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08-05-2012, 05:48 PM
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A walk in the backyard
Pic 1 an Aussie favourite
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08-05-2012, 08:53 PM
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Lovely set. The caterpillar looks like a swallowtail butterfly caterpillar.
08-05-2012, 09:17 PM
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Lovely set. The caterpillar looks like a swallowtail butterfly caterpillar.
Thanks Troy,
I was surprised when his feelers popped out
08-05-2012, 09:37 PM
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Thanks Troy,
I was surprised when his feelers popped out
Did you notice the smell like rotten lollies when you disturbed it and the feelers came out?
08-05-2012, 09:40 PM
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Did you notice the smell like rotten lollies when you disturbed it and the feelers came out?
Ok Baz, I gotta ask, what do rotten lollies smell like?
08-05-2012, 09:41 PM
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Did you notice the smell like rotten lollies when you disturbed it and the feelers came out?
Now that you mention it I did smell something funny I just didn't connect the two
08-05-2012, 10:34 PM
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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.co...pi/aegeus.html
09-05-2012, 05:23 AM
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Ok Baz, I gotta ask, what do rotten lollies smell like?
Sweet like lollies, but just wrong.
09-05-2012, 08:19 AM
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Great images warren.
09-05-2012, 08:22 AM
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#1 is great! Nice work!
09-05-2012, 09:40 AM
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Great images warren.
Thanks Liz
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#1 is great! Nice work!
Thanks Mike I really like it too
11-05-2012, 10:09 AM
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That is some work of Art Tenzin
11-05-2012, 07:23 PM
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Very nice Warren. Well done.
12-05-2012, 06:04 AM
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That is some work of Art Tenzin
Thanks David
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Very nice Warren. Well done.
Thanks RCheshire
12-05-2012, 01:32 PM
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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.
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Ok Baz, I gotta ask, what do rotten lollies smell like?
