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What

Bagworm Moths (Family Psychidae)

Observer

eekb

Date

February 29, 2024 10:52 AM HKT

Description

So excited to finally see one out of its outfit!!

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Observer

hkminghk

Date

February 22, 2024 08:46 AM HKT

Description

This individual following another larger individual (my last observation) on the same railing, presumably of the same species.

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Observer

hkminghk

Date

February 22, 2024 08:48 AM HKT

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What

Ailanthus Defoliator (Eligma narcissus)

Observer

poonpoon

Date

January 2024

Place

Missing Location

Description

on 常綠臭椿 Ailanthus fordii

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What

Genus Imma

Observer

blackdogto

Date

December 15, 2018 03:04 PM HKT

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What

Aquatic Crambids (Subfamily Acentropinae)

Observer

sunnyhk

Date

June 2, 2023 11:10 AM HKT

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What

Green Fruit-piercing Moth (Eudocima salaminia)

Observer

poonpoon

Date

December 2023

Place

Missing Location

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Observer

kitlaw

Date

July 25, 2021 06:40 AM HKT

Description

on 青葉苧麻
學名:Boehmeria nivea var. tenacissima

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Observer

sunnetchan

Date

October 6, 2023 08:19 AM HKT

Description

8 Pupae found in leaf shelters on Sida sp. Size : 15-16mm in length x 4mm Dia
Any idea from @hkmoths and @ritafoo please

20231003 - 8 Pupea found on Sida sp.
20231011 - 2 Pupea collected.
20231012 - Anomis flava emerged.

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Observer

shuanda

Date

June 2020

Place

Missing Location

Description

Litsea rotundifolia

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Observer

kitlaw

Date

July 8, 2021 08:30 AM HKT

Description

on
薯蕷
學名:Dioscorea opposita

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What

Common Mormon Swallowtail (Papilio polytes)

Observer

eekb

Date

February 28, 2019 05:50 PM AWST

Description

Found Feb 28, chrysalis formed 1 day later
Emerged March 21

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Date

October 4, 2023 03:02 PM HKT

Description

The female moth is laying eggs.

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Observer

yuetfungling

Date

March 29, 2020 10:14 AM HKT

Description

A brief life history of this moth:

  1. 29/3/2020, adult, emerged in the morning, body length ~1cm
  2. 26/2/2020, egg, laid on the underside of leaf of a Poaceae plant of uncertain species, collected from Deep Water Bay, diameter <1mm (probably around 0.5mm)
  3. 5/3/2020, larva, 1-2mm
  4. 6/3/2020, larva, feeding on the surface layer of leaf, ~2mm
  5. 10/3/2020, larva, can feed from the side of leaf, 4-5mm
  6. 13/3/2020, larva, 7-8mm
  7. 15/3/2020, larva, ~1cm
  8. 15/3/2020, larva, ~1cm
  9. 21/3/2020, pupa, on the side of container, ~1cm
  10. 29/3/2020, pupa, few hours before eclosion
  11. 29/3/2020, adult, front view
  12. 29/3/2020, adult, side view
  13. the food plant species (Poaceae)

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Observer

poonpoon

Date

August 2023

Place

Missing Location

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Observer

poonpoon

Date

August 2023

Place

Missing Location

Description

Early stage larvae > June 20 ., 2023 ~ Photo 2
one week later > June 27 ., 2023 ~ Photo 3, 4
July 21 ., 2023 ~ Photo 5 to 11
pre pupae > July 27 ., 2023 ~ Photo 12
Adult > https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/178855394

Egg to Larvae on 2019 ~ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/25492513

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Observer

poonpoon

Date

July 2023

Place

Missing Location

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Observer

shuanda

Date

April 2020

Place

Missing Location

Description

Breynia

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What

Morgan's Sphinx (Xanthopan morganii)

Observer

suncana

Date

May 1, 2019 12:37 PM SAST

Description

CRG 205

Food plant: Monanthotaxis caffra

Pupa: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24848651

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Observer

chanddgreen

Date

May 31, 2023 11:02 PM HKT

Description

尾夜蛾科
Gargetta divisa 異細翅舟蛾

• egg: 23/04/2023
• first instar lava: 27/04/2023
• pupa: 22/05/2023 >> adult: 31/05/2023
• larva feed on leave of Bridelia tomentosa (土蜜樹)

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What

Great Orange Tip (Hebomoia glaucippe)

