Pulau Semakau - Team B - 18 Jan 2009

[Commander]

Post your shots here, for the BC team that visited Semakau today. :)

There a few skipper additions, as the team for Saturday has also similarly observed.

Interestingly, the Palm Bobs on Semakau have more than the usual 3 black spots on the hindwing below. I found 4-5 individuals having a full set of up to 5 black spots! :thinking: I wonder if this can qualify as a new subspecies...

Besides that, I was also chasing what appears to be a Banded Demon. A long-range heavily cropped shot suggests that it's most likely a Banded Demon. Also taken was a skipper that looks very similar to the newly discovered Potanthus serina. Will update this later with more confirmation.

The Two Spotted Line Blues were in season, and I believe quite a few of us, including Jane with her "handicapped" Pentax MF lens also nailed one. :bsmile:

[Cruiser]

Must be mating season for the 2SLB :cheers:

[benetay]

:thumbsup: for the banded demon. A good +1 for the island.


Cheers!

[Painted Jezebel]

Interestingly, the Palm Bobs on Semakau have more than the usual 3 black spots on the hindwing below. I found 4-5 individuals having a full set of up to 5 black spots! :thinking: I wonder if this can qualify as a new subspecies... :bsmile:

SK, I have seen specimens with both 3 hindwing black spots and 5 in the same place! I do not believe that it is a new ssp.

[Peacock Royal]

Here are my record shots .
1. Tanaecia iapis puseda (Horsfield's Baron) ? or Euthalia aconthea gurda (Baron) ? - to be confirmed.
2. Arhopala centaur nakula (Centaur Oakblue)
3. The upperside is quite close to that kind of blue shown by Jamides bochus nabonassar (Dark Caerulean) - Do look out for this in the forested area if we are there again. Qute a few of them today after 1 pm.
4. UFO skipper - shot at the grassland.

[Bluebottle]

Thanks Khew for organising the outing.
Here are my record shoots, ignore them if they are already 'counted'.

1
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Pulau%20Semakau/IMG_2742pw.jpg?t=1232288953

2
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Pulau%20Semakau/IMG_2739pw.jpg?t=1232288998

3
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Pulau%20Semakau/IMG_2732.jpg?t=1232289031

4
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Pulau%20Semakau/IMG_2721pw.jpg?t=1232289078

5
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Pulau%20Semakau/IMG_2708ppw.jpg?t=1232289128

6
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Pulau%20Semakau/IMG_2701pw.jpg?t=1232289186

[Bluebottle]

Part II

7.
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Pulau%20Semakau/IMG_2697.jpg?t=1232289227

8. http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Pulau%20Semakau/IMG_2696.jpg?t=1232289262

9
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Pulau%20Semakau/IMG_2688.jpg?t=1232289289

10. +3
http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Pulau%20Semakau/IMG_0007.jpg?t=1232289335


some other non butts shots (http://s462.photobucket.com/albums/qq342/pfloke/Pulau%20Semakau/?start=0)

[Snowywolf]

Post your shots here, for the BC team that visited Semakau today. :)

The Two Spotted Line Blues were in season, and I believe quite a few of us, including Jane with her "handicapped" Pentax MF lens also nailed one. :bsmile:

WHY is mine the 'handicapped' pentax lens??:omg:
:prrr:

[Commander]

Hmm.. interesting, that Baron. Looks like a female Baron (Euthalia aconthea gurda), but can't be sure at this angle and the lighting makes it strange. :thinking:

[benetay]

Female Baron (Euthalia aconthea gurda), my guess after looking at it for awhile.

The female tanaecia iapis puseda got a very white border regardless view from upper or underside which is my observation in the field.

Can't be sure thou.

Cheers!

[Leopard Lacewing]

Congratulation for the findings and pluses in P. Semakau :thumbsup:

Cheers!

[horace2264]

Here are my record shots .
1. Tanaecia iapis puseda (Horsfield's Baron) ? or Euthalia aconthea gurda (Baron) ? - to be confirmed.
2. Arhopala centaur nakula (Centaur Oakblue)
3. The upperside is quite close to that kind of blue shown by Jamides bochus nabonassar (Dark Caerulean) - Do look out for this in the forested area if we are there again. Qute a few of them today after 1 pm.
4. UFO skipper - shot at the grassland.

