Fraser's Hill Outing - 7-10 Aug 2011

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12-Aug-2011, 02:20 PM
Commander

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Originally Posted by Great Mormon

hahaha, anything but that embarrassing shot please :P

He won't post it here. He'll post it on our blog article so that the whole world can see? :bsmile:
12-Aug-2011, 05:04 PM
moloch

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Originally Posted by Great Mormon

David, the Rajah Brookes are feeding on some leftovers of someones barbeque. They are located at the falls near the big lake. I added some river water to the BBQ leftovers, and it worked like a charm. The Rajah Brookes puddled in about 10mins.

Thanks, Anthony, for the information. I will have to keep that in mind for bait on the next trip. Also, will have to stop at this falls.

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Originally Posted by Commander

The Malayan Owl was attracted to our bait, and came back for at least 3 rounds. The RBBs didn't puddle till the charcoal area got wet. Then they came in numbers! Another place where you can see them puddle can be found on our latest blog article - Kuala Woh. There, they appeared to puddle for the whole day!

As for the Pallid Faun, it was also the first time I've seen it puddling on our bait. They usually go for rotting fruits and lurk around deep forest shade. This individual had a unique behaviour.

Thanks for the info, Khew. I will try to bait the Pallid Faun in the forest on my next trip. Also, I will check on Kuala Woh. If it is not too far from Fraser's, then I might try a quick trip to see the puddling RBBs.

Khew, those were excellent photos of the Malayan Owl.

Anthony, the colour of that Chocolate Albatross was very nice.

Loke, I like that dawn shot. Were you up that early to go birding? The dawn chorus at Fraser's is always good.
12-Aug-2011, 05:17 PM
Commander

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Originally Posted by The Plane

Some more records shots...
37. The Circe
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6064/...3ddf1e84_b.jpg

Seow, I also got some record shots of this fella. From my own notes, Malaysia only has Hestina mimetica ruvanella. Someone who shot this at Fraser's Hill labeled it as Hestina nama. I know of no record that Malaysia has H. nama. Thailand has H. nama which looks similar. How does one distinguish between the two species?

Are they the same species or there are updates to the checklist for Malaysia that I may have missed?
12-Aug-2011, 06:01 PM
Psyche

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Originally Posted by Painted Jezebel

Nice photos Loke, as always.

No. 28 is Zemeros flegyas albipunctatus ( The Common Punchinello).

I have to question your id of No. 26. The blue band appears the wrong shape to me. To my mind it is closer to a male of the much more interesting Euthalia ipona. I wonder what Seow makes of it?

Agreed L26 is E. ipona. E. phemius is similar but have white streaks on the forewing.

More interestingly is L27 Spindasis or Cigaritis seliga.(Correction :this is S. kutu:the 2 postdiscal bands on forewing are open (as in S. syama)
Note forewing pale marginal line obliterated; submarginal pale area very narrow.
More importantly the hindwing submarginal brown band reaches the upper wing margin. (In S. lohita it falls short.)

L30. I have been unable to differentiate accurately eumolphus & horsfieldi based on the underside.
I'll hazard a quess this is A. horsfieldi since on the hindwing, the postdiscal spot in space 5 & the cellend bar are far apart.

TL Seow:cheers:
12-Aug-2011, 06:19 PM
Psyche

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Originally Posted by Commander

Seow, I also got some record shots of this fella. From my own notes, Malaysia only has Hestina mimetica ruvanella. Someone who shot this at Fraser's Hill labeled it as Hestina nama. I know of no record that Malaysia has H. nama. Thailand has H. nama which looks similar. How does one distinguish between the two species?

Are they the same species or there are updates to the checklist for Malaysia that I may have missed?

Yutaka specimens are all from the north of the country and are H. nama.
In . nama the line of postdiscal spots on the hindwing arched upwards so there a black oval space between and the submarginal dots.
IN H. mimetica the postdiscal spots run parallel to the submarginal dots.

I am surprised that H. mimetica is not found in southern Thailand.

TL Seow:cheers:
12-Aug-2011, 07:06 PM
Bluebottle

Thanks Les, Seow for the ID :cheers:
12-Aug-2011, 10:35 PM
Bluebottle

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Originally Posted by moloch

Loke, I like that dawn shot. Were you up that early to go birding? The dawn chorus at Fraser's is always good.

No. Perhaps we are just eager for butterfly hunting and woke up early. We can hear the birds singing in the morning but we didn't venture into the forest trail.

Sharing a little video shoot at the Jeriau Waterfall. These Chocolate Albatross are skittish.
12-Aug-2011, 10:46 PM
Yamfly

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Originally Posted by Bluebottle

No. Perhaps we are just eager for butterfly hunting and woke up early. We can hear the birds singing in the morning but we didn't venture into the forest trail.

Sharing a little video shoot at the Jeriau Waterfall. These Chocolate Albatross are skittish.

Nice video! :thumbsup: They are hyper sensitive to any slight movements and I almost gave up shooting them.
12-Aug-2011, 11:00 PM
Yamfly

Our outing on the third day was cut short by the heavy downpour in the afternoon. We headed back to the apartment and spent the time editing photos and watching the discovery channel.

We headed to Ye Olde Smokehouse in the evening for dinner.

