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Broad-leaved Paspalum (Paspalum mandiocanum)Observer
frousseuDescription
Does not seem to correspond to anything listed around here. Spikelets in pairs and pairs along two rows. Like P. nutans, but with several racemes and racemes four spikelets wide. Unless it is again some variation of P. scrobiculatum? But does not look like the usual P. s. that I see around here. Spikelets shape more elongated among other things. Presumably the same species as this other nearby obs https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/95830437
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Fluffy Tit (Zeltus amasa)Observer
sunnetchanDescription
珍灰蝶 Fluffy Tit or Zeltus amasa
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House Flies and Allies (Family Muscidae)Observer
sunnetchanDescription
麻蠅科 (肉蠅)
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Fruit, Signal, and Picture-winged Flies (Superfamily Tephritoidea)Observer
charmianwoodhouse
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Blue Marsh Hawk (Orthetrum glaucum)Observer
sunnetchanDescription
黑尾灰蜻 Blue Marsh Hawk (Orthetrum glaucum)
Reference :
參考 :《香港蜻蜓 The Dragonflies of Hong Kong》- 漁農自然護理處 / 譚子慧 et al 2011 第一版 p.302-303
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Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Family Gracillariidae)Observer
ritafooDescription
on 山烏桕 Triadica cochinchinensis (大戟科 Euphorbiaceae)
photo on:
20210724 x 2
20210728 x 1 (pupa)
20210729 x 2 (failed to turn to adult : ( )
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Omiodes tristrialisObserver
ritafooDescription
on 半邊旗 Pteris semipinnata (鳳尾蕨科 Pteridaceae)
photo on:
20210424 x 1
20210427 x 2
20210511 x 2 (adult)
20210513 x 2 (the 2nd adult, they share the same leaf-ball)
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Spotted Beet Webworm Moth (Hymenia perspectalis)Observer
sunnetchanDescription
About 20mm wingspan.
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Eucosmetus formosusObserver
sunnetchanDescription
大頭隆胸長蝽 Eucosmetus incisus (Walker, 1872)
Reference :
香港蝽類昆蟲圖鑑 A Photographic Guide to Hong Kong True Bugs1st Editon July 2012 - Vor Yiu & Chiu Ha YIP Page 121
http://lygaeoidea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1215552
http://catalog.digitalarchives.tw/item/00/47/05/ce.html
http://data.nhm.ac.uk/id/dataset/collection-specimens/resource/05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb?q=Eucosmetus+incisus&view_id=6ba121d1-da26-4ee1-81fa-7da11e68f68e&filters=collectionCode%3ABMNH%28E%29
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Omiodes tristrialisObserver
alankwokDescription
請教 ID?
To enrich knowledge - What is inside (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/25865682), I try study more / deeper ..
Today, I found some nests (e.g. photo 8~11) and only opened 2 outer leaves of 1 nest to seeing inside (photo 1~7).
In this case, some wet muddy materials and a larva inside.
1~11 (沙田): 2019/05/30
12~13 (大埔滘): 2019/06/02
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Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)Observer
sunnetchan
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Retinia cristataObserver
sunnetchanDescription
Need help on ID @hkmoths @chanddgreen @hoiling @sk2 please
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Eurystylus ryukyusObserver
sunnetchanDescription
灰黃厚盲蝽 Eurystylus luteus
Body is about 6mm
Reference：
http://www.creek.idv.tw/5yy.htm
A Photographic Guide to Hong Kong Insects 香港昆蟲圖典 1st Edition 2014 P157 - Hong Kong Entomological Society
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Prionocerus bicolorObserver
sunnetchanDescription
擬花螢科 / Soft-winged Flower Beetles (Family Melyridae) > 細花螢Idgia
Reference
http://gaga.biodiv.tw/9507bx/066.htm
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Whitecheek Goby (Rhinogobius duospilus)Observer
oryziasPlace
Missing Location
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Anomala rubripesObserver
sunnetchanDescription
紅腳異麗金龜 Anomala rubripes
Notes from @zhaomzhai :
Anomala rubripes Lin, 1996 and Anomala virens Lin, 1996 are similar in size.
