Appearance
The adult is dark blue with orange spots on thorax and blue coloured abdomen. The head and long antenna are dark blue as are the wings.The larvae have broad, black heads with white spots; body tapers to an extended thin whip-like tail. Colour varies with development and moulting but is usually translucent green with some tints of yellow or orange. Tiny black spots merge to become the all-black tail. Length will grow from 12mm to 24mm.
Naming
Synonyms:Pterygophorus interrupta Klug, 1814
Pterygophorus interruptus queenslandicus Forsius, 1929
Distribution
Eastern Australia from central Queensland to Victoria.
Behavior
When larvae are young they will feed as a team maintaining even progress across a leaf. At some point they get too big and separate to feed alone.Habitat
Eucalyptus and Angophora species.Food
Eucalyptus and Angophora species leaves.Defense
As small larvae they have a habit of waving their tails in unison which might scare a potential threat by making them appear as a single larger creature.References:
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