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He passed away

This is actually a late upload. The last time that I posted about my Tarantula. I felt like everything's a waste. The effort, time and moments that was spent together. After all that has been done, I'm so divestated for his lost. You'll be missed.

Try to flip it and see
if there's a sign of life.

While holding it with his crippled legs

The last position that he did.
He manage to get some few steps.

A closer look on
his final stage as a Male

Tarantula Bad Molt

Last Night (November 17, 2021) after I got home, I saw my Fireleg Tarantula molting and it's in upsidedown position. I got so exited on his molting and plan to video record it. But then I got tired and just left it not knowing what happen during his molting stage.

And this morning I woke up exited and what I witness is just so horrific. He got a bad molt. His legs got stuck and some got twisted. I tried to help him out and sadly he lost one part of his hind while I gently removing some exoskeleton. I just don't know what to do, I search on the enternet and it seems no information or helpful ideas that could give me a good tips or advice. Most of the experience ended up death of tarantula. I feel so discouraged and no chance of surviving my Fireleg that was with me for 3 years. It was his final form, he got his tibial hooks and emboli for mating and yet it end up bad molting.

His position where I left him
after I remove some
stocked exoskeleton. 

I hope he survive or maybe for some other time I can still give him the best care that I could. I love this tarantula as part of me as a family.

Philippines Beetle: Salagubang

Here's another Philippines Beetle commonly called Salagubang (Leucopholis Irrorata) or Chafer Beetle.

Most of this beetle are considered Exotic Food, but I never tried one. They are sometimes called May or June beetle, since most of them will spring out either of those months and will soon faded after a few weeks or sometimes a month.

This beetle feeds on Mango tree most of the time and their larva are commonly underground either in rice fields or some other Crops for their food. Some calls them Pest but I don't think if it really that worse, unlike Long-horned Beetle who feed inside in the branches of Mango Tree.

They have a short lifespan and I don't know for sure as to how long, You may do some research about it. I keep some of them for sometime feeding and giving their own refuge and yet they just fade away for some couple of days or maybe week. I just can't tell why unlike the Xylotrupes Gideon which you can keep and mate it for as long as there is enough resources for their larva.

Salagubang is also common in Cebuano and we call it Bakukang as General Name for Beetle either Salagubang, Rhynocerous or whatever you saw for as long as it is beetle, but it Tagalog they have Salaginto and Salagubang as describe in the Song "Sitsiritsit Alibangbang".

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Some True Bug

You have heard someone call it Assassin Bug, and some others Kissing Bugs or maybe bedbugs. LOL! But actually this are True Bugs. Why was that, this insect used their sucking tube (proboscis) to earn a living. Some type of True Bugs were stinky and some has no odor. The Stink was actually a diversion or a common defense mechanisms for predictors to avoid being eaten. You may find it very friendly since they used tubes as their mouths unlike other insect like Bees or ants used a pincers or mandibles to slice their food. But careless handling of bug such as this could be very disappointing if you don't know which bug it is, this bug could liquefy their food in minutes using their saliva, like assassin bugs that could kill in just seconds and liquefy their victims internal organs and sucks it like juice. It's very painful than an ant sting.

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Beautiful Tiny Moth

I caught a tiny moth with a black spot and pink body. Can you name it? this one is so beautiful and tiny, I decide to let it go as nature goes. Video was taken around second week of August 2021 and was edited last August 20, 2021. I forgot to cover the who story on how I caught this tiny moth.

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Brief Overview of Atlas Moth

Brief Overview of Atlas Moth

Thank for viewing and have a great day.

- Jerry N. Bustillo

Orb Weaver Mating

Finally, I caught these two lovely couples making love. Anyway, as I prepare for a stake meeting, these orb weavers were also busy and working too hard for a living. Here is the video that I took -

I thought she's gonna eat the tiny one. 😁 the female is 5 times larger than the male. He'll be killed in an instant if she's not in the mood. 😅

Name this insect.

Can you guess this one?

Another insect that I found in the chapel after the sacrament program in Bulawen Branch. It was dead already on the floor, I think someone caught and killed it or maybe some other kinds of insect could have killed and left it. Anyway, I picked it up and see if it will be preserved in my collect.

What do you call this?

It looks like a fly but it has a long abdomen.

Shapes almost like a dwarf dragonfly,
But eexceptfor its wings.

