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Moth

Snow Bug — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:44:31 +0000

This looks likely to be a moth… can someone help me to identify this?

Oleander Hawk Moth Pupae

Snow Bug — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:16:41 +0000

Actual story: Last year, a few boys found some pupae of the Oleander Hawk Moths and passed them to me. I didn’t know where to keep them, so I placed them in my usual container. I didn’t monitor them for a few days, and the next thing I knew the moths were out. Unfortunately, their wings were brittle and deformed when they emerged. Although handicapped for life, they were big and really beautiful…

Advice to Cyren and his caterpillar: Always keep them in the soil, where its cool and damp!

Green-White Caterpillar

Snow Bug — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:15:28 +0000

Thanks to Dr Leong for his nice greeting with a picture of a green caterpillar with white stripes.

Red Ants Making Their Nest

Snow Bug — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:59:45 +0000

Working hard to pull the leaves together…

Cicada

Snow Bug — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:50:20 +0000

Nice male cicada found on the night of the post-conference at ICBES 2009, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. It has a hollow abdomen that acts as a so called resonating chamber.

Also met a fantastic nature blogger; Dr Doug Taron who blogs on Gossamer Tapestry. More info on this person can be found here and here.

Doug and I at the Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve, Perak.

No more pain to Insects

Snow Bug — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:13:51 +0000

“When we were very young, my brother and I could not yet divorce our ardor for butterflies from our desire to flatten them in Riker mounts and hang them on the wall. We threw away our killling jar not because we wished to stop causing pain–crushing an ant or a cockroach, which presumably had a nervous system similar to a tiger swallowtail, stirred few qualms–but because, unlike Alfred Russel Wallace, we grew uneasy with the pleasure it gave us.”

Inspired by Bug Girl’s Blog.

Reminds me that I have recently emptied and threw away my mole-cricket see-through container which gives them no freedom and little food.

Nice Moth

Snow Bug — Fri, 01 May 2009 06:29:03 +0000

Black & White Moth

Found this guy in the house yesterday.. This moth has nice black and white patterns… and a bushy tail too.

Hairy Caterpillar

Snow Bug — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:52:58 +0000

Munch! Munch!

This hairy caterpillar seem to have taken quite a big bite off the leaf…