Hi there. This is a blog dedicated to my own desire to learn a bit more about the natural world immediately around me.
I live in Hong Kong and here's where I post the miscellaneous and completely random pictures I take, on my walks in the neighbouring countryside close to the urban centre where I live: plants, spiders, moths, all sorts of bugs, very occasionally even reptiles.
I also frequently post photos of any small animal that finds its way into my home (apartment, 16 floors above ground). The sheer diversity is far more than you might think... but moths, mostly.
I tag with taxonomic info, including family, genus and species names as far as I am able to identify the organism.
Camera: Pentax MX-1 (starting from Jul 2013)
Previously Olympus FE-190.
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Helixanthera parasitica, berries.
Chinese name: 離瓣寄生
[Loranthaceae]
6 Jun 2015, Wang Che Old Trail, NE New Territories, Hong Kong.
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Agathia lycaenaria 豔青尺蛾
[Geometridae: Geometrinae]
2 Jun 2015, HK island east.
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Sphex diabolicus
Chinese name: 金毛穴蜂 (lit. Gold-haired Digger Wasp)
Female paralyzing a katydid (Elimaea sp.)
[Sphecidae]
30 May 2015, HK island trail.
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Camaricus sp. 頂蟹蛛
Thomisidae
30 May 2015, HK island east.
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Lysurus mokusin 稜柱散尾鬼筆 Lantern Stinkhorn
[Phallaceae]
21 March 2015, Lai Chi Wo, NE New Territories, HK.
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Neochauliodes koreanus 朝中斑魚蛉
[Coniopterygidae]
Under leaf of Schefflera heptaphylla.
29 May 2015, HK island east, near water catchment.
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likely Neolucanus sp. （新鍬甲）
29 May 2015, HK island east.
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Ophthalmitis herbidaria 鋸紋四星尺蛾
[Geometridae, Ennominae]
Green pigment in wings breaks down over time.
sometime in June 2014.
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Chabula acamasalis
[Crambidae, Spilomelinae ]
16 July 2014, HK Island east.
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Freshwater shrimp in a catchment channel.
Macrobrachium sp., likely M. formosense 台灣沼蝦
[Palaemonidae]
16 Jul 2014.
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Cantheconidea concinna (adult) & unidentified shield bug nymph.
厲蝽
[Pentatomidae]
12 Jul 2014, HK island east.
#shield bug#insect#entomology#hemiptera#heteroptera#pentatomidae#cantheconidea#cantheconidea concinna#hong kong#hongkongnaturewalk
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Trabala vishnou female laying a trail of eggs on my wallpaper.
[Lasiocampidae]
She came in through the window just now and is now resting to spend her last moments with her brood. :(
The brown furry protective hairs coating her eggs are shredded from her abdomen.
#late night blogging
6 Jun 2014, HK island east.
#trabala#moth#insect#entomology#lepidoptera#trabala vishnou#lasiocampidae#hong kong#hongkongnaturewalk
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Liverwort (Marchantia sp.) 地錢
Marchantiaceae
24 May 2014, HK island east.
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Macrobrochis gigas caterpillars munching on moss.
[Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini]
24 May 2014 HK island east.
#caterpillar#larvae#moth#erebidae#arctiinae#lithosiini#macrobrochis#macrobrochis gigas#lepidoptera#hongkongnaturewalk
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玉翠蛛 Siler semiglaucus, male.
[Salticidae]
~5-6 mm
24 May 2014, Hong Kong Island east.
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Polyspora axillaris 大頭茶
In bloom and afterwards.
[Theaceae]
26 Oct 2013, HK Island east.
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