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    Quote Originally Posted by Commander View Post
    Ah... sounds good. At least there's hope of seeing some adult moths now, and for Roger to ID them. I told Roger about your finds of lots of moth cats.
    Thanks, Khew.

    I did some DIY identification, and I think the first ones are Metanastria hyrtaca. The brown ones are of the family Lasiocampidae, but beyond that I've no idea.

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    Husky is probably right, though all the photos are of M. hyrtaca, just at different instars. These have been reared in Hong Kong (see the HKWildlife.net forum and search for Metanastria).
    Don't think much of the "spray first ask questions later" approach - was there any sensible reasoning put forward to justify such action?

    cheers, Roger.
    Roger C. KENDRICK Ph.D.

    C & R Wildlife, Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, N.T., Hong Kong S.A.R.
    HK Moths website: http://www.hkmoths.com
    HK Moths Recording Project on i-Naturalist: http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/hong-kong-moths
    HK Moths Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/groups/hongkongmoths/

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