The firmiana malayana or mata lembu, remains here in testimony to man's care-less-ness - its tree had since been felled. Let not the birds leave too.

Wednesday, 17 January 2024

The other beauties

The smaller beings that contribute to the food chain, that are part of the cycle of life, so easily missed, under-appreciated till pointed out - grasshoppers, planthoppers, bugs, moths, butterflies, etc of dazzling combinations of hues and colours, yet the very perfect camouflage of the plants they visit and feed on.


Black-kneed meadow katydid


Rice grasshopper (Oxya japonica)





Green leek grasshopper (Mecostethus parapleurus)


Monkey Hopper (Erucius sp)






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