Image: Emperor Gum caterpillar
This spectacular caterpillar is found in eastern Australian forests and feeds mostly on eucalypt leaves. It may remain for a year or more in its tough cocoon until the conditions are suitable for the moth to emerge. The moths are a soft pink-fawn colour and have feather-duster antennae.
Winner Open category 2003.
- Photographer:
- Elizabeth Tasker
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