Caterpillars of the swallow-tail ninth take on mi amazing likene** to the twij; . on whii'h they ro-t to avoid detection. Tlior loiiir cylindrical bodies have only : a few lojici. and by jjraeping a twi;» i>y : a pair of claspinjr-lejr* at tlie end of the body contrive u> ?tand out from the , twig if they were part of the plant.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 113, 14 May 1937, Page 10
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