Karyne Wee’s image above shows a Hummingbird Hawkmoth (Macroglossum sp.) hovering in front of a male papaya (Carica papaya) flower. It is actively harvesting nectar with its long proboscis inserted […]
I have been growing kantan or torch ginger (Etlingera elatior) for many years now. I use the unopened flower buds for cooking curries to provide the distinct aroma. It is […]
“The Common Redeye (Matapa aria) is a moderately rare butterfly, first observed in Singapore in 1998. It is a small butterfly (about 20mm wingspan) with a dull brown upper wings […]
Most photographs of bee-eaters show them catching and manipulating a dragonfly for swallowing. Others show them with a bee between their mandibles. Johnny Wee’s image of a Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops […]
“On 26th May 2016, we found a 4th instar Death’s Head Hawkmoth (Acherontia styx medusa) caterpillar feeding on Blue Snakeweed (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis) in the Butterfly Garden at Seletar Country Club […]
After my failure to video the eclosion of the Hummingbird Hawkmoth (Macroglossum sitiene) but success in documenting the adult moth probing for nectar from flowers of Wild Water Plum (Wrightia […]
An earlier post showed numerous white maggots emerging from a brown tussock moth caterpillar. The maggots then spun white silk to cover themselves. Within five days small parasitic wasps emerged […]
“Foo Jit Leang passed me a pupa of Hummingbird Hawkmoth (Macroglossum sitiene) on 13th March 2016. The next day he messaged me that the pupa would probably eclose on the […]
“It was 8th October 2015, a Thursday. And on this day of the week I would usually visit the community center at Clementi. There, I managed to photograph of a […]
Amber Lau brought a Yellow Tussock Moth caterpillar (Calliteara horsfieldii, Lymantriidae, Erebidae) that was fed with Nam Nam (Cynometra cauliflora) leaves (above, below). The video clip below shows the caterpillar […]
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