Fraser's Hill, March 2012

Thanks, Lc and Federick. Good luck Lc, hope that you find lots and the weather is kind to you.


Les, I would appreciate names for the moths.

Thanks,

This is the best I can do!

1) This is NOT the Atlas Moth, Attacus atlas, but a relative, Archaeoattacus edwardsii.
2) Loepa sp., I'm pretty certain Loepa sikkima.
3) Euplocia memblaria (a female) - Erebidae
4) Urapteroides astheniata - Uraniidae
5) Glyphodes caesalis - Crambidae
6) Cossidae sp. - Looks like a member of Xyleutes genus, but can not be sure which.
7) Sorry-no idea!
8) Lymantia narindra - Lymantriinae

Thanks very much for the moth ids, Les. Wow, I did not realize that there was another big saturniid like an Atlas at Fraser's Hill.

Regards,

A nice collection of shots, David! :cheers: Brings back fond memories of our trips there over the past few years too! :)

Thanks, Khew. I enjoy looking at the posts of the BC outings to Fraser's Hill. Someday, it would be fun to meet up with the group at that lovely location.

Regards,

Hmmm, the trilobite beetle could actually be a firefly larva or female.:)

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Originally Posted by atronox

Hmmm, the trilobite beetle could actually be a firefly larva or female.:)

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Hello Aaron,
You could be right but it is a little confusing to me. Here is a link that shows the two but even here it is tricky. The conspicuous head on the one from Fraser's seems to me to more resemble what was identified as a trilobite.
http://praying-mantis101.blogspot.co...fly-larva.html


Here is another shot of a Duliticola, a member of Lycidae:
http://www.hippocampus-bildarchiv.de...icolaspec..htm


What do you think? If the above links are accurate, I tend to think Lycidae rather than Lampyridae but I could be wrong.


Regards,

David ,

We encountered the same at Selai, Endau Rompin in 2010.

Here is my shot :

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/038_1.jpg

and here is a video my Marcus:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/budak/4581192465/


Here is Kurt's writeup on Trilobite beetle and lookalike:

http://orionmystery.blogspot.com/201...lookalike.html


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:cheers:

Thanks, Sunny, for the photo and links.

Looks like the "trilobite" from FH was really a Lampyrid. The one that Kurt photographed and others that I will be posting soon from Mt. Kinabalu were the "real" trilobites.

Strange how these beetles are so similar. Do you know if Lycids also can have the phosphorescent spots or is that a family characteristic of the Lampyrids?


Regards,
David