The lycaenid specimen in your pic #3 looks like a Nacaduba sp. in the 6-line blue group, and it appears that it was trying to lay egg. Any idea what plant was it sighted on?

I suppose the blue you are referring to is the metalic blue. Which Nacaduba is it? :thinking:

[Sky Blue]

The plant looks like Ardisia sp., if correct then I most likely a N. calauria, quite similar to my previous record :thinking: (not from semakau)

http://www.sgbug.org/butterflies/photo1/life_history/740_1175266635.jpg



http://butterflycircle.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=11473&stc=1&d=1232275690

[Peacock Royal]

Yes, is an Ardisia species.

[Wanderer]

record shots that I have:

1: http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2107/84/40/649693464/n649693464_1965457_4342.jpg
2: http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2107/84/40/649693464/n649693464_1965460_5523.jpg
3: http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2107/84/40/649693464/n649693464_1965461_5899.jpg
4: http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2107/84/40/649693464/n649693464_1965463_6641.jpg
5: http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2107/84/40/649693464/n649693464_1965462_6312.jpg

On a related note, i saw a leopard beside the shelter when we just arrived. did anyone capture it? or was it a tawny that i saw?

[Great Mormon]

TSLB
http://fc95.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/018/7/9/Two_Spotted_Line_Blue_180109_by_inckurei.jpg

http://fc16.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/018/c/c/Two_Spotted_Line_Blue_180109_2_by_inckurei.jpg

http://fc94.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/018/b/b/Two_Spotted_Line_Blue_180109_3_by_inckurei.jpg

http://fc85.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/018/7/3/Two_Spotted_Line_Blue_180109_4_by_inckurei.jpg

Leopard
http://fc67.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/018/c/0/leopard_180109_by_inckurei.jpg

un-ided skippers x2
http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/018/5/1/Taractrocera_sp_by_inckurei.jpg

http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/018/a/e/unknown_skipper_180109_by_inckurei.jpg

[Cruiser]

Hey, KY,

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2107/84/40/649693464/n649693464_1965460_5523.jpg
you got a Striped Blue Crow :cheers: another new record for Semakau?

[Wanderer]

apparently so. It flew by with its blue wings but i couldnt manage to get an open wing shot for it. I was the only one at the shelter when it flew by for lunch.


the leopard shot by anthony isnt on khew's list either.

[Commander]

Oh ya... saw that Leopard.

Oh.. and Striped Blue Crow too! Looks like Team B found more new species! :gbounce:

[Wanderer]

and the baron....:cheers:

[Great Mormon]

ohh! female striped blue crow! maybe a bit of plan b will attract those puddling ones :P

[Wanderer]

or do you mean plan P? :bsmile:

[flygon]

One of my shots on Sunday...correct me if I am wrong, an Eurema andersonii andersonii?

[Commander]

The characteristic cell spots are covered, so we can't be sure about that, though most of the yellows that we've encountered at Semakau have been the Common Grass Yellow (E. hecabe)

[flygon]

This is a Common Grass Yellow??

[Commander]

Yup, your 2nd shot shows the two cell spots clearly. :cheers:

[benetay]

Yes certainly it is a common grass yellow!

Ken, seems like you do shoot very well for someone who just started. I'm impress.

Who's the master?

Khew, does that mean using Nikon is suffering since it's the dark side?

:bsmile: :bsmile:

Cheers!

[Commander]

Khew, does that mean using Nikon is suffering since it's the dark side?

No... using it is fun... it's the pocket that will be suffering... :grin2:

[benetay]

Lucky, if not i'll have to suffer more. It's good to stay on the bright side.

:thumbsup:

[flygon]

[I]Yes certainly it is a common grass yellow!

Ken, seems like you do shoot very well for someone who just started. I'm impress.


Thanks. Trying my best. Been shooting for about a year plus. Still learning.

[benetay]

:thumbsup: Do shoot and post more!

Cheers!

[Peacock Royal]

Just got the time to process more shots.

1. The Ardisia spp that the Nacaduba laying egg on.
2. Potanthus sarina
3. Two Spotted Line Blue resting on flowers of Acacia auriculiformis