cocoon of sticks stuck to wall, 7cm long and 5mm width
Caterpillar feeding on NZ common broom (cultivated) at Zealandia, Wellington. Defence pose was to twist quickly sideways and go very still. About 35 mm long.
Found in large, empty, blue, plastic tub outside underneath a Cypress tree next to a wood pile consisting of Eucalyptus timber and near standing Eucalyptus. Possibly mated pair, genitalia exposed on one and later retracted.