While walking in the veld on a quite afternoon with several family members , I heard a tiny meow coming from a nearby ant-mound. On inspection we found two tiny little kittens, still very young, huddled toward the back of the ant-mound!
Ref: Discussion in https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9081604
@sunwenhao90 --Thanks!
Nest of some sort. Hard grit used on the outside. Very hard material - almost resin like. Could it be a solitary bee nest?
Please note that this spotting has its fore-wing club like those of P. nilgirica, but the hind-wing patterns like those of P. lamisca. This is not recorded on www.mothsofindia.org, or inaturalist.org.
Wingspan: 38mm.
This butterfly was spotted by a roadside while driving back to Taplejung, Nepal.
Day 82, one individual.
Relacionado con // Related to:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2667158
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2667199
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2667420
BottleCat 2021-37
Cocoon: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103583547
Parasitoid: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104687796
Observation set: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?verifiable=any&place_id=any&field:Similar%20observation%20set=103583547
Info: BottleCats is the tag I use to track the ontogeny of lepidopterans in my backyard. Though bottled, I consider wild-caught caterpillars that naturally live and breed within our garden walls to be "wild," in terms of iNat labelling.
Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AQUtjdS8-zRBCuTwiImymzYRcZrxHQXP-O51H9zl3PA/edit#gid=1116492635
Managed to sneak up to it really close, thankfully it didn't fly away until after I took the shot. :D
Could be B. safitza safitza? Not sure exactly how to tell the difference between the two (B. safitza vs B. safitza safitza) yet, if someone could explain it'd be much appreciated!
Tiny baby Praying Mantis.😊
Might be a part of the “ Flower Mantids (Family Hymenopodidae)”
I’m not sure which family this observation may belong to.
Lhommeia or Erastria, I rather favour the first but I'm accumulating a small collection which will hopefully attract some expert attention
I found this little guy as a pupa nestled in my carpet. I put it in a jar and waited for the moth to emerge and when I first saw the moth I was so excited!😊
I have also submitted pictures of the moth to LepiMap and one of their expert’s opinion identified it as a Tycomarptes inferior.
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