Time to pick up from where I left. Driving lessons restart for me; gonna hit the roads tomorrow... dunno if I still remember all the procedures and whatnot. Manual is such a chore... all the gear changes and stuff.

Here's something which has long been due. This current breakout of the Uraniid Swallowtail moth can be considered to be the 'second wave' (more about the moth on Habitatnews). Lyssa zampa has been sighted all over Singapore, from forests to the heart of the city. I've seen quite a lot of them at my apartment carpark, a few at Buloh, at Bukit Timah, and one on the shores during the Changi intertidal trip. It's the second biggest moth in Singapore, the biggest being the Atlas moth. They may look huge and menacing, but they're gentle giants. They flutter and float about softly - none of the startling zigzag movements of, say, Hawkmoths. Still wondering why there're so many of them about recently. Some say it's 'cos of the flower bloom etc etc during this monsoon season, or it could be attributed to a decline in moth predation. I'm wondering if it could be migratory as well, since members of its family have been observed to mass migrate.


Lyssa zampa (Locations sighted - clockwise from top-left:
Sungei Buloh, Orchard, Orchard, Bukit Timah)
If anyone has seen this moth around, please do let me know. Where/when, how many, and if possible any other notes about its behaviour or appearance. It'll be much appreciated. ;)

posted by Husky @ 7/12/2005 04:57:00 PM  |