Observações de entomologist_of_mystery

Beat sheet collection conducted at night

Very small moth (less than 1 cm). Landing on the cliff face next to the shore.

Landing on a cliff just above wave spray zone

Catch and release

Under loose tree bark

Specimen collected

On pandanus leaf about 10-m behind beach

On cucurbit leaves

On native hibiscus leaves

Parasitoids on mealybugs

Tiny spider that was moving it's egg mass around as it tried to escape observation. Less than 2 mm in length.

On cycad leaves.

Mealybugs feeding on egg plant are being tended by the ants

On cultivated egg plants