The Malayan giant millipede, or ๐๐ฉ๐บ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐บ๐จ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐บ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด Pocock, 1894 has the length of about 20 cm, making it one of the largest millipedes in Southeast Asia. Their cylindrical body is composed of dozens of segments, each bearing two pairs of legs, totalling an astonishing 200 to 300 legs.
Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
Did you know we post highlights of our wildlife ๐ camera traps ๐ธ onto our YouTube channel?
Here's a compilation of the small predators we caught on the camera this March! It's surprising what you can find in the forests of Hong Kong ๐คฏ
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A gentle reminder๐ The booking sessions in June will be released at 12:00pm HKT on 9 June! Set your alarmโฐ and book for visiting our museum!
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We release new sessions every 2 weeks. If you donโt grab your space yet don't worry! There'll be more in the near future๐
Cucumber moths, ๐๐ช๐ข๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ข ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข (Saunders, 1851) are named after the group of plants it feeds on as they prefer plants of the Cucurbitaceae family. These plants enhance the attractiveness of the sex pheromones spread by females to attract males by increasing pheromone production and release.
The ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ด Saussure, 1869, also known as the Jeweled Flower Mantis, is native to Hong Kong. They have a vibrant green body adorned with jewel-like patterns in white, yellow, and other hues that mimic flowers, blending perfectly into flowering plants where they ambush their prey.
The world's tallest living mammal, was long thought to have evolved its long neck to reach taller trees in a process of evolution. Modern research points sexual selection๐ฉ๐ปโโค๏ธโ๐จ๐ปโspecifically, violent "necking" battles between males for dominance and mating rightsโas the primary evolutionary drive.
This weekโs neighbour is ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐น ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ถ๐ด (Fabricius, 1804), also known as the Yellow Digger Wasp. It is a striking solitary wasp found in Hong Kong, characterised by its slender, thread-waisted body. They are notable predators that specialise in hunting Orthoptera, like grasshoppers and katydids.
Camouflaged in the branches, is this weekโs neighbor, ๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ด Brock & Seow-Choen, 2000 also known as the Hong Kong Spiny Stick Insect, a species native to the region which was described rather recently, in 2000.
While they display strong aggressiveness towards other fish, they usually do not attack humans. The few cases where this happens are mainly due to shiny jewelry worn by divers ๐. The light reflected by the jewelry is similar to that reflected by fish scales, causing the barracuda to mistake.
