Caterpillar with ants, not sure if they were attacking it or tending it? Larger and quite different from the Stencilled Hairstreak caterpillars in the same wattle, see separate sighting for same time and place.
Hi Jacky, these still look like Stencilled Hairstreak larvae to me, and with the same attendant ants. Sometimes the caterpillars can look a bit different between the earlier (smaller) instars and the later (larger) instars.
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