Who are you?!

We are used to encountering lots of interesting wildlife when out and about, so tend to consider what is in our own backyard as more commonplace.

However, Vaughan found a very nifty blue caterpillar resting on one of our fence panels - and we certainly hadn't seen one before!

It took quite a while to identify because if one googles "blue caterpillar" the majority of hits are for Absalom the "who are you?" caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland!  Bet you didn't know that?!

I happened to have a copy of The Butterflies of Australia on loan from our local library and was able to cross-reference that against various internet photos and information.  I am fairly confident that our Absalom will transform into this, which was a bit surprising as I was expecting at least some blue on the adult!