SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BUTTERFLIES

Proeidosa polysema (Lower)  (Spinifex Skipper)

Dessicated final instar larva, found dead in its shelter from effects of drought,
(body colour is normally bluish green)

Closeup of above larva head, (head colour is normally dark brown as below)

Empty pupal shell and pre-pupa moult head of final instar larva (left), exposed in shelter,
(pupa colour is normally yellow-green)

Ventral side closeup of above pupa cremaster

Photography by R. Grund