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Caterpillar, native name "Kan-nel-lang"

Artist: Port Jackson Painter
Created: [between 1788 and 1797]
Dimensions: 12.7 x 15.6
Reference: Watling Drawing - no. 410

 

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Caterpillar on a broad green leaf, against a plain background. The leaf's stalk is pointing to the left, and the caterpillar's head is to the right. The caterpillar is black with a series of yellow-red spots along the length of its body, joined by a yellow stripe surrounded by an area of yellow stippled dots along its side and yellow bars across its back. It has a black horn or spine on its tail, and red mandibles and thoracic legs. The drawing is annotated in brown ink.

 

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