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Gallery

Catalog Long-tailed Pea-blue Gallery

Adults

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Photography by R. Fisher

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Males

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Females

Food Host

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Coast Swainson-pea (Swainsona lessertiifolia)

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Australian trefoil (Lotus australis)

Eggs

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Newly laid egg

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Old egg

Larvae

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First instar larva devouring the inner parts of a flower,
head on right

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Third instar larva, hiding in a Dipogon flower

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Fourth instar larva

Head on left

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Final instar larva, green colour form, head on left

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Yellow-green colour form with head exposed

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Yellow and purple colour form

Final instar larvae, head on left

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Reaching newly formed seeds

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Reaching the inner parts of Dipogon flower

Final instar larvae, different colour forms, head on left

Larvae eating by inserting heads into a pod

Pupae

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Newly formed pupa before gaining colour

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Pupa, head on left

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Pupa, head on left

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Crotalaria eremaea pod eaten out by larva

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Pod (opened) with pupa inside

All photography by R. Grund unless stated otherwise.