Tropical green caterpillar - Series #2

This is the second series on caterpillar, i.e tropical green caterpillar. The black spot on the right looks like an eye but it's fake to trick predator. The fake eyes look intimidating to fend of predator and the caterpillar head is actually tiny.


Cropped photo. Caterpillar photo taken with flash.



Uncropped photo. The caterpillar photo is not so sharp due to poor lighting. It's was late in the afternoon.



Green caterpillar live on YouTube

For hi-resolution, check out my Flickr Gallery: Caterpillar

Related posts:
* Tropical big green leave cutter caterpillar - Series #1

Tropical big green leave cutter caterpillar

Tropical big green leave cutter caterpillar. I'm not sure which end of the caterpillar is the head or the tail. The end with the spike or horn might be the head and the spots at the tail is the fake eyes to trick predator.


Uncropped green fat caterpillar


Uncropped green fat caterpillar

After the photo of the caterpillar was taken, the caterpillar was unceremoniously cut into two by my mum because it was destroying her crop (yam ~ dioscorea).

For hi-resolution, check out my Flickr Gallery: Caterpillar

Green tropical bugs mating

This post showcases two unidentified green bugs mating. Yet another privacy invasion by me. :)

The bugs in this scandal could be a family of grasshopper + stick insect + mosquito. I think it one of those fruit fly.


Uncropped photo. Green bugs mating on a sugarcane leave


Uncropped photo. Green bugs mating on a sugarcane leave

For hi-resolution, check out my Flickr Gallery Insect Sex.

Related posts:
* Housefly Sex, Series #2
* Adventure of two flies (Fi and Fo)
* Adventure of two monkey (Macaca fascicularis)


YouTube live: green insect mating


Similar photo elsewhere:
* Green insect mating from http://redzlan.blogspot.com/2007/05/rama-rama.html

Tropical weevil - Leave bettle (Chrysomelidae)

This post is about a orange-red weevil like insect with black and white strips on it's abdomen. This tropical insect looks like a leave beetle (Chrysomelidae).


Photo #1: un-cropped, macro photo of the insect


Photo #1: un-cropped, macro photo of the insect with it's mouth-part extension.

For hi-resolution photos, check out my Flick Gallery: Bug

Live video of the orange-red Weevil-like insect from my YouTube gallery.

Related posts:
* Red Weevil-like Insect
* BugGuide.net

Artists and designers behind the movie production of StarShip Troopers in 1997 probably got their ideas on beetles and weevils for their movie characters. See sampling below:

Tropical Wild Mushroom, Fungi, Series 5

This is the 5th series on tropical mushroom (fungi).


Mushroom shaped like a dish. Very tiny mushroom.


Tiny white jellyfish-like mushroom. Photo taken after the rain.


Related topics:
* Tropical Wild Mushroom, Fungi, Series 1
* Tropical Wild Mushroom, Fungi, Series 2
* Tiny mushroom - Toad stool - Fungi, Series 3
* Tropical Wild Mushroom, Fungi, Series 4

* More pictures on Tropical Wild Mushroom - Gallery#1
* More pictures on Tropical Wild Mushroom - Gallery#2

Tropical Orange Blister Beetle - Nemognatha

A tropical orange blister beetle (Nemognatha) perched on an orchid petal. This orange beetle in this photo have orange feelers. Some orange beetle in fact have black feelers.


Orange blister beetle - Nemognatha


Orange blister beetle - Nemognatha

Blister Beetle adults feed on leaves in the tops of a plant but are especially attracted to flowers where they feed on nectar and pollen.

For more hi-resolution tropical beetle, check out my Flickr Gallery Beetle

Tropical Butterfly - Junonia Orithya Madagascariensis - Eyed Pansy - Blue Pansy

This 4th series post showcases a tropical butterfly known as Junonia Orithya Madagascariensis with common names such as Eyed Pansy and Blue Pansy.


Close up shot


Blue pansy perched on a grass shoot

For hi-resolution photos, check out my butterfly collection at my Flickr Gallery #1 or Gallery #2.

Junonia Orithya Madagascariensis is from a butterfly family called Nymphalidae. Nymphalidae are brush-footed butterflies include groups such as the browns, milkweeds, snouts, and aristocrats, all of which have previously been classified as separate families. Junonia Orithya Madagascariensis can be found in three regions namely: African region, Oriental (Asia) region and Australian region.

Related topics:
* Moths and Butterflies, Series #1
* Moths and Butterflies, Series #2
* Tropical Moths and Butterflies, Series #3

Flickr limitation

As a free member of Flickr.com, you will only be allowed to upload 200 images to your gallery. As rwsphoto.blogspot.com grows, it has hit the 200 images limit. There are only three solutions to this problem: 1. Remove some images from the gallery or 2. Create a new account at Yahoo! Mail and sign up with Flickr.com with the new Yahoo! Mail account. For information, Flickr.com is part of Yahoo! stable of companies and Flickr user account management is process through Yahoo! user account. 3. Invest in a domain name and host the images on the new domain. I choose the 2nd solution and this means, I need to manage two galleries. But that is okay since those images stored in Flickr.com are meant as my images online repository. Here are my galleries at Flickr.com * http://flickr.com/photos/richardsinyem - Gallery Full * http://flickr.com/photos/24039382@N03/