Hi... went to Butterfly Hill at Pulau Ubin recently and was really impressed with the number and variety of the butterflies found there... I chanced upon a shrub that's frequented by blue or dark glassy tigers which seemed to be sucking the sap of the fruits... I also noticed the shrub was host to many caterpillars which I thought initially belongs to the same butterflies. But upon checking with website pictures back home... I realized I may be wrong... either that or it's an early stage caterpillar. Please kindly help ID the butterfly caterpillar. Many thanks.
By the way, I saw a largish black snake (possibly a equatorial spitting cobra) slithered by in the undergrowth, it was mere few feet away... gave me the shivers...
Butterefly Hill was designed by Khew ( Commander), he put his 40 years of knowledge on butterflies in the design and plant selection. There are number of species there , even the Dwarf Crow has migrated eleswhere from the island and make the Hill its residence.
Spitting cobra are fairy common where there is food for them , we have them in the Southern Ridges and even at Alexandra Hospital Butterfly Trail.
I will leave the identification to the cat farming and moth expert.
Cheers!
Sunny
~~When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going~~
Hi Lamagier,
Sometimes back I also chanced upon these caterpillars at Pulau Ubin and had it posted on the thread as shown. You will get the answers that you want.
Thanks very much for the reply. It seems that I have been running into moth caterpillars mostly haha. But it is a rather pretty moth, glad to make the acquaintance.
Btw, I got to know about Butterfly Hill from the Commander himself. I was there during his butterfly presentation (cum book launch?) at Botany Centre at SBG and asked him about it. Was glad I did... turn out to be quite a butterfly paradise... My first time there and I saw the beautiful Autumn Leaf... quite a delightful first for me, though have to admit I am not a serious butterfly watcher as most of you are...