| Latin Name | Observation Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Metoeca foedalis | Nov 06, 2026 | Natore, Bangladesh |
Scientific Name: In the scientific world, this moth or insect is known as Metoeca foedalis. In English, they are generally called Metoeca moth. Family and Genus: According to the classification of the animal kingdom, it is included in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae of the order Lepidoptera. It is the only species of the genus Metoeca.
Origin and Habitat: There is wide spread of them in various warm and tropical regions of the world including Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, South Africa, China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Myanmar, Brazil, India, Madagascar, Panama, Zambia, and Australia. They are naturally seen to be found inside forest areas, gardens, and surrounding bush thickets.
Food: Fully grown adult moths generally survive by eating flower nectar, plant juice, and other liquid type food. On the other hand, their caterpillars or larvae grow up by eating tender leaves of various trees.
Reproduction: They usually lay eggs on or around leaves of specific host plants. Eggs hatch to come out larvae or caterpillars and after eating and drinking, getting transformed into pupa stage, subsequently emerge as adult moth.
Benefits: They play very important role in natural environment and food chain. To ensure pollination of wild plants and as food of various birds and insects, they help to maintain balance of nature.
Harmful Aspects: For humans, domestic animals, or big types of crops, they do not make any kind of dangerous damage. These are completely harmless nature's beautiful one insect.
I learned about them from various sites including iNaturalist, Wikipedia and Google.
***(All posts are written in Bengali and translated into English using Google Translate.)***
| Camera Used | Samsung SM-G973F |
|---|---|
| F-Stop | F2.4 |
| ISO speed | ISO |
| Focal length | 26mm |
| Flash | No |
| Editing app | Lightroom |
| Photography | (Metoeca foedalis) |
| Photographer | @mshbd |
| Location | Natore, Bangladesh |
| Link to original community |
|---|
| https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/413172789 |
| Latitude | Longitude | Map Link |
|---|---|---|
| 24.3366 | 89.1110 | https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/24.3366/89.1110 |
