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Insecta: Lepidoptera
Nolidae, Eligminae
Gadirtha impingens
Wong Lung Hang Road, Lantau Island, Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Erebidae, Hypeninae
Catada vagalis
Nam Chung Valley, North District, New Territories, Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Sphingidae, Macroglossinae
Acosmeryx castanea
Tai Yeung Che, Lam Tsuen Valley,
Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Geometridae, Ennominae, Macariini
Chiasmia cymatodes ♂
Tai Yeung Che, Lam Tsuen Valley, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Erebidae, Hypeninae
Acidon paradoxa
Tai Yeung Che, Lam Tsuen Valley, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pararge
Species: P. aegeria
Binomial name
Pararge aegeria
Habitat: The Speckled Wood is widespread and common in Ireland seen typically along woodland clearing, hedgerows and fields.
This species is double brooded and possibly treble brooded
Larval Food Plant: Numerous grasses such as -
False Broom Brachypodium sylvaticum
Yorkshire-fog Holcus Ianatus
Flight Time:
Two to three overlapping broods which may be seen from
April to October
Hibernation: May overwinter in larval or pupal states
This species is territorial and patrols a beat. The male has a band of androconial scales on its forewing.
Life Cycle of the Speckled Wood
Ovum:
The glossy pale yellow eggs are c.0.8 mm high and flattened at the base. They are laid singly on the blades of
a wide range of grasses in April or May and again in the summer. Hatching occurs between 8-23 days,
depending on the temperature.
Larva: On emerging, the larvae do not always eat the eggshell but remain close to it on the leaf.
They feed inwards from the margins of the leaf to the midrib.
The first brood larvae feed by day and night and are fully grown in 25-30 days when they enter pupation.
The larvae of the late summer brood are unusual in that they either hibernate as larvae or pupate before
hibernating and therefore can be found overwintering in either state.
It has been found that when the autumn is cool, larvae emerging from eggs as early as mid-August remain
in the larval stage and overwinter in this state. While in warmer temperatures larvae emerging as late as
the end of September develop rapidly enough to pupate in November and overwinter in this state. These
pupae hatch the following spring producing butterflies as early as March but more usually in April and
May. While the overwintering larvae do not produce larvae until later in spring. This larval stage lasting
at least 7 months.
Pupa: The duration of the pupal stage is variable and dependant on temperature and time of year. In summer it may
be as short as 10 days, but in the overwintering pupal stage it can last roughly from November to April.
The pupa is attached by cremasteral spines to a silken pad spun on the underside of leaves of the foodplant
or adjacent vegetation. The cast larval skin is always attached to the pupa.
Adult:
Adults can emerge continuously from April to mid-October. There tends to be an overlap among different
generations and in warm summers there may be three broods with old worn specimens still on the wing
in October.
Both sexes feed on the honeydew of ash, oak and birch or nectar from ragwort. Mating and ovipositing
take place from April onwards.
The outer margins of the females wings are more rounded and the creamy-yellow patches usually larger
than the males althought there is a marked seasonal variation in bothe sexes.
The oblique band of blackish androconial scales in the centre of the male forewings are difficult to see.
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Crambidae, Spilomelinae
Palpita parvifraterna
Tai Yeung Che, Lam Tsuen Valley, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Erebidae, Erebinae
Erebus ephesperis
Bride's Pool Road, Wu Kau Tang, New Territories, Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Erebidae, Calpinae, Calpini
Calyptra minuticornis
Tai Yeung Che, Lam Tsuen, New Territories, Hong Kong
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Vanessa
Species: V. atalanta
Binomial name
Vanessa atalanta
Family: Nymphalidae
distribution: The Red Admiral migrates northwards from the Mediterranean, regularily spreading throughout Europe, with the adults arriving in Ireland from about mid-May onwards where their distribution is common and widespread.
Habitat: Found almost anywhere, in hedgerows, woodland margins, gardens, waste ground and other places where its foodplants grow.
Larval Food Plant: Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Flight Time: May and June
August and September/October
Hibernation: It has been established that, in shelterd areas in mild winters, this butterfly is capable of surviving over winter as a caterpillar, and will under go pupation in spring. It is not considered that Red Admiral is capable of hibernating in our climate, and that early season sightings may be due to fresh migrations. However, further work is required to elucidate the status of these sightings.
