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#13247998

28 January 2026

Parotis Marginata (Hampson) Is A Significant Pest Of Ornamental And Forest Plants, Particularly Alstonia Scholaris (Devil Tree), Tabernaemontana (Tagar), And Jasmine, Found Across South-East Asia, Including India, Bangladesh And China, As Well As Fiji, Japan And Australia. The Larvae Act As Leaf Folders/rollers, Creating Silk-lined Shelters That Cause Severe Defoliation, Scorching Effects, And Can Kill Plants In Nursery Or Garden Settings. The Adults Are A Deep Green Colour, With A Crenulated Brown Line Around The Edges Of Each Wing. The Male Parotis Marginata Possesses Coremata, Which Are Tufts Of Hair-like Scales, Typically Black Or Brown, Located At The End Of The Abdomen, Looking Like A Stretchable Broom. These Are Scent-dispersing Organs Used To Release Pheromones, Likely During Mating Rituals. Here, A Moth Is Hiding Behind A Leaf, Wiggling Its Coremata At Tehatta, West Bengal, India, On January 27, 2026.

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#13247999

28 January 2026

Parotis Marginata (Hampson) Is A Significant Pest Of Ornamental And Forest Plants, Particularly Alstonia Scholaris (Devil Tree), Tabernaemontana (Tagar), And Jasmine, Found Across South-East Asia, Including India, Bangladesh And China, As Well As Fiji, Japan And Australia. The Larvae Act As Leaf Folders/rollers, Creating Silk-lined Shelters That Cause Severe Defoliation, Scorching Effects, And Can Kill Plants In Nursery Or Garden Settings. The Adults Are A Deep Green Colour, With A Crenulated Brown Line Around The Edges Of Each Wing. The Male Parotis Marginata Possesses Coremata, Which Are Tufts Of Hair-like Scales, Typically Black Or Brown, Located At The End Of The Abdomen, Looking Like A Stretchable Broom. These Are Scent-dispersing Organs Used To Release Pheromones, Likely During Mating Rituals. Here, A Moth Is Hiding Behind A Leaf, Wiggling Its Coremata At Tehatta, West Bengal, India, On January 27, 2026.

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#13248000

28 January 2026

Parotis Marginata (Hampson) Is A Significant Pest Of Ornamental And Forest Plants, Particularly Alstonia Scholaris (Devil Tree), Tabernaemontana (Tagar), And Jasmine, Found Across South-East Asia, Including India, Bangladesh And China, As Well As Fiji, Japan And Australia. The Larvae Act As Leaf Folders/rollers, Creating Silk-lined Shelters That Cause Severe Defoliation, Scorching Effects, And Can Kill Plants In Nursery Or Garden Settings. The Adults Are A Deep Green Colour, With A Crenulated Brown Line Around The Edges Of Each Wing. The Male Parotis Marginata Possesses Coremata, Which Are Tufts Of Hair-like Scales, Typically Black Or Brown, Located At The End Of The Abdomen, Looking Like A Stretchable Broom. These Are Scent-dispersing Organs Used To Release Pheromones, Likely During Mating Rituals. Here, A Moth Is Hiding Behind A Leaf, Wiggling Its Coremata At Tehatta, West Bengal, India, On January 27, 2026.

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#13248001

28 January 2026

Parotis Marginata (Hampson) Is A Significant Pest Of Ornamental And Forest Plants, Particularly Alstonia Scholaris (Devil Tree), Tabernaemontana (Tagar), And Jasmine, Found Across South-East Asia, Including India, Bangladesh And China, As Well As Fiji, Japan And Australia. The Larvae Act As Leaf Folders/rollers, Creating Silk-lined Shelters That Cause Severe Defoliation, Scorching Effects, And Can Kill Plants In Nursery Or Garden Settings. The Adults Are A Deep Green Colour, With A Crenulated Brown Line Around The Edges Of Each Wing. The Male Parotis Marginata Possesses Coremata, Which Are Tufts Of Hair-like Scales, Typically Black Or Brown, Located At The End Of The Abdomen, Looking Like A Stretchable Broom. These Are Scent-dispersing Organs Used To Release Pheromones, Likely During Mating Rituals. Here, A Moth Is Hiding Behind A Leaf, Wiggling Its Coremata At Tehatta, West Bengal, India, On January 27, 2026.

