Hawk Moth - caterpillar [04-Oct-23 @ AH]

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24-Oct-2004, 12:10 AM
Rustic

Hawk Moth - caterpillar [04-Oct-23 @ AH]

Rosalind was showing Gan these fat juicy caterpillars which ate up the whole plant. According to Gan, they were probably close to pupal stage. An interesting fact that I learnt today is that they actually went into the soil to pupae. According to Rosalind, the pupua was ugly looking. :)

For the record, these fat guys are about four inches long. 6 inches seem to be an overestimate.

PS: Rosalind, we lost the two caterpillars after they were left on the leaves. Sorry about that.

#1 -- "oops .. traffic jam"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...00_LVL_USM.jpg

#2 -- "which way to go?"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...00_LVL_USM.jpg

#3 -- "u aint seeing me ..."
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...00_LVL_USM.jpg

#4 -- "Crossing"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...00_LVL_USM.jpg

#5 -- record pose.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...00_LVL_USM.jpg
24-Oct-2004, 12:30 AM
bell

too bad they escaped, cos my dotter wanted to see them again before leaving :mad2:
25-Oct-2004, 11:55 AM
Striped Blue Crow

Hi All

Can post the picture of the adult later on? Very curious leh...... :jumjoy:

Thanks
26-Oct-2004, 12:41 PM
Green Baron

Quote:

Originally Posted by Striped Blue Crow

Hi All

Can post the picture of the adult later on? Very curious leh...... :jumjoy:
Thanks

I don't have the plant near my place so can't breed them but I think Rosalind is attempting to breed them. Let's hope she is successful in breeding them :thumbsup:
11-Mar-2006, 12:41 PM
fluorite

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rustic

Rosalind was showing Gan these fat juicy caterpillars which ate up the whole plant. According to Gan, they were probably close to pupal stage. An interesting fact that I learnt today is that they actually went into the soil to pupae. According to Rosalind, the pupua was ugly looking. :)

For the record, these fat guys are about four inches long. 6 inches seem to be an overestimate.

PS: Rosalind, we lost the two caterpillars after they were left on the leaves. Sorry about that.
#2 -- "which way to go?"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...00_LVL_USM.jpg

your moth is Daphnis nerii
12-Mar-2006, 12:08 AM
Silverstreak

Hi Flourite ,

Care to ID this one for me, just shot him at Bukit Timah Forest Reserves today. Believe it is a moth.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...r/_MG_3058.jpg
25-Mar-2006, 07:01 PM
fluorite

here is a Taiwan cousins, Callidula attenuata,
real colour, 1/15 sec.
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/4250/0860024bt.jpg

95KB
25-Mar-2006, 11:45 PM
Sky Blue

nice red color ;-)
26-Mar-2006, 12:03 AM
Common Rose

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silverstreak

Hi Flourite ,

Care to ID this one for me, just shot him at Bukit Timah Forest Reserves today. Believe it is a moth.

Sunny, first time shot this moth? ;-) many of us have got this moth...
26-Mar-2006, 07:51 AM
fluorite

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silverstreak

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...r/_MG_3058.jpg

Tetragonus lycaenoides, do you think so ?
range : Sulawesi, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra,
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-8/...ulidae_1_2.php
http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life...nus/index.html