Observer

kitlaw

Date

April 28, 2021 12:53 PM HKT

Description

on 樹頭菜Crateva unilocularis

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Observer

wscott11

Date

March 13, 2023 09:56 PM CST

Description

host plant : Dioscorea polystachya 薯蓣

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Observer

chanddgreen

Date

May 18, 2023 01:13 PM HKT

Description

尺蛾科,灰尺蛾亞科/枝尺蛾亞科,
Amblychia angeronaria

• final instar lava caught at Sai Kung: 30/04/2023
• pupa: 4/5/2023 >> adult: 18/05/2023
• larva feed on leave of Machilus sp (潤楠屬)

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What

White Tangle (Callopistria maillardi)

Observer

chanddgreen

Date

May 11, 2023 06:01 PM HKT

Description

• final instar lava caught at Sham Tseng: 28/04/2023
• pupa: 3/5/2023 >> adult: 11/05/2023
• larva feed on leave of THELYPTERIDACEAE (金星蕨科)

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Observer

chanddgreen

Date

April 23, 2023 07:38 PM HKT

Place

鳳園(FY) (Google, OSM)

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Observer

chanddgreen

Date

April 26, 2023 01:09 PM HKT

Description

裳蛾科,燈蛾亞科
Spilarctia subcarnea 人紋污燈蛾

• egg: 6/03/2023
• first instar lava: 13/03/2023
• pupa: 13/4/2023 >> adult: 27/03/2023
• larva feed on leave of Lactuca sativa (生菜)

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Observer

chanddgreen

Date

November 21, 2021 10:42 AM HKT

Description

larvae feed on Celastrus sp.

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Observer

chanddgreen

Date

March 10, 2022

Description

大蠶蛾科,天蠶蛾亞科
Saturnia pyretorum 四黑目天蠶蛾

• final instar larva caught: 03/06/2021
• pupa: 04/06/2021 >> adult: 08/03/2022(M), 10/03/2022(F),
• larva feed on leave of 楓香 Liquidambar formosana

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Observer

blackdogto

Date

June 5, 2020 08:01 AM HKT

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What

Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

Observer

pasteurng

Date

December 9, 2022 01:00 PM HKT

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chanddgreen

Date

December 8, 2022 06:26 PM HKT

Description

裳蛾科,燈蛾亞科
Amsacta guangxica

• egg: 13/10/2022
• first instar lava: 19/10/2022
• pupa: 22/11/2022 >> adult: 08/12/2022
• larva feed on leave of Pinus massoniana (馬尾松)

larvae feed on:
• leaves of Dicliptera chinensis (狗肝菜), Lactuca sativa (生菜), Clerodendrum cyrtophyllum (大青), Ipomoea triloba (三裂葉牽牛)
• stolon of Ipomoea batatas (番薯塊根)

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What

Masson Pine Moth (Dendrolimus punctata)

Observer

chanddgreen

Date

June 23, 2022 03:58 PM HKT

Description

枯葉蛾科,枯葉蛾亞科
Dendrolimus punctatus 馬尾松枯葉蛾

• egg: 31/03/2022
• first instar lava: 10/04/2022
• pupa: 11/06/2022 >> adult: 23/06/2022
• larva feed on leaves of Pinus massoniana (馬尾松)

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What

Tea Looper (Biston suppressaria)

Observer

chanddgreen

Date

October 19, 2022 01:57 PM HKT

Description

尺蛾科,灰尺蛾亞科/枝尺蛾亞科
Biston suppressaria 油桐尺蛾

• pupa: 30/09/2022 >> adult: 16/10/2022

• last larva found on leave of Liquidambar formosana (楓香)

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What

Oriental Leafworm Moth (Spodoptera litura)

Observer

chanddgreen

Date

October 19, 2022 12:49 PM HKT

Description

• egg: 20/09/2022>>first instar larva: 22/09/2022>> pupa: 15/10/2022

• larvae feed on leaves of Commelina benghalensis (飯包草), Cucurbita moschata (南瓜),Ipomoea batatas (番薯),Morus alba (桑) ,Phyllanthus urinari (葉下珠)
….fruit of Cucurbita moschata 南瓜, stolon of Ipomoea batatas (番薯塊根)

*large numbers of last instar larvae died , unknown reason?
*終齡蟲大量死亡,不知原因?

