Hawk Moth - caterpillar [04-Oct-23 @ AH]

[Rustic]

Rosalind was showing Gan these fat juicy caterpillars which ate up the whole plant. According to Gan, they were probably close to pupal stage. An interesting fact that I learnt today is that they actually went into the soil to pupae. According to Rosalind, the pupua was ugly looking. :)

For the record, these fat guys are about four inches long. 6 inches seem to be an overestimate.

PS: Rosalind, we lost the two caterpillars after they were left on the leaves. Sorry about that.

#1 -- "oops .. traffic jam"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/skyflash/Butterflies%20-%20Singapore/Moth%20-%20Caterpillars//DSC_2344_resz-600_LVL_USM.jpg

#2 -- "which way to go?"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/skyflash/Butterflies%20-%20Singapore/Moth%20-%20Caterpillars//DSC_2349_resz-600_LVL_USM.jpg

#3 -- "u aint seeing me ..."
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/skyflash/Butterflies%20-%20Singapore/Moth%20-%20Caterpillars//DSC_2354_resz-600_LVL_USM.jpg

#4 -- "Crossing"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/skyflash/Butterflies%20-%20Singapore/Moth%20-%20Caterpillars//DSC_2357_resz-600_LVL_USM.jpg

#5 -- record pose.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/skyflash/Butterflies%20-%20Singapore/Moth%20-%20Caterpillars//DSC_2367_resz-600_LVL_USM.jpg

[bell]

too bad they escaped, cos my dotter wanted to see them again before leaving :mad2:

[Striped Blue Crow]

Hi All

Can post the picture of the adult later on? Very curious leh...... :jumjoy:


Thanks

[Green Baron]

Hi All

Can post the picture of the adult later on? Very curious leh...... :jumjoy:
ThanksI don't have the plant near my place so can't breed them but I think Rosalind is attempting to breed them. Let's hope she is successful in breeding them :thumbsup:

[fluorite]

Rosalind was showing Gan these fat juicy caterpillars which ate up the whole plant. According to Gan, they were probably close to pupal stage. An interesting fact that I learnt today is that they actually went into the soil to pupae. According to Rosalind, the pupua was ugly looking. :)

For the record, these fat guys are about four inches long. 6 inches seem to be an overestimate.

PS: Rosalind, we lost the two caterpillars after they were left on the leaves. Sorry about that.
#2 -- "which way to go?"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/skyflash/Butterflies%20-%20Singapore/Moth%20-%20Caterpillars//DSC_2349_resz-600_LVL_USM.jpg



your moth is Daphnis nerii

[Silverstreak]

Hi Flourite ,

Care to ID this one for me, just shot him at Bukit Timah Forest Reserves today. Believe it is a moth.



http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/_MG_3058.jpg

[fluorite]

here is a Taiwan cousins, Callidula attenuata,
real colour, 1/15 sec.
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/4250/0860024bt.jpg

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[Sky Blue]

nice red color ;-)

[Common Rose]

Hi Flourite ,

Care to ID this one for me, just shot him at Bukit Timah Forest Reserves today. Believe it is a moth.

Sunny, first time shot this moth? ;-) many of us have got this moth...

[fluorite]

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/Schir/_MG_3058.jpg
Tetragonus lycaenoides, do you think so ?
range : Sulawesi, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra,
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-8/callidulidae/callidulidae_1_2.php
http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/calliduloidea/callidulidae/callidulinae/tetragonus/index.html