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You can't see me...can you?
You can't see me...can you?

The teeny tiny green larval form of the Zebra Blue butterfly - Leptotes plinius FAMILY LYCAENIDAE aka Plumbago Blue butterfly. I discovered this itsy bitsy one trying to be as inconspicuous as possible on the unopened bud of a Plumbago Blue vine.

www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_blues/ZebraBlue.htm
www.climatewatch.org.au/species/insects/plumbago-blue-but...

About the plant
Plumbago is a genus of 10–20 species of flowering plants in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the world. Common names include plumbago and leadwort (names which are also shared by the genus Ceratostigma).

he species include herbaceous plants and shrubs growing to 0.5–2 m (1.6–6.6 ft) tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, simple, entire, 0.5–12 cm (0.20–4.72 in) long, with a tapered base and often with a hairy margin. The flowers are white, blue, purple, red, or pink, with a tubular corolla with five petal-like lobes; they are produced in racemes.

The flower calyx has glandular trichomes (hairs), which secrete a sticky mucilage that is capable of trapping and killing insects; it is unclear what the purpose of these trichomes is; protection from pollination by way of "crawlers" (ants and other insects that typically do not transfer pollen between individual plants), or possible protocarnivory.[2]

Mature plumbago leaves often have a whitish residue on their undersides, a feature that can confuse gardeners. While this white material resembles a powdery mildew disease or a chemical spray deposit, it is actually a natural exudate from "chalk" glands that are found on the Plumbago species.[3]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumbago

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