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RICHMOND BIRDWING BUTTERFLY

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Caption: The spectacular Richmond Birdwing butterfly is threatened by habitat destruction, loss of its larval food plant and an introduced weed that poisons larvae (caterpillars). (Photo credit: Dr Don Sands)

Caption: The spectacular Richmond Birdwing butterfly is threatened by habitat destruction, loss of its larval food plant and an introduced weed that poisons larvae (caterpillars). (Photo credit: Dr Don Sands)
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Caption: Dutchman's Pipe is a distant relative of the Richmond Birdwing butterfly's native larval food plant. It emits a substance that tricks the female butterflies into laying their eggs on this vine. It was a very popular introduced vine, planted in gardens. It is now a bushland weed. (Photo credit: Dr Don Sands)

Caption: Dutchman's Pipe is a distant relative of the Richmond Birdwing butterfly's native larval food plant. It emits a substance that tricks the female butterflies into laying their eggs on this vine. It was a very popular introduced vine, planted in gardens. It is now a bushland weed. (Photo credit: Dr Don Sands)
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Caption: The Richmond Birdwing vine, when the caterpillar's hatch each one needs to eat more than a square metre of leaves and stem before it pupates. (Photo credit: Dr Don Sands)

Caption: The Richmond Birdwing vine, when the caterpillar's hatch each one needs to eat more than a square metre of leaves and stem before it pupates. (Photo credit: Dr Don Sands)
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Caption: The male Richmond Birdwing butterfly seen from above - this view of the butterfly has become the symbol for the whole project. (Photo credit: Dr Don Sands)

Caption: The male Richmond Birdwing butterfly seen from above - this view of the butterfly has become the symbol for the whole project. (Photo credit: Dr Don Sands)
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Caption: Top Performers - Pamela Le Ray - Toso Dancers - performing the

Caption: Top Performers - Pamela Le Ray - Toso Dancers - performing the "Plight of the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly". (Photo credit: Howard Baker)
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Caption: Insect face mask parade at Threatened Species Day picnic. (Photo credit: Howard Baker)

Caption: Insect face mask parade at Threatened Species Day picnic. (Photo credit: Howard Baker)
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Caption: Children with Richmond Birdwing vines at Sunnybank Hills State School, Brisbane (Photo credit: Gary Cranitch, Queensland Museum)

Caption: Caption: Children with Richmond Birdwing vines at Sunnybank Hills State School, Brisbane (Photo credit: Gary Cranitch, Queensland Museum)
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Caption: Bob Moffatt, Scott Herd and Wes Vidler at Balunyah Nursery. (Photo credit: Dr Don Sands)

Caption: Bob Moffatt, Scott Herd and Wes Vidler at Balunyah Nursery. (Photo credit: Dr Don Sands)
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