Common Awl Archives - Singapore Geographic https://www.singaporegeographic.com/tag/common-awl Singapore Biodiversity, List of Wild Animals, Insect, Nature Article that has been recorded in Singapore. Wed, 22 Jun 2022 12:27:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 135464637 Common Awl https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/common-awl-2?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=common-awl-2 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/common-awl-2#respond Sun, 08 May 2022 09:25:51 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=7019 Hasora badra, the common awl, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae, which is found in India. Wikipedia Life History By Butterfly Cycle Location: Dairy Farm Nature Park – May 2022

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Life History By Butterfly Cycle

Location: Dairy Farm Nature Park – May 2022

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]]> https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/butterfly/common-awl-2/feed 0 7019 Common Awl https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/caterpillar/common-awl?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=common-awl https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/caterpillar/common-awl#respond Wed, 18 Nov 2020 08:16:12 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=1732 Hasora badra, the common awl, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae, which is found in India. Wikipedia The young caterpillar constructs its first leaf shelter by bringing two halves of a small young leaf together with silk threads. It rests within the flap and ventures out to eat on nearby leaf surface. In later instars, […]

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The young caterpillar constructs its first leaf shelter by bringing two halves of a small young leaf together with silk threads. It rests within the flap and ventures out to eat on nearby leaf surface. In later instars, the Common Awl caterpillars also construct leaf shelters in a similar fashion but do so with larger and older leaves.
Source: Butterfly Cycle

Please check this video, how the caterpillar construct the leaf using silk thread.

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