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#13248003

28 January 2026

Parotis Marginata (Hampson) Is A Significant Pest Of Ornamental And Forest Plants, Particularly Alstonia Scholaris (Devil Tree), Tabernaemontana (Tagar), And Jasmine, Found Across South-East Asia, Including India, Bangladesh And China, As Well As Fiji, Japan And Australia. The Larvae Act As Leaf Folders/rollers, Creating Silk-lined Shelters That Cause Severe Defoliation, Scorching Effects, And Can Kill Plants In Nursery Or Garden Settings. The Adults Are A Deep Green Colour, With A Crenulated Brown Line Around The Edges Of Each Wing. The Male Parotis Marginata Possesses Coremata, Which Are Tufts Of Hair-like Scales, Typically Black Or Brown, Located At The End Of The Abdomen, Looking Like A Stretchable Broom. These Are Scent-dispersing Organs Used To Release Pheromones, Likely During Mating Rituals. Here, A Moth Is Hiding Behind A Leaf, Wiggling Its Coremata At Tehatta, West Bengal, India, On January 27, 2026.

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#13248005

28 January 2026

Parotis Marginata (Hampson) Is A Significant Pest Of Ornamental And Forest Plants, Particularly Alstonia Scholaris (Devil Tree), Tabernaemontana (Tagar), And Jasmine, Found Across South-East Asia, Including India, Bangladesh And China, As Well As Fiji, Japan And Australia. The Larvae Act As Leaf Folders/rollers, Creating Silk-lined Shelters That Cause Severe Defoliation, Scorching Effects, And Can Kill Plants In Nursery Or Garden Settings. The Adults Are A Deep Green Colour, With A Crenulated Brown Line Around The Edges Of Each Wing. The Male Parotis Marginata Possesses Coremata, Which Are Tufts Of Hair-like Scales, Typically Black Or Brown, Located At The End Of The Abdomen, Looking Like A Stretchable Broom. These Are Scent-dispersing Organs Used To Release Pheromones, Likely During Mating Rituals. Here, A Moth Is Hiding Behind A Leaf, Wiggling Its Coremata At Tehatta, West Bengal, India, On January 27, 2026.

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#13248007

28 January 2026

Parotis Marginata (Hampson) Is A Significant Pest Of Ornamental And Forest Plants, Particularly Alstonia Scholaris (Devil Tree), Tabernaemontana (Tagar), And Jasmine, Found Across South-East Asia, Including India, Bangladesh And China, As Well As Fiji, Japan And Australia. The Larvae Act As Leaf Folders/rollers, Creating Silk-lined Shelters That Cause Severe Defoliation, Scorching Effects, And Can Kill Plants In Nursery Or Garden Settings. The Adults Are A Deep Green Colour, With A Crenulated Brown Line Around The Edges Of Each Wing. The Male Parotis Marginata Possesses Coremata, Which Are Tufts Of Hair-like Scales, Typically Black Or Brown, Located At The End Of The Abdomen, Looking Like A Stretchable Broom. These Are Scent-dispersing Organs Used To Release Pheromones, Likely During Mating Rituals. Here, A Moth Is Hiding Behind A Leaf, Wiggling Its Coremata At Tehatta, West Bengal, India, On January 27, 2026.

