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NATIONAL BUTTERFLY  Campaign: It’s time to VOTE for our National Butterfly
14 Mar 2015

NATIONAL BUTTERFLY Campaign: It’s time to VOTE for our National Butterfly

by Wee- YC- | posted in: Butterflies and Moths, Miscellaneous | 2

What better time than Singapore’s 50th year to reflect on our natural heritage? Come 21 Mar 2015, Nature Society (Singapore) or NSS plans to do just that! The National Butterfly campaign will be launched to make the public more aware … Continued

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The banana plant and its complement of fauna
6 Aug 2014

The banana plant and its complement of fauna

by Wee- YC- | posted in: Fauna, Plants, Videography | 2

On January 2013 Tan Teo Seng gave me a young banana plant (Musa edible cultivar) in a small polybag. It was a tissue culture plant, produced for the banana plantations in Malaysia. I transferred the plant into the soil and … Continued

Banana plant, bats, bees, Butterflies
Danainae butterflies – leaf scratching and withered plants
30 Jul 2014

Danainae butterflies – leaf scratching and withered plants

by Wee- YC- | posted in: Butterflies and Moths, Fauna, Videography | 3

“Many plants contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids as a defense mechanism against insect herbivores. In turn there are many insects that consume the plants and build up the alkaloids in their bodies. “Danainae butterflies (Tigers and Crows) have long been recognised to … Continued

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False Head in Lycaenid Butterflies
18 Dec 2013

False Head in Lycaenid Butterflies

by Wee- YC- | posted in: Butterflies and Moths, Fauna, Videography | 0

Above: Club Silverline (Spindasis syama terana) “Extract from Wikipedia LINK ‘Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind the Brush-footed butterflies), with over 5,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 40% of the known … Continued

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