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2 females and 17 males of Chelepteryx collesi attracted to lightsheet on 29/30 May, 2022, along with one Chelepteryx chalepteryx female. Chelepteryx collesi female #1 laid a cluster of eggs on the sheet which we collected and placed in container with some eucalypt leaves.

see this iNaturalist observation of the female that laid the eggs

First noticed larvae on 24th July - 55 days later. This was presumably not long after hatching as there were few leaves available for food.

29th July - 17mm body length

19th August - 31mm body length

14th September - 44-47mm body length

29th September - 50-60mm body length

11th October

21st October - 75mm body length

7th November - 95mm body length

12th November - 100-105mm body length

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