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Deudorix democles, Lycaenidae
Kings Plain Station, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
These are fruit of the Strychnine Tree (Strychnos lucida).
A White-spotted Flash laid an egg on the outer skin. The hatchling caterpillar bored a tiny hole into the fruit, consumed the seeds, and pupated inside the fruit. When the adult emerged from its chrysalis, it bored its way out.
As expected, when I opened one of these fruits there was an old pupal case (exuvia) inside.
Tom Beech | 30-Jul-2023 10:51 | |
Nirvan Hope | 30-Jul-2023 05:17 | |
Helen Betts | 29-Jul-2023 21:17 | |
hayl | 29-Jul-2023 19:13 | |
Claude Gagnon | 29-Jul-2023 18:12 | |
Pierre Martin | 29-Jul-2023 18:06 | |