Life Cycle of the red admiral
Ovum:
The pale green eggs measure c. 0.8 mm in height and turn darker in colour during maturation. They are laid singly
on the upperside of leaves, usually the terminal leaves of the Common Nettle.
Hatching takes place in c. 5-10 days in suitable weather.
Larva:
The adult larva measures up to 36 mm in length and occur in several colour forms.
The dark form is greyish-black and all the segments have branched spines of the body colour.
The paler form is greyish-green and all the segments have branched spines of the body colour.
All have pale-yellow markings on the abdominal segments close to the spiracles. The head is black.
The earliest larvae occur in June but are commonest in August and September.
The young larva constructs a tent from a nettle leaf which is folded over and held together by silk threads,
in which it shelters and emerges to feed. As it feeds and grows it constructs larger tents until fully grown
when it goes on to pupate when conditions are favourable.
Pupa:
Pupation takes place from July onwards, the pupa forming inside the tent and suspended from a silk
pad on the roof by means of anal claspers. This stage lasting c.17 days.
Adult:
The offsprings of the immigrant butterflies arriving in May and June may contribute to the larger
immigrant numbers arriving in August and September and even into October.
They have a strong and powerful flight with intermittent gliding.
They feed on flower nectar, juices of fermenting fruit and sap from injured trees.
None are able to survive the Irish winters in any state.
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta (insects, Insekten)
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Hemiptera (true bugs, Schnabelkerfe)
Suborder: Heteroptera (real bugs, Wanzen)
Infraorder: Cimicomomorpha
Superfamily: Miroidea
Family: Miridae (capsid or plant bugs, Weichwanzen oder Blindwanzen)
Subfamily: Mirinae Hahn, 1833
Tribus: Stenodemini China, 1943
Genus: Leptopterna FIEBER, 1858
Leptopterna dolabrata LINNAEUS, 1758 (meadow plant bug, Langhaarige Dolchwanze), ♂
NE-Slovakia, High Tatras: vic. Starý Smokovec, 1200-1300m asl., 28.06.2012
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100mm 2.8 macro (canon), 1/80s, f/2.8, ISO100, 0EV, hand-held, AL
IMG_1557
Kingdom=Animalia
Phylum=Arthropoda
Class=Insecta
Order=Orthoptera
Suborder=Caelifera
Superfamily=Pyrgomorphoidea
Family=Pyrgomorphidae
Subfamily=Pyrgomorphinae
Genus=Monistria
Species=pustulifera
Binomial name=Monistria pustulifera(Walker, 1871)
Common name=Blistered Grasshopper
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Sphingidae, Macroglossinae
Enpinanga assamensis
Tai Po Kau Headland, Tai Po, Hong Kong
Recorded at a private event in conjunction with National Moth Week (2014)
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Nolidae, Eligminae
Triorbis annulata
Nam Chung Valley, North District, New Territories, Hong Kong
Posada sobre espiga de trigo, tome varias buenas capturas ya que insecto se mantenía varios segundos inmóvil.
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Crambidae, Spilomelinae
Talanga sexpunctalis
Tai Po Kau Headland, New Territories, Hong Kong
recorded during a "National Moth Week" event
Insecta
Hymenoptera
parasitica
Ichneumonoidae
Ichneumonidae
Orthopelma mediator
Most common hyperparasite of the gall wasp Diplolepis rosae
website gallery for Orthopelma mediator.
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Erebidae, Erebinae, Acantholipini
Ugia purpurea
head view. (there are already photos of the dorsal view elsewhere in this photostream)
Tai Po Kau Headland, New Territories, Hong Kong
recorded during a "National Moth Week" event
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Erebidae, Erebinae, Ophiusini
Ophiusa disjungens
Tai Yeung Che, Lam Tsuen Valley, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Crambidae, Pyraustinae
Isocentris filalis
Tai Yeung Che, Lam Tsuen Valley, Tai Po, Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Sphingidae, Macroglossinae, Macroglossini
Macroglossum divergens heliophila
Tai Po Kau Headland, Tai Po, Hong Kong
Recorded at a private event in conjunction with National Moth Week (2014)
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Erebidae, Aganainae
Psimada quadripennis
Tai Yeung Che, Lam Tsuen Valley, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong