The sallow is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The forewing is somewhat pointed, light yellow, with an irregular brownish transverse band in the middle. Outside this band there is a triangular, brownish spot with the front edge and a series of small, brown spots along the outer edge. In the inner part of the wing there are usually some diffuse, brownish spots.
Salticidae; Heliophaninae; Carrhotus sp. This little jumping spider has been one of my favourites for several years now, but for much of that time, I thought that it was a male Carrhotus sannio (based on information back in 2017 from a web site which is now defunct). I published two spottings on Project Noah concerning this spider: https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/83... ( Feb 11, 2022) and https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/11... (Mar 12, 2022) both showing pictures taken on different dates and places (both within a few hundred metres of my house, back in 2017). In the first of these spottings I used the erroneous C. sannio ID, but was helped by Võ Anh Tuấn and modified it to Carrhotus sp. Then I also called the spider in the second spotting, Carrhotus sp. because I was still unable to identify it to species level. Now, here I am with a third spotting of the same species and still unable to name it properly. The specimen shown here, as you can see in "Habitat" below was much closer to home, it was right beside my gate. It is, rather, as if the spider knows that I cannot find him and he has come looking for me. Of course, he is very welcome on our plants and his arrival has reinforced my determination to find his species name.
Salticidae; Portia; Portia fimbriata (Doleschall, 1859). In https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portia_(sp...), There is a great deal of very interesting information about the Genus Portia and, at the head of the Classification Table, there is a photo of Portia fimbriata which looks like my specimen. At the bottom of the Wiki article, there is a list of Portia spp. and it shows only one species present in Philippines, Portia labiata (on checking various websites, this does not match my spider). So, the question of distribution arises again. I then checked in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portia_fim... and saw that distribution is shown as Australia and Southeast Asia. Since Philippines is pretty much in the centre of Southeast Asia, I think that the problem of distribution is now resolved. Also, in the Reproduction and Lifecycle section, there is a very nice photo which confirms that my specimen is a male.
Salticidae; Portia; Portia fimbriata (Doleschall, 1859). In https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portia_(sp...), There is a great deal of very interesting information about the Genus Portia and, at the head of the Classification Table, there is a photo of Portia fimbriata which looks like my specimen. At the bottom of the Wiki article, there is a list of Portia spp. and it shows only one species present in Philippines, Portia labiata (on checking various websites, this does not match my spider). So, the question of distribution arises again. I then checked in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portia_fim... and saw that distribution is shown as Australia and Southeast Asia. Since Philippines is pretty much in the centre of Southeast Asia, I think that the problem of distribution is now resolved. Also, in the Reproduction and Lifecycle section, there is a very nice photo which confirms that my specimen is a male.
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