Wattle (Acacia sp.) flowering stem with a blue locust and a faggot caterpillar emerging from its nest. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1779.

Egyptian gum arabic (Acacia nilotica): flowering stem with separate seed pod. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.

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Wattles (Plants)

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Wattle (Acacia sp.) flowering stem with a blue locust and a faggot caterpillar emerging from its nest. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1779.

Egyptian gum arabic (Acacia nilotica): flowering stem with separate seed pod. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.