Butterfly trip to northern Thailand – Part III

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Moths

We did our mothing at Soppong River Inn, Cave Lodge and a remote hill top.

At Soppong River Inn, the power supply was unstable as such we were only able to put up a blended mercury 120W light for a short period.

We also setup our moth screen on a remote hill top.

Unfortunately, our generator could only support 120W light :-(
There were not many moths, only 1 Sphingid, a few Arctiids and Geometrids.

At Cave Lodge, the power was stable enough for us to put up a 400W MH light.
The light attracted not only moths but cicadas, praying mantis, butterflies and also curious neighbors who thought we were having a party.

Below are some of the moths and insects that came to the screen :

We had 4 butterflies, including Lethe kansa and Badamia exclamationis.

Grasshopper 

Cicada
 

Dog Paw Moth – Plutodes sp.  This one is slightly different from the one we usually encounter in Malaysia – Plutodes malaysiana .

Pycnarmon sp

Gunda sp

Moth with long neck. Found out this is not a moth !
It is a Fishfly, Neochauliodes formosanus

Xyleutes mineus about to take off.

Apsarasa radians spreading its wings.

Below are some of the hawk moths photographed at Cave Lodge :

Ampelophaga dolichoides

Elibia dolichus

Eupanacra mydon

Marumba dyras

Callambulyx rubricosa - one of the more colorful hawk moths.

Clanis hyperion  - looks like Clanis undulosa from Fraser's Hill but 2/3 the size.

See more moth photos from this trip here.

I would like to thank Ian Kitching from BNHM for helping to id the hawkmoths

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