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Gallery

Catalog Australian Painted Lady Gallery

Adults

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Photography by L. Hunt

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Photography by L. Hunt

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Males

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Females

Food Host

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Common everlasting
(Chrysocephalum apiculatum),
a foodplant of
the Australian Painted Lady

Eggs

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Larvae

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Early first instar larva, head on left

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Web shelter of a late first instar larva

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Late first instar larva

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Second instar larva

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Web shelter of second instar larva on a Cape Weed leaf

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Incipient scoli developed on second instar larva

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Third instar larva

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Fourth instar larva

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Web shelter of third instar larva on a Cape Weed leaf

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Photography by L. Hunt

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Final instar larvae, different colour forms, head on right

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Closeup of head

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Scoli developed on a mature larva

Pupae

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Loose web shelter that is constructed by the mature larva to pupate within.
This example has nearly disintegrated, but it gives some idea of what goes on.

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Typical metallic-copper colour form of the pupa, that has not been captured very well by the film.

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Gold dorsal spots

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Gold colour form

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Brushed-copper colour effect

All photography by R. Grund unless stated otherwise.