A shot of my main course, Grilled Salmon. :)
http://dashwolfe.smugmug.com/Nature/.../IMG4421-L.jpg

Looks of satisfaction after dinner. :grin2: (....well at least for most ;P )
http://dashwolfe.smugmug.com/Nature/.../IMG4423-L.jpg
12-Aug-2011, 11:30 PM
Yamfly

The last day was the most rewarding. We encountered butts in great varieties. The Jewel Nawab and the Malayan Owl are no doubt, in my opinion, stars of the whole outing. :grin2:

Sharing the last batch of my pics.

Iambrix salsala salsala
http://dashwolfe.smugmug.com/Nature/.../IMG4430-L.jpg

Doleschallia bisaltide (Autumn Leaf)
http://dashwolfe.smugmug.com/Nature/.../IMG4447-L.jpg

Ionolyce helicon
http://dashwolfe.smugmug.com/Nature/.../IMG4482-L.jpg

Pithauria marsena? As stated in post #63?
http://dashwolfe.smugmug.com/Nature/.../IMG4576-L.jpg

Common Nawab (Polyura athamas)
http://dashwolfe.smugmug.com/Nature/.../IMG4523-L.jpg

Polyura delphis concha (Jewel Nawab)
http://dashwolfe.smugmug.com/Nature/.../IMG4503-L.jpg

Neorina Lowii neophyta (Malayan Owl)
http://dashwolfe.smugmug.com/Nature/.../IMG4587-L.jpg
12-Aug-2011, 11:31 PM
Yamfly

A huge number Raja Brookes puddling, makes isolation both a challenging and difficult task.
http://dashwolfe.smugmug.com/Nature/.../IMG4545-L.jpg

The wingspan of this beauty is just amazing!!
http://dashwolfe.smugmug.com/Nature/.../IMG4520-L.jpg

And a shot of the close wing at last...:grin2:
http://dashwolfe.smugmug.com/Nature/.../IMG4563-L.jpg
12-Aug-2011, 11:42 PM
Commander

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Here are shots of the Circe (Hestina mimetica ruvella) showing the underside and upperside as well. Thanks to Seow for confirming that this is not H. nama.

What was interesting was that this individual was flying together with the Chocolate Tiger that it mimics, so initially I'd ignored it as I thought it was the Danainae. Then when it stopped with its wings half-opened as in the 2nd shot, I realised that Danainaes don't stop like that, and I managed to track it down for a better shot. It was quite skittish though.
12-Aug-2011, 11:55 PM
Leopard Lacewing

Nice shots, Ben... And nice video clip from Loke using the 180mm lens! :thumbsup:
13-Aug-2011, 02:05 AM
The Plane

Dr Seow, Thanks for all the ID help. I have updated my threads. You are really wonderful in ID-ing !!! :cheers:
13-Aug-2011, 10:13 AM
Great Mormon

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Originally Posted by Bluebottle

No. Perhaps we are just eager for butterfly hunting and woke up early. We can hear the birds singing in the morning but we didn't venture into the forest trail.

Sharing a little video shoot at the Jeriau Waterfall. These Chocolate Albatross are skittish.

Loke, what an excellent video! The river in the bg and the sound of running water gives a whole lot of perspective into the habitats of the puddlers. :cheers:
13-Aug-2011, 11:37 AM
The Plane

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Some shots from my P&S camera :cheers:
13-Aug-2011, 07:17 PM
Bluebottle

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Originally Posted by Leopard Lacewing

Nice shots, Ben... And nice video clip from Loke using the 180mm lens! :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by Great Mormon

Loke, what an excellent video! The river in the bg and the sound of running water gives a whole lot of perspective into the habitats of the puddlers. :cheers:

Thanks Ant, Bobby. Next time I will try it on the Jewel Nawab ;P

Make a slow motion version :)
14-Aug-2011, 08:09 AM
WillFolsom

A Great Band of Brothers!

Looks like a great bunch having a great outing. Need to think about linking up with that team! William
14-Aug-2011, 05:19 PM
Psyche

Did a rechecking on the Arhopala in post 77 and it is A.horsfieldi.

A. eumolphus: metallic tornal patch pale green, narrow throughout with a 2nd paler diffuse layer extending above the 3 black spots.

A horsfieldi: metallic patch bluish, broad at the inner half (space 1b) with the 2nd upper layer much reduced & largely absent beyond the big black tornal spot.

TL Seow:cheers:
15-Aug-2011, 09:44 PM
Bluebottle

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Originally Posted by Psyche

Did a rechecking on the Arhopala in post 77 and it is A.horsfieldi.

A. eumolphus: metallic tornal patch pale green, narrow throughout with a 2nd paler diffuse layer extending above the 3 black spots.

A horsfieldi: metallic patch bluish, broad at the inner half (space 1b) with the 2nd upper layer much reduced & largely absent beyond the big black tornal spot.

TL Seow:cheers:

Thanks, Seow :cheers:
17-Aug-2011, 10:58 PM
Bluebottle

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Miss out this one. It is a highly cropped image and just for the record.
I think it is a Tagiades menaka manis. Something sweet? :)
18-Aug-2011, 12:16 AM
Psyche

Yes it is T. menaka.
It has six postdiscal spots whereas T. cohaerens have five, missing the lowest one in space 3.

TL Seow:cheers:
20-Aug-2011, 08:52 PM
Great Mormon

The glorious sunrise that greeted us in the morning..
http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/20...ei-d477m8k.jpg

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/20...ei-d477m78.jpg

Polyura moori moori
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/20...ei-d477lsg.jpg
22-Aug-2011, 09:23 AM
benetay

Drooling!! Simply stunning.

Can we have more over here please?

Cheers!

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