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Gallery

Catalog Lesser Wanderer Gallery

Adults

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Male

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Photography by L. Hunt
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Females

Larvae

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Fully grown larvae feeding on its foodplant Gomphocarpus cancellatus (Broad-leaved Cotton-bush)

Pupae

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Normal green form
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Pupae, including the rare pink form

All photography by R. Fisher unless stated otherwise.