Sometime in May this year, Simon and I saw a male Great Eggfly that is unlike any of the bolina forms described in BMP.
It has a submarginal white area on the both side of the hindwings and the the white discal area is missing from both side of the hindwings.
Last Saturday, a Lemon Emigrant (Catopsilia pomona) was spotted around my garden on the 6th floor. Unfortunately it didn’t stay long enough for me to take a photo.
This morning however, a Blue Glassy Tiger (Ideopsis vulgaris) came and stayed for a few hours on my Heliotropium indicum plant.
With this 2 new species, the butterfly count in my garden is now in two digits – 10 !
The other butterflies which I am trying to attract to my garden are – Common Mormon, Common Tiger, Plain Tiger and Common Birdwing.
Yesterday morning, a female Painted Jezebel come to my garden to lay eggs on the mistletoe (Dendrophthoe pentandra) growing on my Sui Wrightia religiosa
I grabbed my camera and managed to video it laying eggs on the mistletoe leaf.
These are the 30+ caterpillars (a few hidden behind the leaf ) my mrs rescued from the mistletoe plant in my condo.
If left on the plant, the caterpillars will most likely perish from the weekly fogging or being removed together with the mistletoe by my condo’s gardener.
A large moth just landed in my living room !
It is Erebus ephesperis ( we call it Mee Rebus moth ;-D ) from the Noctuidae family. This is the 3rd largest moth in Singapore, the other 2 being the Atlas moth (Attacas Atlas) and Lyssa moth (Lyssa zampa).
Name : Elymnias hypermnestra tinctoria
Common Name : Common Palmfly
Family : Nymphalidae
Subfamily : Satyrinae
Larva host plant : Dypsis lutescens (Palmae), Cycas sp(Palmae)
In Peninsula Malaysia, the subspecies tinctoria is found in Kedawi while it Thailand, it can be found through out Thailand.
In flight, the female of this subspecies can be easily mistaken for Danaus genutia and D. chrysippus while the male is indistinguishable from subspecies agina.
Female – underside 
Female - upperside 
Female ovipositing on Cycas sp.
Date : Aug 2009
Larva Host Plant : Dypsis lutescens (Yellow Cane Palm)
Pupation period : 7 days
Ovum: 
Larva:
1st Instar 
2nd Instar 
3rd Instar 
4th Instar
5th Instar , 50mm. 
Pupa :
Adult (female):
Last update : 2 Nov 2009
These are the butterflies sighted at Gan’s garden :
# = Breeding in the garden
