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The adult Tailed Emperor has a wing span of up to 110mm. It originally came Queensland and New South Wales where it
enjoyed the humid tropical and subtropical climate. It has adapted to temperate
climates and can now be found in
Adelaide. It prefers
areas where there are trees. The tailed emperor is attracted to rotting fruit
and the honeydew produced by scale insects. Its foodplants include ornamental trees
such as the Cootamundra wattle and a variety of other wattles. The larvae eat
the leaves of the foodplant. |
