A walk in the backyard

[supernova1965]

Pic 1 an Aussie favourite
Pic 2 Lacewing eggs
Pic 3 Flower and ant or native Bee unsure
Pic 4 Please help ID then the other photo's of the same bug but with his secret revealed.

[troypiggo]

Lovely set. The caterpillar looks like a swallowtail butterfly caterpillar.

[supernova1965]

Thanks Troy,

I was surprised when his feelers popped out :eyepop:

[bloodhound31]

Did you notice the smell like rotten lollies when you disturbed it and the feelers came out?

[ballaratdragons]

:lol: Ok Baz, I gotta ask, what do rotten lollies smell like?

[supernova1965]

Now that you mention it I did smell something funny I just didn't connect the two:thumbsup:

[supernova1965]

I found out what the Caterpillar is it is a Papilio aegeus the 5th picture down in this link is the same as the one I photographed

http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/papi/aegeus.html

[bloodhound31]

Sweet like lollies, but just wrong. :scared2:

[Liz]

Great images warren. :thumbsup:

[iceman]

#1 is great! Nice work!

[supernova1965]

Thanks Liz:D

Thanks Mike I really like it too:D

[DavidNg]

That is some work of Art Tenzin

[rcheshire]

Very nice Warren. Well done.

[supernova1965]

Thanks David:D

Thanks RCheshire :hi:

[LightningNZ]

Thanks for the info - I've had tons of these caterpillar all over a shrub outside my home. I have no idea what it but they definitely love it.

Nice photos too!
Cam