Insecta: Lepidoptera
Crambidae, Spilomelinae
Botyodes flavibasalis
Ping Tun, Tai Mong Tsai, Sai Kung
Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Crambidae, Spilomelinae
Palpita sp. (annulifer species group - several species in this group occur in Hong Kong and they can only be told apart by dissection of the genitalia)
near Ko Tong, Sai Kung
Hong Kong
Pycnarmon meritalis
Crambidae, Spilomelinae
Tai Lam Wu, Ho Chung, Sai Kung
New Territories
Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Erebidae, Erebinae, Poaphilini
Bastilla arcuata
Tai Lam Wu, Sai Kung
Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Cosmopterigidae
Pyroderces sp.
at mv light trap,
Shan Liu, Wong Chuk Yeung Road, Sai Kung
New Territories, Hong Kong
a small species, forewing length is around 5 mm
I believe this is a young changeable lizard.
Sorry for the bad pic. Its a screen grab. I knew I wouldn't be able to get close enough with my iPhone to get a proper pic so I used video and pushed in as close as i could before it ran off. The original video is posed here and gives a better impression of the lizard.
Facinating! I've never seen a dragonfly with huge antenna like this.
I wish I could have gotten a few more pictures. I was photographing something else whenthis landed on the door sill next to me. I got one shot off before it split.
about 6cm long
Another one of these, second one this week. Smaller this time and at the foot of an exit door stairwell.
about 5cm long.
Counted at least a dozen in the area. Really active today.
I counted four of these within a 7meter radius. About 5cm long.
This very impressive beetle was sitting in the walkway of an apartment complex here in Hong Kong. I've search for a good while to try and find a match but came up empty handed. Any ID help would be greatly appreciated.
about 7cm long. horns about 14cm
I got him to sit on my grey card so the color should be pretty spot on.
I made a little photography stand out of paper and plastic cups. Testing it out here to see if it helps get clearer pictures. It does, but it really ticks them off and I think it roughs them up a bit. On the bright side they don't fly off and the get their underside.
about one inch.
I often hunt for moths on this wall and tonight i notices someone else was hunting as well.
