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Peacock Royal
25-Dec-2007, 10:00 PM
These moth cats wipe out most of the Singapore Rhododendron (Melastoma malabathricum) at TPTP.

ID of this cat ?

hkmoths
25-Dec-2007, 10:58 PM
Lymantriidae (tussock moths) of some sort.

cheers,

Roger.

Commander
26-Dec-2007, 09:29 AM
Amazing defoliation of the plants. :omg:

The Town Council workers will probably be instructed to spray the area with pesticides soon. :sweat:

atronox
26-Dec-2007, 01:02 PM
Thx Roger. I've been wanting to find out the family of this moth since i reared it a few yrs back bt i didn't take any pics of it. A similar cat (http://b-pals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6134)has been mentioned recently.