15th October 2015

For some strange reason all my photos disappeared from my hosting server yesterday. I have uploaded the complete folder that contains all my photos, but it will take me too long to check every page. If you see that there are any missing photos, please let me know and I will re-upload them again.

 

27th July 2015

Added photo of Macroglossum heliophila, family Sphingidae, sub-family Macroglossinae.

 

6th December 2014

Added photos in the families Anthelidae, Lasiocampidae, Lymantriidae, Notodontidae, Thyrididae and Uraniidae.

 

5th Decemberr 2014

Added photo of a 5th instar larva, of Agrius convolvuli, family Sphingidae, sub-family Sphinginae.

 

3rd December 2014

Added photos in the family Noctuidae, sub-families Acontiinae, Acronictinae/Amphipyrinae, Chloephorinae, Cuculliinae, Hadeninae, Heliothinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae, Nolinae, Plusiinae, Sarrothripinae, Stictopterinae and Stiriinae.

 

29th November 2014

Added photos in the families Psychidae, Limacodidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Oenosandridae and Herminiidae.

 

27th November 2014

Added photos in the family Noctuidae, sub-family Catocalinae. Note that some species in the genus Dysgonia might change to genus Bastilla. According to the new international classification they have changed genus, but due to no work been done regarding the Australian fauna, they are still placed in the genus Dysgonia.

 

17th September 2014

Added photos of Dudgeoneidae, Variety Micro Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Lasiocampidae, Notodontidae, Lymantriidae and Arctiidae.

 

24th February 2014

Added new species Coenotes arida, family Sphingidae, sub-family Smerinthinae. Updated species in sub-families Smerinthinae and Sphinginae (some species have been moved from Sphinginae to Smerinthinae).

 

24th February 2014

Added early instar photos of Psilogramma casuarinae, Psilogramma maxmouldsi and Psilogramma menephron, family Sphingidae, sub-family Sphinginae. Cephonodes picus and Cephonodes janus, family Sphingidae, sub-family Macroglossinae. Coscinocera hercules, family Saturniidae. Graphium agamemnon, Papilio aegeus and Papilio fuscus, family Papilionidae.

 

3rd November 2013

Added early instar photos of Theretra tryoni, family Sphingidae, sub-family Macroglossinae.

 

31st August 2013

Added some locality photos, photos of Hopliocnema brachycera, family Sphingidae, sub-family Sphinginae and updated Google Maps for genus Hopliocnema, family Sphingidae, sub-family Sphinginae

 

20th July 2013

Added photos in the family Noctuidae, sub-family Catocalinae.

 

9th July 2013

Added photos of adult moths and some larvae in the families Noctuidae (subfamilies Acontiinae, Agaristinae  Catocalinae and Euteliinae), Saturniidae and Sphingidae (subfamilies Sphinginae and Macroglossinae).

 

4th February 2013

Added photos to family Saturniidae and also changed the layout a little.

 

31st January 2013

Added photos of Lycaenidae, Pieridae, Noctuidae and updated some Saturniidae (Syntherata species).

 

15th January 2013

Added photos of Psilogramma exigua and Psilogramma penumbra, family Sphingidae, sub-family Sphinginae.

Added photos of Attacus wardi and Opodiphtera engea, family Saturniidae.

Added photos of Cethosia penthesilea, family Nymphalidae, sub-family Heliconiinae and photo of NT form of Euploea darchia, family Nymphalidae, sub-family Danainae.

 

14th January 2013

Added photos of larva (instar 2 - 5) and pupa of Theretra inornata, family Sphingidae, sub-family Macroglossinae.

 

7th January 2013

I'm back from a very successful research trip around Australia.

Added photos of Hopliocnema lacunosa and Hopliocnema ochra, family Sphingidae, sub-family Sphinginae.

 

18th September 2012

Due to that my website was compromised by some criminals and was used for phishing and spam mail, it has been suspended for a few days. I have cleaned up my site and there shouldn't be any more problems. Also note that my email address has changed. See bottom of main page for new email address.

