Ceryx Sphenodes | Photography | Macro

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Syntomoides imaon, the helper moth, is a moth from the subfamily Arctiinae, subtribe Ctenuchina. The subfamily systematics have been revised. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. It is well distributed in Sikkim, Khasi hills and throughout India Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal and Hong Kong, Vietnam. The moth has a wingspan of 34 mm. The front and collar are yellow with the metathorax having a yellow stripe. The first abdominal segment has a yellow band that is sometimes worn. The forewings have a large hyaline patch, one filling the cell, the other filling almost the entire interno-median interspace, one at the junction of veins 2 and 3, two subapical, and two submarginal. In the form of S.i. sargania, there is a long line between veins 5 and 6. In others, it is reduced to a point or may not be present at all. The hind wings have a postbasal hyaline patch extending almost outside the cell. The tips of the antennae and the proximal tarsi joint are white. The spots of the forewings vary greatly in size. The male individual is slender and the belly is longer than the female.

This moth is common in the Brisbane bush. We easily find them resting or flying openly in the Eucalyptus forest during the summer. They like to rest on green leaves in the shade during the day. About the picture shows different mating pairs. We found they spend quite a long time in mating. One thing that is interesting is that most of their pictures, from reference books or other websites, show that they are mating. This is not the case with other moth species.

Boys and girls look very similar. We don't know much about caterpillars and their life cycles. We did not find any information in reference books or on the internet. This moth looks like a wasp when in flight. The wings are black with transparent yellow-orange spots. It has black and orange-yellow bands on its body. There is an orange band between its black head and black furry chest. The pattern and color of the wings vary slightly between individuals. When we talk about the photos above, the Tiger Moth tries very hard to convince us it is a wasp, opening its wings, dancing around and waving its bandaged belly.

In Brisbane we found a number of species in the subfamily Ctenuchinae. All of them have very similar wing patterns. We believe they form a Mullerian mimicry complex. For this species, both males and females have filiform (unlike feathers) antennae. The moth rests with its wings wide open. The pattern on the wings differs slightly between individuals. Their bellies are clad in black and orange, imitating wasps. This is a warning color that they are poisonous or unpleasant to eat. Their forewings are relatively long and narrow with small round hind wings.

The moths in the subfamily Ctenuchinae look very similar. It is believed that they imitate each other and form mimicry complexes. This is why we have so many photos of them on this page. It is almost impossible to tell them apart on the field. Most of them are common species but sometimes there are rare ones. The only thing we can do is take photos of everything we find and examine them carefully on the computer screen. We may still find something odd on this page.

Moths imitating wasps are what I do most of my research, so they seem like a fun way to start. Alex Wild is one of the best insect macro photographers out there, so he also seems like a good choice to start with. Today your Nature Zen is provided by the colorful erebid moth (Cosmosoma) from the cloud forest in the Maquipucuna Nature Reserve, Ecuador. This species lost most of the scales on their wings at some point in their evolution. Add a dash of black and yellow warning colors, and a harmless moth turns into a potentially stinging wasp!

Some of the moth's relatives also decided imitation was the most sincere form of flattery, and made surprising wasp copies. Here in North America, the Scarlet Bodied Wasp Moth is a great example, with its warning colors of fiery red and black. Imitation of stinging insects is thought to protect moths from predators. As moths, they do not have jaws, and cannot even bite an attacker. However, do not think that this imitation is completely harmless. Some species feed on plants with toxic chemicals (cardiac glycosides, anyone?) and store them in their bodies. So, don't snack on wasp moths you don't know where they came from.

Amata hubneri is a day-flying moth in the superfamily Actiinae of the tiger and furry bear moths. It is the smallest species in its genus. It can be found throughout Singapore and much of Southeast Asia, but little is known about its ecology and life cycle. Moreover, it is a member of a phylogenetically uncertain and constantly changing branch of the tree of life that obscures what information actually exists. This page aims to collect and present most of the available information about the species Life history Not much is known about the ecology of the various life stages of Amata huebneri.

A common feature of all caterpillars in Arctiinae are the secondary setae that make the hairy caterpillar 2 , hence the common name woolly bear. One article lists Amata huebneri as a minor species that attacks Mikania micrantha, a one mile per minute weed, in peninsular Malaysia. There is no formal documentation of the eating habits of 4 adults but videos and photos show them eating, and therefore pollinating various flowers. This species can be found everywhere in Singapore, this video shows the Hübners wasp moth feeding with its proboscis on the mantle button flower, Tridax procumbens.

As the name suggests, Amata huebneri is a wasp impersonator. Other genera are made unpalatable or toxic because of their diet 4 , however, no Amata species is known to be so. Hübners wasp moth is therefore likely a batesian clone although its diet is largely unknown, predation is reduced even though the moth itself is edible as predators learn to avoid eating in these colors and patterns. Amata huebneri copulates, like most other moths, facing in the opposite direction with the ends of the back of the abdomen meeting 5 as in the video below. Horizontally held wings are common among Amata 5 species. In most cases the female head will point upwards (towards the sky) during copulation, one source suggests that this may not be the case in Amata huebneri but the results are inconclusive 5 .

The conservation status of Amata Huebneri has not been assessed by the IUCN 6 . It is likely that the species is currently the least noticed, but what is worrying is that we know so little about its life cycle. It is noteworthy that the caterpillars were found to eat rice as this may be economically important if the species becomes a pest under certain circumstances. However, Hübners wasp moth caterpillars must have some other host plants in Singapore as they also reproduce here. What this plant or plant is may be unknown as far as I know.

On the other hand there may be unknown interactions between adult pollinators and flowering plants or with predators. This disruption of trophic network interactions may have dire consequences of almost none, we do not know. This is not one thing, many common insect species, especially in the tropics, are poorly studied. Many, more cryptic and nocturnal genera, even worse than Amata. Many other Amata species look similar to A. huebneri. Mostly distributed through other parts of Asia or Africa species. Investigating the distribution of a species can be very helpful in avoiding misidentification.bDistribution of Amata huebneri A. huebneri is present throughout much of Southeast Asia, including Singapore, as well as in northern Australia 7 .

The only other species native to Singapore that may have caused the identification error is Amata dilitata. This species has similar wings and patterns but is brown rather than black, with yellow windows and only one large window on the hind wing. It may also be confused with Amata trigonophora because its body and wing patterns are quite similar. Amata trigonophora is not native to Southeast Asia but this species may overlap in northeastern Austrailia. A. trigonophora can be easily distinguished by its larger size, it has a wingspan of about 30 mm 9 , and by the yellow coloration of its wing windows.

Amata passali is native to India and Sri Lanka which means that its distribution may overlap with that of A. huebneri in these places and the species seems to be often misunderstood for one another. Amata passalis can be recognized by its distinct wing pattern, by having two orange stripes on the upper side of the chest and by being larger, 36-44 mm10 . The video below claims to show egg laying in Amata huebneri.

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