We were able to join in one mothing session of the National Moth Week evening organised by Dr. Roger Kendrick in the past week, we were very fortunate to be able to moth around Tai Po Kau Headland, it is such a beautiful area for moths and wildlife. Summer generally is not that great for moths, but we had a surprisingly good session.
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Barsine striata |
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Cleora alienaria |
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Parotis punctiferalis |
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Asota heliconia |
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Psilalcis galsworthyi |
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Ericeia subcinerea |
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Laspeyria ruficeps |
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Casminola johannstumpfi |
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Chrysocraspeda tristicula |
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Metaemene atrigutta |
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Macroglossum divergens |
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Mabra eryxalis |
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Hypenagonia angulata |
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Ecpyrrhorrhoe celatalis |
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Biston suppressaria |
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Ramila acciusalis |
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Ataboruza lauta |
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Catada vagalis |
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Artona hainana |
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Asota caricae |
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Adrapsa quadrilinealis |
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Plecoptera recta |
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Paracrama angulata |
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Prooedema inscisalis |
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Edulicodes inoueella |
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Choris |
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Sympis rufibasis |
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Asota plaginota |
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Erechthias atririvis |
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Arctornis l-nigrum |
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Caloptilia leucolitha |
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Atteva wallengreni |
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Pexicopia melitolicna |
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Giaura multipunctata |
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Isocentris filalis |
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Euthrix isocyma |
Other interesting insects that evening included a very big Formosan Giant Mantis which terrorised the moth trap and successfully got a nice meal out of it. Two interesting looking
Ornebius fuscicerci, a species of cricket. And, a rather small female Stag beetle that was
Prosopocoilus oweni melli.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXNyawenvu-jBBiN7a3q8clsyJ60rsxasUF0pP-GeiAKfgZxdhjhIKguAV7TQ1XAgkWl0oB3Cu9hEwOS9VaJye89k_QpYyjW9g4XryqXKQ5Pl3VQ53c-jIAk8my9E4CgCCROLBt_BAEjoi7QHsmrzZ-yJthtBjOr7Amhxfqvu3VuvxYifbe3K7C-FFzsZr/w640-h426/3Y4A7456%20copy.jpg) |
Titanodula formosana |
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Ornebius fuscicerci |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyh90fXylUsevmcQNBpghgvYZdR1gQu5Vq_bQP5Yp8lgri7LK0o2L5JWuZJ6wFbLes4Rht_JPHav-5R6IBOir9S7mOCNNvH3Ns0WM4t69sXWz9lWD6NISV8u1vZrx3f8frTLahOnetKrVB7jSHsqdKyu_lZI49I8QohGEjDdDiPPxgFmlDU1zwxyVZE0xA/w640-h426/3Y4A7481%20copy.jpg) |
Prosopocoilus oweni melli |
I have not been out birding much due to the weather, its been either extremely hot or very wet. While out doing surveys I do see a few, including this Yellow Bittern, they are a fairly common sight around fish ponds and wetlands during the summer months.
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Yellow Bittern |
Waders are some of our earliest autumn migrants, and we are already getting many non-breeding birds returning. Plovers are plentiful, with Greater Sand Plover and Siberian Sand Plovers showig up. The best of the bunch was a single White-faced Plover, which are most likely often overlooked as a species in Hong Kong.
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Greater Sand Plover |
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Siberian Sand Plover |
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White-faced Plover |
Not many exciting herps for me, firstly I haven't really been out that much, secondly I have not really had much luck with snakes other than the more common species. A few Reeve's Tokay Gecko is about the best I could manage in the reptile department.
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Reeve's Tokay Gecko |
There are two species of frogs which I always feels are rather special to Hong Kong, that being the Short-legged Toad, or the Peak Spadefoot Toad, this species was first discovered in Hong Kong, although later it was found outside of Hong Kong as well, it is certainly a species best seen here. The other species being the Romer's Tree Frog, the only true endemic frog species in Hong Kong, this tiny species are rather unobtrusive and can be hard to locate on the forest floor, lucky that this one just hopped straight out onto the footpath for me to see!
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Short-legged Toad |
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Romer's Tree Frog |
August is just around the corner, meaning the low season for birds is nearing its end! We are all anticipating for the arrival of some proper autumn migrants...