flower
Final instar larvae, different colour forms, head on left
Larvae eating by inserting heads into a pod
Newly formed pupa before gaining colour
Pupa, head on left
Crotalaria eremaea pod eaten out by larva
Pod (opened) with pupa inside
All photography by R. Grund unless stated otherwise.
