Monday, May 28, 2012

Great Eggfly/Common Eggfly (Hypolimns bolina)


Great Eggfly flies all over the island particularly in forested areas. However it is common during the north east monsoon period. It takes part in migrations. Larva feeds on Ageratum conyzoides (හුලන් තලා/Goat weed/White weed)Synedrella nodiflora (Nodeweed)Sida cordata (බැවිල/Heart Leaf Fan Petals) and Urena lobata (පට්ට ඇපල/ඇපල/Caesar weed/Bur mallow). Egg laying was also observed on Phaulopsis dorsiflora but larva that emerged from these eggs refused to feed on it. Larva also fed on Sida rhombifolia (කොටිකන් බැබිල/බැබිල/Paddy's luceme) when offered. 

2 comments:

  1. Havent seen this one around. How much is the wing span ?

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  2. Patali
    If you are familiar with tigers ( http://biodiversityofsrilanka.blogspot.com/search?q=tiger) this one has more or less wing span like them.

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