It's not horsefly and it has needle suckers
like Assassin bug or similar.
Which means it is a Predator. 

Can you name it now?

Will the name is on this link below, check it for yourself.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asilidae

What do you know about Dandelion?

A Closer Look. Seems not clear.

Philippine Dandelion. 

What should I do with this?

Creatures

I love creatures that have a life of great stories and values.
They're created with a purpose, don’t hate them.

- Jerry Bustillo

Brown Katydid

I found this aggressive insect and it seems like it is hungry and it is looking for its prey. It is katydids, I found a lot of different variety of this insects, so this time I took some shots of it before I let it go to the wild. So pretty but I think it's not worth to handle. I don't know its actual name and also the camera seems so dim. I find similar picture of it only, fortunately I found one as exactly it is at the bottom of this pictures. Thanks to the pictures that I found on google, who ever you are hope I could credit you sometime in this post.

Measuring Leg. Around 3" Long

From head to Lower Abdomen Measures 1.5"

Back has plain Brown Color.

But Camera was not able to capture its Natural Color

Try to Capture it's head but it seem so dim.

This is the Actual image I found on the Web,

this is how exactly it looks like.

Brown Katydids

Rabbits

Some of the Pictures that I caught somewhere in Cubao.

I would like to have some of it soon. They're so adorable and I think it's not that hard to raise them.

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Wildlife Local Transport Permit

Process Flow for Wildlife Local Transport Permit

Local Transport Permit refers to a permit authorizing an individual to bring, carry or ship wildlife, by-products or derivatives acquired from legal sources from the point of origin to the final destination within the country.



Requirements

- Duly Accomplished Application Form

- Export permit/Certification of Origin from Exporting Country

- For live specimens,

Phytosanitary/Veterinary Certificates issued by the authorized government agency of the country of origin

- Payment




The Flow



START

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Applicant

Files Application with corresponding requirements

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Record Unit

Receives application and endorses Protected Areas and Wildlife Section (PAWS)

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PAWS Section Chief

Approves order of payment at the Cashier and assigns inspector

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Wildlife Section Inspector

Conducts identification and inventory of wildlife species/by products for transport.

Arranges, reviews and initials the prepared permit then forwards to the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO)

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CENRO

Issues Transport Permit

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The Legend of the Makahiya Plant | Ang Alamat ng Makahiya

I read some of the great legend of this plant or fable of Makahiya plant. Others tells a good detail about the story. But I could get a great story about this from my father who told me the story when I was young. I don't know where my father get this fable or legend but I found it interesting.

So, I decided to have it post in the web, perhaps I could give a good memory of a good story from my father who'd passed away.


The Origin of Makahiya Plan.
Fable retold by Jerry Bustillo

Ang Alamat ng Halamang Makahiya

Noong sinaunang panahon, sa lugar ng mga diwata. May isang diwata na mahilig mag-alaga ng mga magagandang bulaklak, na kung saan taon-taon sila ay magdiwang ng isang paligsahan o pagandahan ng mga bulaklak.

Pero tuwing taon, merong isang magandang bulaklak na palaging nananalo kahit sinikap na ng lahat ng mga bulaklak na pagandahin at palusugin ang kanilang sariling itsura bilang isang bulaklak, tanging ang bulaklak parin na ito ay higit na mas maganda kaysa iba. Ang pangalan niya ay "Ubeng Rosa", sapagkat siya ay kulay ube. Lahat na lang ng mga bulaklak ay hinahangaan siya, at dahil dito sinikap nila na maging isa ring napakaganda at higitan si Ubeng Rosa.

At dahil si Ubeng Rosa ay isang napakagandang bulaklak at tanging bulaklak na hindi natatalo sa paligsahan, siya ay pinarangalan na maging tagapamahala sa kanilang lugar o harden ng mga bulaklak habang wala ang diwata.

Isang araw, dumating ang isang napakalakas na ulan, na kung saan lahat ng mga hayop at mga maliliit na insekto ay naghahanap ng mga masisilungan sapagkat bumabaha ng ang kanilang lugar. May mga grupo ng mga langgam na naghahanap ng kanilang masilungan na kung saan sila ay nakarating sa harden ng mga bulaklak.