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What

Cotton Leaf Roller (Haritalodes derogata)

Observer

kitlaw

Date

August 13, 2021 12:06 PM HKT

Description

on 野芋
學名:Alocasia odora

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Observer

chanddgreen

Date

May 18, 2022 11:54 AM HKT

Description

  • 10/05/2022 last instar larva hidden between the leaf of Mentha canadensis (綠薄荷)
  • 14/05/2022 larva to pupa
  • 18/05/2022 adult came out

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Date

July 1, 2016

Description

Caterpillar found feeding on Liquidambar formosana

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What

Burmese Engrailed Moth (Ectropis bhurmitra)

Observer

chanddgreen

Date

June 8, 2022 02:20 PM HKT

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Observer

poonpoon

Date

July 2022

Place

Missing Location

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Observer

chanddgreen

Date

October 5, 2021 10:51 AM HKT

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Observer

chanddgreen

Date

July 12, 2022 11:01 PM HKT

Description

  • 04/07/2022 larva to pupa
  • 11/07/2022 adult came out

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What

Black Looper (Hyposidra talaca)

Observer

chanddgreen

Date

June 19, 2022

Description

  • 12/06/2022 larva to pupa
  • 19/06/2022 adult came out

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Observer

chanddgreen

Date

June 4, 2022 11:46 AM HKT

Description

  • caught in Ma On Shan
  • 27/05/2022 larva to pupa
  • 04/06/2022 adult came out
  • Larvae feed on leaves of Maesa perlarius (鯽魚膽)

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Observer

shuanda

Date

April 23, 2020 03:13 AM HST

Description

last instar 1cm

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Observer

shuanda

Date

May 2021

Place

Missing Location

Description

A different morph, adult emerged, adults really similar to H.tritonaria, the shape of the head seems to be a stable feature to seperate from H. marina though.
More details see
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79086886

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Observer

chanddgreen

Date

May 5, 2022 01:14 PM HKT

Description

  • 蛹藏於對葉榕的葉子內
  • pupa was hidden in the leaf of Ficus hispida

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Observer

blackdogto

Date

April 9, 2019 07:55 PM HKT

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Observer

shuanda

Date

August 2020

Place

Missing Location

Description

Embelia laeta

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Observer

poonpoon

Date

July 2021

Place

Missing Location

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What

Grote's Tussock Moth (Calliteara grotei)

Observer

chanddgreen

Date

December 24, 2021

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Observer

shuanda

Date

June 2021

Place

Missing Location

Description

Leaf miners of Castanopsis fissa.

wing pattern best matches but also different from Japanese speciemens
http://www.gracillariidae.net/species/show/942

Further molecular comparison needed to tell whether this is morphological variation or a new species

Three Acrocercops spp. recorded in Hong Kong, the other two are Acrocercops mantica and Acrocercops unistriata, also leaf miners of Fagacea tree, but the wing patterns are quite different
http://www.gracillariidae.net/species/pictures

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Observer

kitlaw

Date

April 10, 2021 01:17 PM HKT

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Observer

kitlaw

Date

April 18, 2021 10:25 AM HKT

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What

Green Garden Looper (Chrysodeixis eriosoma)

Observer

kitlaw

Date

May 10, 2021 11:58 AM HKT

Description

on
水茄
Solanum torvum

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Observer

kitlaw

Date

November 9, 2021 04:01 PM HKT

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Observer

shuanda

Date

June 2020

Place

Missing Location

Description

Berchemia floribunda

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Observer

shuanda

Date

August 2020

Place

Missing Location

Description

Ficus subpisocarpa

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Observer

kitlaw

Date

July 29, 2021 05:44 PM HKT

Description

on 雞屎藤
學名:Paederia foetida

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What

Cotton Leaf Roller (Haritalodes derogata)

Observer

poonpoon

Date

August 2021

Place

Missing Location

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Observer

kitlaw

Date

May 11, 2021 10:59 PM HKT

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Observer

shuanda

Date

June 2021

Place

Missing Location

Description

Daphniphyllum calycinum

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Observer

shuanda

Date

June 2020

Place

Missing Location

Description

Helicteres angustifolia

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Observer

chanddgreen

Date

November 29, 2021 12:25 PM HKT

Description

15/11/2021....larva to cocoon
28/11/2021....adult came out
larvae feed on Aquilaria sinensis 土沉香

