Fraser's Hill (20-23 Mar 2010)

I was woken up before dawn on the morning of 22 March 2010 by loud knocking on my bedroom door. It'd better be selene, I thought, otherwise I would have a score to settle with the knocker of doors. Yes! Before my bleary, groggy eyes, was Actias selene! He IS worth waiting 3 years for, beautiful, ephemeral, elusive selene...

Actias selene (Indian Moon Moth)

Another beautiful lunar moth, Actias maenas (Malaysian Moon Moth) had also come to visit. Just as wondrous, but not as elusive, as he had come to visit us a few times before.

Another lifer for this trip was the female of Actias maenas, as the females don't seem to be as attracted to the lights as the males.

Brahmaea hearseyi (Owl Moth)

Saturniids in a row, with cricula at bottom.

A new hawkmoth which we hadn't seen before, Clanis sp.

Moths from Pulau Ubin, Singapore

Ambulyx pryeri









Spirama sp.

Fraser's Hill moths (26-30 Dec 2008)

Brahmaea hearseyi (Owl moth)











Saturniid
Antheraea lampei










Hawkmoths

Theretra nessus

Eupanacra regularis

Daphnusa ocellaris

Daphnis hypothous

Cechenena subangustata

Amplypterus panopus

Ampelophaga rubiginosa

Ambulyx substrigilis

Ambulyx pryeri

Ambulyx moorei

Ambulyx canescens

Acosmeryx shervillii

Other moths

Lyssa sp.

Macrauzata melanapex

Eupterote sp.

Euhampsonia roepkei

Cyana malayensis (f)

Unidentified flying moths

orange mite on left eye of moth.

Pyralids

Sunrise from balcony of Buona Vista bungalow.

Fraser's Hill (7-10 Sep 2008)

it was very windy this time round & we didn't get many moths but still, there were a few i hadn't seen before!

for example, this pretty hawkmoth wearing striped pyjamas, Hippotion celerio.

Antheraea sp.

Trabala ganesha

Pericallia trigonalis (closed).

open sesame! Pericallia trigonalis

Oeonistis entella

Loepantheraea rosieri

Fraser's Hill (1-6 May 2008)

The following pix show an exciting scene of an assassin bug preying on a hapless moth...

Gottcha...

The assassin turns the moth upside down...

Pierces his heart...

Slurrrppp....

fraser's hill (4-8 apr 2008)

Actias maenas diana













Archaeoattacus edwardsii (f)

Samia kholi

Brahmaea hearseyi
















Loepa megacore
















Loepa sikkima

Cricula trifenestrata















Antheraea lampei (m)

















Hawkmoths

Ambulyx joicely















Ambulyx obliterata

Macroglossum mitchelli

Meganoton analis

Psilogramma menephron

Thereta rhesus

Thereta nessus