CONTENTS |
By Dillon, Simone, Nicole, Zac, Kelly, Dannielle, Latoyah, Oceania And Katelyn
2 EMILY GAP
By Zac, Nicole, Simone.
3 THE CATERPILLAR'S STORY
By Kelly, Katelyn
4 THE STORY OF TODD RIVER TREES
By Nicole, Latoyah, Kelly And Oceania
5 ABOUT EMILY GAP
By Simone
6 ANTHWERRKE (EMILY GAP)
By Dillon, Zac
7 STINKY BEETLES AT EMILY GAP
By Oceania
8 YEPERENYE FEDERATION FESTIVAL
By Kelly
9 TWO SISTERS
By Dannielle And Kelly
10 THE EMU BUSH GRUB (UTNERRENGATYE)
By Simone
11 UTNERRENGATYE, EMU BUSH GRUB
By Latoyah
12 TYAPE NTYARLKE (THE ELEPHANT GRUB)
By Nicole
13 TYAPE NTYARLKE (THE ELEPHANT GRUB)
By Kelly
14 AYEPE-ARENYE (TAR VINE CATERPILLAR)
By Zac
15 THE TAR VINE CATERPILLAR
By Dillon
16 GLOSSARY
By Oceania, Zac, Latoyah
17 TEACHER'S NOTES
TYAPE NTYARLKE (THE ELEPHANT GRUB) |
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By Nicole All about the Elephant (Ntyarlke) grub Left: Elephant Grub caterpillar photo by Mike Gillam |
ARRENTE NAME: Tyape Ntyarlke
DESCRIPTION:The elephant grub is much bigger than the ayepe-arenye caterpillar and has huge eyes to scare the enemy. It is also recognised by stripes of silver on it's sides.
FOOD PLANT/HOST PLANTS: The elephant grub is found in the tarvine and on long grass on the high grounds near creeks. Tarvine is one of Ntyarlke major food source. Sometimes they eat portulaca. Now they also feed on exotic plants such as Ruby Dock, Morning Glory and grape vine.
TRADITIONAL USES: The elephant grub is cooked and eaten the same way as the ayep-arenye caterpillar.The indigionous people squeezed out the guts through a little hole then cooked them in hot soil. They left them for two or three days to dry in the sun before eating.
LIFE CYCLES: The hawk moth lays eggs on the leaf of a Tar vine and soon hatches an elephant grub. Then it begins to eat the tar vine for about 10 to
12 days. Soon after the caterpillar has eaten and become huge it creates an under ground chamber. After 12 to 24 days it evolves into a hawk moth then mates and survives as long as 1 to 2 weeks.