Friday 20 December 2019

Bugging out in Ayampe, part 2

The next night was perhaps even better than the first. When we returned from dinner the anticipation levels were very high as to what would be on the sheet. We were not disappointed!



You may be wondering why the hammock is there - there was a bit of a breeze and it was part of our solution to stop the sheet from blowing around too much.


The two Black Witches that showed up on the sheet were the first that we had ever seen, and really impressive with a huge wingspan! Here is David modelling one of them...

David and Ascalapha odorata - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Ascalapha odorata - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Sphinx moths were all over the sheet once again. This evening there were about 20 individuals, including a few new species. All told we had about 35 sphinx moths of 11 or 12 species over the two nights!

Callionima denticulata - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Erinnyis ello - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Manduca occulta - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Pachylioides resumens - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Manduca albiplaga - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

A medley of sphinx, silk and tiger moths - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Perigonia ilus - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Only a couple of Lebeau's Silkmoths showed up this evening, as opposed to the five from the previous night.

Rothschildia lebeau - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

There were several other silkmoths present, however. Both of these are in the genus Automeris which includes the Io Moth, a species found back home in North America.

Automeris metzli - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Automeris hamata - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Below are a few more of our favourite moths from the evening.

Quentalia sp. - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Condica mimica - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Rosema sp. - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Erilusa sp. - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Dichogama prognealis - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Conchylodes platinalis - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Unidentified - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Unidentified - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Bryolymnia roma - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Unidentified Spilomelinae - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Unidentified noctuid moth - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Desmia flavalis - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador


Unidentified tiger moth - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Hypsopygia amoenalis - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Melipotis trujillensis - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Morpheis pyracmon - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Amastus aconia - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Terastia meticulosalis - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

And to close, a few other insects that dropped in.

Unidentified longhorn beetle (tribe Onciderini) - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Unidentified conehead (tribe Copiphorini) - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Unidentified fly - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Colaspis sp. - Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

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