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Observer

kitlaw

Date

November 3, 2021 09:54 AM HKT

Description

on 棕葉狗尾草
學名: Setaria palmifolia

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Observer

kitlaw

Date

October 31, 2021 12:42 PM HKT

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Observer

poonpoon

Date

July 2021

Place

Missing Location

Description

Host Plants ~
水團花 Adina pilulifera
馬櫻丹 Lantana camara

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kitlaw

Date

October 28, 2021 01:22 PM HKT

Description

on
兩廣黃檀
學名:Dalbergia benthamii

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Observer

kitlaw

Date

June 11, 2021 09:42 PM HKT

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Observer

kitlaw

Date

September 5, 2021 11:06 AM HKT

Description

on 假蘋婆
學名:Sterculia lanceolata

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What

Genus Imma

Observer

kitlaw

Date

September 30, 2021 12:18 PM HKT

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What

Clara's Swallowtailed Moth (Ourapteryx clara)

Observer

pasteurng

Date

October 1, 2021 04:31 PM HKT

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Observer

kitlaw

Date

September 16, 2021 12:43 PM HKT

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What

The Sorcerer (Aedia leucomelas)

Observer

kitlaw

Date

September 3, 2021 12:32 PM HKT

Description

on 三裂葉薯
學名:Ipomoea triloba

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Observer

kitlaw

Date

August 6, 2021 04:54 PM HKT

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Observer

kitlaw

Date

September 3, 2021 07:09 AM HKT

Description

on 香港大沙葉
學名:Pavetta hongkongensis

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Observer

kitlaw

Date

August 20, 2021 11:14 AM HKT

Description

on 假蘋婆
學名:Sterculia lanceolata

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Observer

kitlaw

Date

August 24, 2021 10:00 AM HKT

Description

on 黃牛木
學名:Cratoxylum cochinchinense

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Observer

chanddgreen

Date

September 15, 2021 06:35 PM HKT

Description

egg to adult ...within 33days

first instar larvae feed on leaves of Phyllanthus tenellus (纖梗葉下珠)

second instar larvae feed on leaves of Flueggea virosa (白飯樹)

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Observer

poonpoon

Place

Missing Location

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shuanda

Date

May 2021

Place

Missing Location

Description

full growth 3cm
Castanopsis fissa

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Observer

poonpoon

Date

June 2020

Place

Missing Location

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What

Common Fruit-piercing Moth (Eudocima phalonia)

Observer

poonpoon

Date

August 2021

Place

Missing Location

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Observer

poonpoon

Place

Missing Location

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Observer

kitlaw

Date

August 24, 2021 03:19 PM HKT

Description

on 肖梵天花
學名:Urena lobata

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Observer

poonpoon

Place

Missing Location

Description

larva is found hunting a pupation site

Adult ~ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/94821122

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Observer

poonpoon

Place

Missing Location

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kitlaw

Date

September 1, 2021 11:59 AM HKT

Description

on 木芙蓉
學名:Hibiscus mutabilis

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Observer

kitlaw

Date

April 30, 2021 03:27 PM HKT

Description

on 小葉海金沙Lygodium scandens

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What

Genus Ugia

Observer

shuanda

Date

August 2021

Place

Missing Location

Description

Desmos chinensis (假鷹爪)

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What

Dot-lined Angle (Psamatodes abydata)

Observer

kitlaw

Date

August 30, 2021 12:33 PM HKT

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kitlaw

Date

August 22, 2021 01:15 PM HKT

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Observer

poonpoon

Date

August 2021

Place

Missing Location

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What

Bicoloured Pearl (Glyphodes bicolor)

Observer

poonpoon

Date

August 2021

Place

Missing Location

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Observer

kitlaw

Date

July 7, 2021 06:14 PM HKT

Description

Found it on handrail .
Seems to only eat dead leaves

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poonpoon

Date

July 2021

Place

Missing Location

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Observer

poonpoon

Date

August 2021

Place

Missing Location

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What

Tea Looper (Biston suppressaria)

Observer

kitlaw

Date

August 9, 2021 11:40 AM HKT

Description

on
野漆樹
學名:Rhus succedanea

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Observer

kitlaw

Date

August 10, 2021 05:31 PM HKT

Description

on 假鷹爪中
學名:Desmos chinensis

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Observer

kitlaw

Date

August 10, 2021 05:48 PM HKT

Description

on 牛眼馬錢
學名:Strychnos angustiflora

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