Introduction
Welcome to livingearthscape! This blog is created as part and parcel of the biodiversity and nature appreciation of the often overlooked small stream between the Perpustakaan Hamzah Sendut 2 and Eureka Complex, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Kindly navigate to the upper header link for individual post on introduction, flora, fauna, ecological relationship as well as a spatial documented biodiversity relationship observed throughout the semester 1 2010/2011 session.
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The ‘Habitat’
Quote of the Day!
What is the true state of the environment. You have the politicians on the left telling you that there is undeniable evidence of global warming. Thousands of species become extinct every day because we are cutting down the rain forests. All around the earth, environmentalists are pointing out devastation. On the other hand those on the right would have us believe that the earth is perfectly fine. They say that all of the changes that the earth is going through are perfectly OK and that we have nothing to worry about. Who is right?-
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The relationship
We often disregard the relationship between species and it’s importance to each other in order to make living in harmony, or in a more technical term, in equilibrium. An ecological relationship is the relationship between organisms in an ecosystem with … Continue reading
Posted in Flora, Habitat, Relationship
Tagged ants, autotrophs, biodiversity, bird, bucida molineti, ecological relationship, food chain, food web, grass, heat loss, landscape, larvae, molluscs, moth, photosynthesis, producer, samanea saman
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Erastria cruentaria
The wings of spring specimens are dull gray to brown, and straw yellow to olive-colored in summer specimens. Antemedial and median lines complete or incomplete; postmedial line complete and sharply defined. The apex of the forewing is somewhat recurved. Scientific Classification Kingdom: … Continue reading
Satyrium sylvinus
Family: Gossamer-wing Butterflies (Lycaenidae) Subfamily: Hairstreaks (Theclinae) Identification: With or without tails. Upperside gray-brown or reddish with blue sheen; hindwing with small orange patch at lower edge. Female with yellowish tinge. Underside pale gray to white. Postmarginal band of small … Continue reading
Cercyonis meadii
Let’s take a look at few identified moth species. Species identification solely depends on the physical characteristics and it’s behavioral on site. The above moth is identified as Cercyonis meadii. It is identified as having a chocolate-brown color, with a forewing … Continue reading
Moth
Moths members of an insect order characterized by two pairs of large, scale-covered, membranous wings. Adults are additionally characterized by a pair of well-developed compound eyes, mouthparts consisting of a long, coiled, sucking tube, or proboscis, and prominent antennae. Approximately … Continue reading