But A.virens with coppery green ventral aspect (sometimes with reddish tinge)
The most obvious character is the fiery margin of pronotum in Anomala rubripes.
Which is absent in A. virens and A. russiventris.
Anomala russiventris Fairmaire, is rather smaller (1.4~1.8cm).
Anomala cupripes only occurs in China (Yunnan), Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand.
Anomala virens seems not an lowland species. At least with an altitude of higher than 200~300 meters.
Name reference :
http://scarabeaidae.blogspot.com/2017/03/blog-post.html
Wrong ID :
Anomala virens (大綠異麗金龜)
Reference :
香港甲蟲圖鑑 A Photographic Guide to Hong Kong Beetles Vol.1 1st Editon July 2011 - Vor Yiu & Chiu Ha YIP Page 27
A Photographic Guide to Hong Kong Insects 香港昆蟲圖典 1st Edition 2014 P.256- Hong Kong Entomological Society
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Typical Sea Turtles (Family Cheloniidae)Observer
barkingdeerPlace
Missing Location
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Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis)Observer
portioidDescription
Parasitized by Laboulbeniales.
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Taiwan Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista grandis)Observer
bobohogDescription
夜行性動物，體色為濃栗色，在樹上打量我是誰，並發出聲音，有飛膜，台灣三種飛鼠之一。
https://youtu.be/_4exGEf7yEo
聲音為短促的嘶吼聲，但不是很清楚，背景聲音是黃嘴角鴞。
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Bermudagrass Leafhopper (Xyphon reticulatum)Observer
sunnetchanDescription
About 6mm in length.
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White Nose Syndrome (Pseudogymnoascus destructans)Observer
cavemander17Description
on Tri-Colored Bat (Perimyotis subflavus)
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Genus KallitaxilaObserver
sunnetchanDescription
Planthoppers (Superfamily Fulgoroidea) > Tambinia 鰨扁蠟蟬屬 /
Reference :
(1) 香港昆蟲圖典 A Photographic Guide to Hong Kong Insects 2014 First Edition - p.114 - Hong Kong Entomological Society.
(2) 臺稱 軍配飛蝨 : http://gaga.biodiv.tw/9506/022.htm
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Green Lacewings (Family Chrysopidae)Observer
mish3Description
- 蚜獅是草蛉科的幼蟲，草蛉行完全變態，卵具絲柄，高高舉起在枝葉上，絲柄柔軟細長，隨風搖擺像樂譜上的符號十分優美。草蛉的幼蟲又稱蚜獅，以蚜蟲、粉蝨、木蝨、介殼蟲、蜘蛛等多種小昆蟲及卵為食，捕食能力強，食量大，行動敏捷。成蟲主要以花蜜和花粉為食。
蚜獅有一對鉗狀彎管的口器，捕食前會先注入毒素麻痺小昆蟲，再用吸收顎將獵物體液吸乾，蚜獅身上還有臭腺能分泌臭液嚇退天敵但成蟲沒有臭腺。
蚜獅喜歡在體背堆垃圾，這些偽裝物通常都是牠們的戰利品，將獵食後的軀殼吐絲黏附在背上，牠們的體背兩側有許多突瘤與刺狀毛束可以穩固背上的偽帳物，身體隱身其下很難發現牠的蹤影。
蚜獅整天背著笨重的東西躲藏，覓食一定很累 ，這是一個很有趣的教材，可以提供給小朋友觀察。
文字內容擷取自(嘎嘎昆蟲網)
- 根據物種和環境的不同，有些草蛉科的生物一生只吃掉大約150隻蚜蟲，另一些一周就可以吃掉100隻蚜蟲。因此，在一些國家，養育了幾百萬隻這樣的昆蟲用於農業和園藝上的生物害蟲控制。它們以蟲卵的形式銷售，卵在田野裡孵化。效果是多樣化的，因此有待更進一步的研究來更好地使用它們。
草蛉的幼蟲一般通稱蚜獅，古稱負版，一作蝜蝂，即是唐宋古文八大家當中柳宗元《蝜蝂傳》裡面描述的善負小蟲
(2.這一段資料擷取自維基百科)
