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Molting or Ecdysis
When I was searching for caterpillars and other insects, I found a cicada’s shell. Few days later, I found a grasshopper's shell. It made me curious and wanted to find out about this shell / transparent skin and the process of it.
It’s called Molting.
In arthropods, such as insects, arachnids and crustaceans, moulting is the shedding of the exoskeleton (which is often called its shell), typically to let the organism grow. This process is called ecdysis.
Molting, known technically as ecdysis,...
Mutualism between Treehoppers and Ant
I was curious when I was taking photo of this thorn bug insect. The appearance was actually amazed me as it has thorn like but the one made me curious is the Ant. It was second times I spotted this treehopper, and always have Ant nearby. The Ant did not attack the treehopper but like waiting or guarding it. The first time I encountered this, I thought it may be just coincidence that both of them together in the...
Butterfly Egg
Have you seen butterfly egg?Mostly we only notice the caterpillar, the pupa and the adult butterfly but how about the egg?
Butterflies grow through a four-stage process known as complete metamorphosis, changing from egg to caterpillar to pupa and finally to adult butterfly.
Female butterflies lay many eggs during their short life to insure that even a small number of these eggs will survive. Caterpillars (butterfly larva) hatch from eggs. The eggs are usually laid in a protected location on or near...
Pancorius sp
Pancorius is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902. They are similar to Hyllus. Wikipedia
Spotted at...
Thorelliola ensifera
Thorelliola is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1942. It is named after arachnologist Tamerlan Thorell. Wikipedia
Spotted at...
Gasteracantha Diardi
Gasteracantha diardi is a species of spider in the spiny orb-weaver genus Gasteracantha. It occurs in Southeast Asia.
Location: Upper Seletar Reservoir
Thanks Naomi Kim for spotting...
Singapore Geographic Channel
Caterpillar
Tussock Moths
The Lymantriinae are a subfamily of moths of the family Erebidae. The taxon was erected by George Hampson in 1893. Many of its component...
Silk Moth
Silk Moth Caterpillar ( Bombycidae )
The Bombycidae are a family of moths. The best-known species is Bombyx mori or silkworm, native to northern China...
Autumn Leaf
Doleschallia bisaltide, the autumn leaf, is a nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australasia. In Australia it is also known as...
Dragonfly
Handsome Grenadier
Agrionoptera sexlineata (Handsome Grenadier) is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae with the hindwing measuring up to 36 mm for male and 38...
Common blue skimmer
Orthetrum glaucum is an Asian dragonfly species, common across much of tropical and subtropical Asia. The common name for this species is blue marsh...
Lined Forest-Skimmer
Cratilla lineata, the line forest-skimmer, emerald-banded skimmer or pale-faced forest-skimmer, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in many...
