tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019065977711124902.post9195432721949214521..comments2023-05-21T00:25:55.230-07:00Comments on encounters with nature: Field Trip to BTNR, 20 Jan 2010Phong Chun Fonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747347218203796052noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019065977711124902.post-2492661796429032512010-01-26T22:38:15.914-08:002010-01-26T22:38:15.914-08:00Ahh thanks for the clarification Commander! Haha &...Ahh thanks for the clarification Commander! Haha "Christmas tree" caterpillars, how apt and cute! :) Good work you guys have been doing on butterflies in Singapore, keep it up!Phong Chun Fonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05747347218203796052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019065977711124902.post-41781359717396780002010-01-24T18:47:38.159-08:002010-01-24T18:47:38.159-08:00You're most welcome to do any links to your bl...You're most welcome to do any links to your blog, Chun Fong. <br /><br />We haven't fully recorded the entire life history of the Malay Baron (Euthalia monina monina) yet. What you've linked to, is the Baron (Euthalia aconthea gurda), an urban species that is closely related to the caterpillar that you saw, but feeds on Mango leaves instead.<br /><br />But the caterpillars are quite similar. What I often refer to as the "Christmas tree" caterpillars! :)Commanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03035224272922037277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019065977711124902.post-64681048195260587532010-01-24T09:59:14.926-08:002010-01-24T09:59:14.926-08:00Hi Commander, thanks! I looked it up in your blog ...Hi Commander, thanks! I looked it up in your blog and indeed it seems like it!<br /><br />Hope you don't mind, I put up the link to your page about the Malay Baron so that my friends and the public can refer to it should they want to find out more :) Thanks again!Phong Chun Fonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05747347218203796052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019065977711124902.post-82754145636196518762010-01-24T06:11:06.623-08:002010-01-24T06:11:06.623-08:00That caterpillar that you found on Macaranga is pr...That caterpillar that you found on Macaranga is probably that of the Malay Baron, a relatively common butterfly in the nature reserves.Commanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03035224272922037277noreply@blogger.com