The Seattle Spirit

Grass Demon ( Udaspes folus ) dorsal This is  Udaspes folus , commonly name as  Grass Demon. The dorsal (upper side) colours are brown with white dots and the ventral (lower side) colours dominate with white, particularly abdomen and thorax.  It's known as pest of turmeric  Grass Demon ( Udaspes folus ) ventral Grass Demon ( Udaspes folus ) dorsal Classification Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthopoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Family Hesperiidae Genus Udaspes Species Udaspes folus Cramer References ID: (Compare image and the characteristics) Butterfly Circle.  Udaspes folus . Accessed on 14-03-2019.  iNaturalist . Accessed on 14-03-2019.  Naik, D., and M. S. Mustak. 2016. A Checklist of butterfly of Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8 (12). Supardi, N. I. 2012. The Grass Demon Skipper ( Udaspes folus ) . Accessed on 14-03-2019.  

Aspidomorpha sanctaecrucis This is  Aspidomorpha sanctaecrucis , commonly known as Golden Tortoise Beetle.  It's similar in Bahasa, mostly Indonesia people called it as Kepik emas or Kumbang Kura-kura Emas (kepik/kumbang=beetle; Kura-kura; tortoise; emas=golden). Maybe because of they're golden and shine colour, just like a golden and also the dorsal (upper side) form looks like tortoise shell (carapace). But, the local name (Sumedang; Sundanese) is totally different, that is Bolokotono. Even me as Sundanese, I don't know, why it's called Bolokotono? If you search Bolokoto in your search engine, it refers to a song, the title is Bolokotono, but the song isn't about the beetle, it is about someone.  Ini adalah  Aspidimorpha sanctaecrucis , secara umum dikenal sebagai Golden Tortoise Bettle. Namanya sama dalam Bahasa, kebanyakan orang-orang menyebutnya sebagai Kepik emas atau  Kumbang Kura-kura Emas. Mungkin karena warnanya emas dan bersina...

This is Coral Plant ( Jatropha multifida L). In Sumedang (Sundanese), locally called this plant as Pinisilin. It sounds like the name of antibiotic, but it refers to this plant, Jatropha multifida . Commonly, in Indonesia, this plant is called as  Jarak Tintir .  Ini adalah Coral Plant ( Jatropha multifida L). Di Sumedang (Sunda), orang-orang menyebutnya Pinisilin. Terdengar seperti nama antibiotik, tapi yang dimaksud adalah tanaman ini, Jatropha multifida . Umumnya, di Indonesia, disebut sebagai Jarak Tintir. It’s perennials plant, shrub [9, 11, 14]. It's about 2 m [14], with a maximum  height of 6 m [11]. S tem : r ound, woody, base enlarges, sticky, clearly seen the attached marks of leaves. Young stems are green and the old one are greenish white [14]. L eaf: s imple, large, palmate, deep narrow lobes, with long stalk [14]. Alternate phyllotaxis [11]. Upper leaves are dark green, and the lower leaves are brighter [9]. Fl ower : m ultiparous cyme, resemble...

This is Water Clover ( Marsilea minuta L.). The local people (Sumedang, West Java; Sundanese) called it "Samanggen", but mostly Indonesian called it "Semanggi". At a glance, it looks like "Creeping Woodsorrel" ( Oxalis corniculata ), even their local names are also the same i.e semanggi. But, both are totally different. Water Clover ( Marsilea minuta L.) is an aquatic fern (Pteridophyta). Conversely, Creeping Woodsorrel ( Oxalis corniculata ) is a terrestrial seed plant (Spermatophyta). Additionally, Water Clover ( Marsilea minuta  L.) is also bigger than Creeping Woodsorrel ( Oxalis corniculata )  Ini adalah Semanggi Air ( Marsilea minuta  L.). Penduduk sekitar (Sumedang, Jawa Barat; Sunda) menyebutnya Semangen, tapi sebagian besar orang Indonesia menyebutnya "Semanggi". Sekilas, tumbuhan ini mirip dengan Semanggi/Daun Asam Kecil ( Oxalis corniculata ), bahkan nama lokanyapun sama Semanggi. Tapi, sebenarnya keduanya sangat berbeda. S...