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Nyctemera secundiana
A strongly marked and coloured caterpillar about 35mm long with find black hairs and two long black tufts from the head.
On an Asteraceae in a local nature reserve.
The plant on which this was found was probably Thickhead - Cassocephalum crepidiodes.
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There are a pair of horn-shaped black hairs on the head.....gave it away ..you where right in what you thought it was :)...funny i was looking for a looper caterpillar in another browser .....you did 100%...i am just being cheeky and filling in the rest :)