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#13248008

28 January 2026

Parotis Marginata (Hampson) Is A Significant Pest Of Ornamental And Forest Plants, Particularly Alstonia Scholaris (Devil Tree), Tabernaemontana (Tagar), And Jasmine, Found Across South-East Asia, Including India, Bangladesh And China, As Well As Fiji, Japan And Australia. The Larvae Act As Leaf Folders/rollers, Creating Silk-lined Shelters That Cause Severe Defoliation, Scorching Effects, And Can Kill Plants In Nursery Or Garden Settings. The Adults Are A Deep Green Colour, With A Crenulated Brown Line Around The Edges Of Each Wing. The Male Parotis Marginata Possesses Coremata, Which Are Tufts Of Hair-like Scales, Typically Black Or Brown, Located At The End Of The Abdomen, Looking Like A Stretchable Broom. These Are Scent-dispersing Organs Used To Release Pheromones, Likely During Mating Rituals. Here, A Moth Is Hiding Behind A Leaf, Wiggling Its Coremata At Tehatta, West Bengal, India, On January 27, 2026.

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#13248010

28 January 2026

Parotis Marginata (Hampson) Is A Significant Pest Of Ornamental And Forest Plants, Particularly Alstonia Scholaris (Devil Tree), Tabernaemontana (Tagar), And Jasmine, Found Across South-East Asia, Including India, Bangladesh And China, As Well As Fiji, Japan And Australia. The Larvae Act As Leaf Folders/rollers, Creating Silk-lined Shelters That Cause Severe Defoliation, Scorching Effects, And Can Kill Plants In Nursery Or Garden Settings. The Adults Are A Deep Green Colour, With A Crenulated Brown Line Around The Edges Of Each Wing. The Male Parotis Marginata Possesses Coremata, Which Are Tufts Of Hair-like Scales, Typically Black Or Brown, Located At The End Of The Abdomen, Looking Like A Stretchable Broom. These Are Scent-dispersing Organs Used To Release Pheromones, Likely During Mating Rituals. Here, A Moth Is Hiding Behind A Leaf, Wiggling Its Coremata At Tehatta, West Bengal, India, On January 27, 2026.

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#13068767

7 December 2025

A juvenile abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani), also known as a common garden spider, captures a black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) in its web in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on December 7, 2025. The spider immobilises the insect with silk and saliva before retreating behind a dry leaf.

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#13068771

7 December 2025

A juvenile abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani), also known as a common garden spider, captures a black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) in its web in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on December 7, 2025. The spider immobilises the insect with silk and saliva before retreating behind a dry leaf.

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#12978679

12 November 2025

The kidney garden spider, or pale orb weaver (Bijoaraneus mitificus), rests on a leaf in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, on Nov. 11, 2025. The small species, found across South, East and Southeast Asia, has a distinctive kidney-shaped marking on its abdomen and builds orb-shaped webs. It creates a silk ''hideaway'' in a curled leaf connected to the web by a tripwire.

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#12978682

12 November 2025

The kidney garden spider, or pale orb weaver (Bijoaraneus mitificus), rests on a leaf in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, on Nov. 11, 2025. The small species, found across South, East and Southeast Asia, has a distinctive kidney-shaped marking on its abdomen and builds orb-shaped webs. It creates a silk ''hideaway'' in a curled leaf connected to the web by a tripwire.

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#12978687

12 November 2025

The kidney garden spider, or pale orb weaver (Bijoaraneus mitificus), rests on a leaf in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, on Nov. 11, 2025. The small species, found across South, East and Southeast Asia, has a distinctive kidney-shaped marking on its abdomen and builds orb-shaped webs. It creates a silk ''hideaway'' in a curled leaf connected to the web by a tripwire.

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#12978689

12 November 2025

The kidney garden spider, or pale orb weaver (Bijoaraneus mitificus), rests on a leaf in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, on Nov. 11, 2025. The small species, found across South, East and Southeast Asia, has a distinctive kidney-shaped marking on its abdomen and builds orb-shaped webs. It creates a silk ''hideaway'' in a curled leaf connected to the web by a tripwire.

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#12978699

12 November 2025

The kidney garden spider, or pale orb weaver (Bijoaraneus mitificus), rests on a leaf in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, on Nov. 11, 2025. The small species, found across South, East and Southeast Asia, has a distinctive kidney-shaped marking on its abdomen and builds orb-shaped webs. It creates a silk ''hideaway'' in a curled leaf connected to the web by a tripwire.

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