Collected Protea repens flowerhead with a fairly large exit hole and caterpillar frass, at Kogelberg NR near Kleinmond. The next morning there was a nice little pile of fresh frass.
12 June 2023:
The flowerhead started to go brown and the caterpillar came out looking for fresh food. When I offered a new flowerhead the caterpillar disappeared again.
29 June 2023:
After a few days of no fresh evidence of activity I carefully opened the flowerhead and found the caterpillar had pupated inside.
Resting, not feeding, on old flower of sour fig. not as blue as illustrated in Woodhall, medium size. Species No.45 now for the GRBG, all id^s from photos.