Yes, it is common across SE Asia, and its larvae feed on many different species of plants. I see them on different plants in my garden here in Chiang Mai sometimes. The female is even larger than the male.


It is just staying still on a pillar of my house and not moving for two hours.

If there ...

Paul K wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 2:10 pm It’s Attacus atlas-male, one of the biggest moth.

Is it common in a Malaysian tropical rainforest climate?

It is just staying still on a pillar of my house and not moving for two hours.

Found it on hotel bed. In Penang island, Malaysia.

I'll post another question on another particular insect who I think is responsible but it is very extremely least likely.


You won't see the maggots of Psychodidae in the other question, they live in drainpipes, usually in the bathroom, and they are way smaller than this fly maggot.

I would ...

adamcotton wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2024 6:43 pm See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychodidae

Adam.

Thanks a lot!

I have been seeing this insect for some time. I am baffled as to what it is. It is not as big as a pesky fly. It doesn't make a buzzing sound and it minds it's own business instead of flying towards us(the house dwellers) or towards our food. When left alone,it likes to perch inside the toilet bowl ...

DAMN man. I don't have a pet and I yell(not in a disrespectful manner) at anyone who even leaves the door open for a fly to come in. So my house is a zero fly zone. I have to be on alert more often now. Wait. I'll post another question on another particular insect who I think is responsible but it ...

Jshuey wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2024 1:41 pm Pretty small - right?

It looked longer than a fly. But I think it still could be fly larvae as you said. Because even though it is now longer than a fly,it could still evolve and change shape when and if it becomes an adult fly.

I found two of these today crawling on the floor of my kitchen.

adamcotton wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2024 6:19 pm This is a male, note the pectinate antennae, but I have no idea whether it is a mosquito or other related group of Diptera.

Adam.

If it is male, then I can refrain from hitting it right? I read online that a male mosquito(if it is one),doesn't drink blood.

This looks like a mosquito but doesn't seem to look like the usual mosquitos in my house. It doesn't have the same body structure/shape and doesn't fly around. It's movements resemble hopping instead of flying and is extremely slow. Other mosquitos will scram when they detect even the slightest hint ...

Here's a second pic just in case the first one is not clear. It could be the same or a second moth but it most likely is the same one.

Moth.jpg
This moth always shows up at our house at this time of the year during a significant day in the Chinese calendar. But out of curiosity, what moth species/type is this? Either it could really be a reincarnated relative or it is just that certain moths have a migration pattern during this ...

At first I thought this was a small cockroach but recently I read some articles and saw illustration of crickets that make me want to assume it is one. Yet it makes no sound that a cricket usually makes. What is it actually? (This was taken near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where I live)