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    Default Some moth from SBWR

    Looks like just hatched, on a ficus tree.


    Interesting 'face'


    A small moth


    Another tiny moth


    Not sure whether this is a moth caterpillar?

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    #1 - Spodoptera picta - Noctuidae, Xyleninae
    #2 - Westermannia sp. - Nolidae, Westermanninae
    #3 - Scopula sp. - Geometridae, Sterrhinae
    #4 - Marasmia / Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis - Crambidae, Spilomelinae
    #5 - Bastilla / Dysgonia sp. - Noctuidae, Catocalinae

    cheers, Roger.
    Roger C. KENDRICK Ph.D.

    C & R Wildlife, Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, N.T., Hong Kong S.A.R.
    HK Moths website: http://www.hkmoths.com
    HK Moths Recording Project on i-Naturalist: http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/hong-kong-moths
    HK Moths Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/groups/hongkongmoths/

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    Thanks Roger !

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    That "face" is actually meant to look like a glistening bird-droppping!
    Aaron Soh

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    One more from SBWR

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