SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BUTTERFLIES

Motasingha trimaculata trimaculata (Tepper)   (Dingy four-spot Sedge-skipper)

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Larva foodplant Lepidosperma viscidum,
with two newly laid eggs in centre of photo. (Eggs are 2mm in diameter) 

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Newly laid egg

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Egg near hatching

Photography by R. Grund