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This colourful but bizarre looking creature is a caterpillar – the larvae of the cup moth Doratifera vulnerans, one of 115 species of cup moth in Australia.   The thorny projections and striking colours are a warning to predators, and the spines do have a mild sting.  Cup moths get their name from the cup shaped cocoon made by the larvae, but when they emerge, the adults are completely different in colour, and are squat, fat and furry.

This individual was found feeding on leaves of the Black Wattle Acacia leiocalyx, a fast growing but short lived tree species which is found throughout the Burnett Mary region.