Saturday, August 2, 2014

Darpa striata striata (H. Druce)

This is an uncommon forest insect. In flight, it ressembles a Snow Flat but once settled, its highly marked upper (contrasted shades between the veins and the cells giving it the striation) and tail projection will differ it from Tagiades.

Habitat indicator
RSP
WV
PG
VF
FTR
SC
LWDF
LWPF
LMEF
UMN
MN







 x
 x



Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurence, H mark an unusually high occurence, F for first record)
2013
2014
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mac
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct






S2(F)



2014
2015
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mac
Apr
May
June
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

S3
S3











2016
Jan
Feb
Mac
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec





 S2


S3




2017
Jan
Feb
Mac
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

















Above photos 28 July 2014 @ 12:40 - 12:56

They have a the strange habit of folding only one side of their forewing when alert...

03 Dec 2014 @ 13;22

03 June 2016 @ 13:26


Above pictures 03 Sept 2016 @ 13:03

1 comment:

  1. May i know what would be the usual high occurrence months for "Darpa striata striata" ?

    Ronnie

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