25 May 2008 update.
Life Histories series : The Malayan Bush Brown (Mycalesis fusca fusca)
Horace Tan shares his meticulous record of the early stages of the Malayan Bush Brown (Mycalesis fusca fusca) :cheers:
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25 May 2008 update.
Life Histories series : The Malayan Bush Brown (Mycalesis fusca fusca)
Horace Tan shares his meticulous record of the early stages of the Malayan Bush Brown (Mycalesis fusca fusca) :cheers:
I must say that I enjoyed reading this and the other articles. I salute you and the others for such dedication; it certainly has spiced up my life. :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Commander
Sorry had to post this here and not in the blog since i lost my blogger account.
Thanks Henry. A lot of hard work on Horace's part on his Life Histories series is helping me keep to at least 1 article per week since the blog went active.
Still need more help from the others who can contribute. ;P
1 June 2008 update.
Feature Article : Plus Two Makes 284
ButterflyCircle re-discovers two more Lycaenidae species and pushes the number of species in the Singapore Checklist to 284 species! :gbounce:
8 June 2008 update.
Life Histories series : The Malay Lacewing (Cethosia hypsea hypsina)
Horace Tan shares the success of the rather challenging record of the early stages of the Malay Lacewing after several attempts. Congrats, Horace! :cheers:
15 June 2008 update.
Feature Article : A Northern Painted Jezebel visits Singapore!
A refreshing departure from our usual more serious articles on butterflies, BC Blog presents a documentary report on Les Day's week in Singapore and his butterfly-shooting exploits with ButterflyCircle members. :grin2:
21 June 2008 update.
Butterfly of the Month : Jun 2008 : The Royal Assyrian
Featuring the Royal Assyrian (Terinos terpander robertsia). An elusive shade-loving butterfly with deep purple wings. Whilst not uncommon, it is not easy to photograph due to its preference for shady locations.
Showcasing the works of Bob Cheong, Goh LC, Horace Tan, Federick Ho and Tan BJ. :cheers:
One of our Indonesian blog readers has spotted (and shot) a Tawny Coster in Bogor, West Java, two days ago. Looks like the TC is a world traveller moving down south steadily. I wonder if it will ever reach Australia? :thinking:
Blog article by Chaiyen can be found here. Fortunately, those of us who can read Malay can roughly understand Bahasa Indonesia... :)
29 June 2008 update.
Feature Article : The Butterfly Proboscis
Featuring the "drinking straw" that butterflies use to suck their liquid food needed to survive and give them the energy to fly during their relatively short life span. :grin2:
wow an interesting article on the neglected straw. enjoyed reading it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Commander
Your link is to the les visit article instead of directly to the new article.
:cheers:
Oops. Didn't update the link. Thanks! :cheers:
Henry, feel free to extract anecdotes from the Blog for your "5-minute" talk to your colleagues. That should make the talk even more interesting. I'd safely say that you'll end up having a 2 hour talk at the end. :cheers:
very nice article. informational + nice pictures!
"No-Horse-Run"..... :bsmile: .
Good article especially the pronunciation! :thumbsup: Should do one for Scientific name too?!? :whistle:
Cheers!
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Originally Posted by inckurei
Thanks guys. At least I know there are people who read the articles that Horace and I write weekly. ;PQuote:
Originally Posted by Leopard Lacewing
Bobby, yes it would be nice, but unfortunately these Scientific Latin names don't have that type of public appeal that a dictionary service provider would want to feature those words.
Just a trivia to the newbies....how do butterfly taste their food? I just learnt it after watching a local TV variety program and was surprised by the answer :embrass:
Using their forelegs?Quote:
Originally Posted by wong1979
25 June 2008 update.
Life Histories series : The Great Helen (Papilio iswara iswara)
Horace Tan shares the detailed life history of one the largest Papilio species in Singapore :cheers:
5 July 2008 update.
Life Histories series : The Hieroglyphic Flat (Odina hieroglyphica ortina)
Horace Tan peeks into the life history of the rare Hieroglyphic Flat. :)
13 July 2008 update.
Butterfly of the Month : Jul 2008 : The Branded Imperial
Featuring the small but pretty Branded Imperial (Eooxylides tharis distanti). A common but local Lycaenid which feeds on the forest vine Smilax bracteata.
Showcasing the works of Mark Wong, James Chia and Khew SK :cheers:
19 July 2008 update.
Life Histories series : The Narrow Spark (Sinthusa nasaka amba)
Horace manages to nail the life history of the Narrow Spark. This species was not in the early authors' checklists and was discovered by ButterflyCircle members in a small forested patch on the fringe of the nature reserves. Our sharp-eyed life histories expert managed to spot a female ovipositing on its host plant, and the rest, they say, is (life) history! :grin2:
Our blog has just hit the 50 posts mark, and we've still manage to chug along with at least 1 post per week, since Nov last year. My sincere appreciation to Horace, who has been churning out his Life Histories series with excellent write-ups, info and pictures.
Henceforth, I will stop making announcements in here, but will post the updates at the main portal at www.butterflycircle.com.
Thanks to those who have contributed to the Blog in one way or another. :cheers:
This thread is now closed. :)