Moth Caterpillar Archives - Singapore Geographic

Cyclosia papilionaris caterpillar

vids — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 06:08:40 +0000

Cyclosia papilionaris, Drury’s jewel, is a moth in the family Zygaenidae. It was described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is found from Thailand to southern China. It is also found in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. The habitat consists of rainforests and humid deciduous forests at altitudes up to 1,000 meters. Wikipedia

Location: Lornie PCN – April 2024

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‘King Cobra’ Caterpillar

vids — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 11:20:22 +0000

A unique caterpillar (Enpinanga vigens ) defence mechanism that I think resembles (mimicking) ‘King Cobra Snake’. Lornie PCN – Jan 2024

When this caterpillar feels threatened it will pose like the King Cobra Snake.

Scientific Name: Enpinanga vigens

Lornie PCN – January 2024

Note: I mentioned ‘King Cobra Caterpillar’ as from my personal opinion, I see it looks like King Cobra Snake

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Sarbena lignifera – Mad Hatterpillar

vids — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 11:43:02 +0000

Like all insects, these caterpillars go through stages during which they shed their outer skin, including their heads

Other caterpillars would normally shed their skin and heads and leave them behind.

For weeks before they become moths, these insects carry their dead heads, stacking the old head to the current head.

The primary reason for the caterpillars’ head-stacking behaviour is, reportedly, to keep from being eaten.

Location: Dairy Farm Nature Park – January 2023

Thanks, Mr Jit-Leang Foo for the ID

I’m really curious how the stacking process happened, I hope can record this moment in future

Reference:

Meet ‘Mad Hatterpillar,’ the caterpillar that uses its old heads for defense

Meet the Multi-Headed Caterpillar

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Plaster Bagworm

vids — Wed, 05 May 2021 13:41:38 +0000

Phereoeca uterella is a species of moth belonging to the family Tineidae. It is commonly known as the plaster bagworm but as the term “bagworm” more properly refers to moths of a different family, it is often called the household casebearer – which may in turn refer to the related Phereoeca allutella. Wikipedia

Spotted at Choa Chu Kang

The plaster bagworms live in flattened, watermelon seed-shaped cases measuring about 1cm – 1.4cm long.
Usually spotted in humid climate place like Singapore.

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Atlas Moth

vids — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 08:22:14 +0000

Attacus atlas, the Atlas moth, is a large saturniid moth endemic to the forests of Asia. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Wikipedia

The biggest Caterpillar I’ve ever spotted so far.

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