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Butterflies and Moths

YC Wee
on 29th August 2016

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 […]

YC Wee
on 28th August 2016

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 […]

YC Wee
on 10th August 2016

“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 […]

YC Wee
on 4th August 2016

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 […]

YC Wee
on 20th June 2016

“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 […]

YC Wee
on 9th June 2016

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 […]

YC Wee
on 4th May 2016

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 […]

YC Wee
on 10th April 2016

“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 […]

YC Wee
on 3rd April 2016

“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 […]

YC Wee
on 31st March 2016

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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