 

2nd September 2012

Removed my Forum completely, due to high volume of Spam and Phishing attacks.

 

5th August 2012

Added photos of Psilogramma maxmouldsi and Coenotes eremophilae, family Sphingidae, sub-family Sphinginae.

 

11th March 2012

Updated species in sub-family Sphinginae.

Imber tropicus has changed sub-family from Sphinginae to Smerinthinae.

Added photos of Psilogramma casuarinae, Psilogramma menephron, Psilogramma papuensis, family Sphingidae, sub-family Sphinginae. Added photos of Cephonodes hylas, Cephonodes janus, Theretra turneri, Zacria vojtechi, family Sphingidae, sub-family Macroglossinae.

 

3rd October 2011

Added more photos of yellow form larvae + pupae of Coequosa triangularis, family Sphingidae, sub-family Sphinginae.

 

5th July 2011

Added photos of yellow form larvae of Coequosa triangularis, family Sphingidae, sub-family Sphinginae.

Closed down my forum due to the large amount of Forum Spam.

 

30th March 2011

Went back to Wooyung, as the night seemed to be a lot better than last Friday, but it was a disappointment. Only a handful of moths came to the lights. Spent some time looking for Coequosa triangularis eggs and I found 3 before the rain put a stop to further searching.

 

25th March 2011

I’m back after another successful trip to Daintree, North Queensland. Tonight I went down to the north coast of NSW, near Wooyung. 11 different hawkmoths turned up including C. trinangularis and a T. edwardsi.

 

19th December 2010

Added photos of Coscinocera hercules, Opodiphtera astrophela, Opodiphtera engaea, Opodiphtera eucalypti, Opodiphtera excavus, Opodiphtera fervid, Opodiphtera loranthi, Opodiphtera rhytmica, Syntherata janetta, Syntherata leonae, family Saturniidae.

 

6th December 2010

Added a new button called “Locality Photos” and also added some locality photos. Given the buttons a makeover and changed the index page main photo and header photo.

 

24th November 2010

Added photo of Tetrachroa edwardsi, family Sphingidae, sub-family Sphinginae. Updated photos of Synoecha marmorata, family Sphingidae, sub-family Sphinginae and Theretra clotho, family Sphingidae, sub-family Macroglossinae.

 

12th November 2010

New photos (male and female) of Hopliocnema brachycera, family Sphingidae, sub-family Sphinginae.

 

9th November 2010

Added larvae photos of Coequosa triangularis, family Sphingidae, sub-family Sphinginae and larvae photos of Cephonodes kingii, family Sphingidae, sub-family Macroglossinae.

 

17th August 2010

Added photos of Leucomonia bethia, Psilogramma argos, Imber tropicus and female Synoecha marmorata. All family Sphingidae, sub-family Sphinginae.

Added some larvae photos of  Coequosa triangularis, family Sphingidae, sub-family Sphinginae.

 

15th May 2010

Added some photos of early stages of Coequosa triangularis, family Sphingidae, sub-family Sphinginae.

 

8th May 2010

Added caterpillar photos of Hyles livornicoides, family Sphingidae, sub-family Macroglossinae.

 

3rd May 2010

Added caterpillar photos of Cephonodes kingii, family Sphingidae, sub-family Macroglossinae.

 

2nd April 2010

Added photo of Theretra inornata, family Sphingidae, sub-family Macroglossinae.

 

30th March 2010

Updated photos of Gnathothlibus eras and Gnathothlibus australiensis, family Sphingidae, sub-family Macroglossinae. Also included close up photos on their front legs for easy identification.

 

20th March 2010

From today only Thumbnail Index will be updated. Doing two parallel sites takes too much time. However I might include the Systematic List at a later stage again.

 

17th March 2010

I’m back from a very successful collecting trip to west and north Queensland.

 

29th February 2010

Included new hawkmoth photos