Habang nandoon nakahanap sila ng isang magandang lugar para hindi sila mabasa. Sabi ng haring langgam "dito na muna tayo sa isang malaking damo, puwede tayo dito magdamag at magandang pagsisilungan." hindi nila namalayan na si Ubeng Rosang pala ang kanilang napagsilungan. Naiinis si Ubeng Rosa dahil nabangit ng lagam na isa pala siyang damo para sa kanila, at kilala siya ng lahat na isang napakagandang bulaklak sa buong harden. Kaya sinabi niya sa kanila, "umalis nga kayo mga walang kwentang langgam. Hindi ako damo, kilala ako ng lahat at pinupuri ako ng lahat ng mga bulaklak. Hindi n'yo ba ako kilala?".

"Pagpasinsyahan na po ninyo kami binibining bulaklak, bago lang kasi kami dito sa hardin ninyo at kilangan lang namin talagang makahanap ng mapagsilungan. Patawad po, binibining bulaklak" sabi naman ng hari ng mga langgam.

Hindi parin pinatawad ni Ubeng Rosa ang mga langgam at pinagtabuyan parin n'ya ang mga ito. Natatakot na ang mga langgam at puno na ng tubig ang mga madaanan nila.

"Naku papano na tayo, hindi na tayo makahanap ng mapagsilungan baka marami sa atin ang mapahamak?".

Kahit nagmamakaawa na ang mga langgam hindi parin sila pinapansin ni Ubeng Rosa. Ngunit napansin ito ni Kangkong at naawa s'ya sa mga langgam. Kaya ang ginawa ng Kangkong ay pinapapunta n'ya ang mga maliliit na langgam para hindi sila mapahamak sa ulan. Sabi ni Kangkong "dito na kayo mga maliliit na langgam, malalaki naman ang mga tangkay at dahon ko, kahit papano pwede kayo dito".

Pumayag naman itong mga langgam na makisilong kay Kangkong, at wala na silang sapat na panahon para maghanap sa ibang lugar. Ngunit napakalakas ng ulan at kahit si Kangkong ay nanganganib din sapagkat manipis lang siya at hindi siya marunong umahon sa tubig kung siya man ay mailulubog.

Palakas ng palakas ang ulan, na kung saan unting-unti sa mga langgam ay nahuhulog sa tubig at namamatay at kahit si Kangkong ay lumubog din at namatay dahil sa bagyo. Kinabukasan ng makita nila ang mga pangyayari nalulungkot ang lahat sa kanilang mga nakikita sa isang grupo ng mga langgam ay naubos ng dahil sa bagyo at dahil sa kagagawan ni Ubeng Rosa.

Dumating ang diwata at kinumusta sila kung napaano sila noong naganap ang bagyo sa kanilang lugar. Nagulat siya ng makita ng diwata na nalubong at namamatay ang lahi ng mga langgam at si Kangkong ay napahamak. "Ano ang nangyari dito?" sabi ng diwata.

Walang magawa ang lahat na mga bulaklak at sinalaysay nila ang buong pangyayari na kung saan hindi sana mapahamak ang mga langgam kung pinayagan lang sana ni Ubeng Rosa na makisilong sa kanya. Pero, napangibabawan siya ng galit kaya itinaboy n'ya ang mga langgam at sila ay napahamak ng dahil sa lakas ng bagyo.

Hindi makapaniwala ang diwata sa ginawa ni Ubeng Rosa sa kanila, kaya dahil dito kinakailang parusahan siya sa mga pagkakamali na nagawa niya. Kaya ang mga diwata ay isinumpa siya sa kanyang ginagaw.

"Ikaw at ang korona mo ay magiging tinik sa lahat ng mga umaapak sayo dahil hindi mo binigyang pansin ang mga buhay ng mga maliliit na nilalang. Ang magagadang bulaklak mo ay hindi mapapasin at hindi kailanman pansinin ng lahat, at ikaw ay gagapang sa lupa ng iyong buong buhay." Sabi ng mga diwata na nagsumpa sa kanya.

At si kangkong naman na napahamak dahil sa pagtulong n'ya sa mga lagam ay binigyan ng biyaya ng mga diwata na kahit gaano man kalakas ang ulan ay makaahon at mabubuhay parin ang kanyang mga dahon at tangkay at hindi madaling mapahamak sa tubig.

Mula noong sinumpa si Ubeng Rosa, siya ay hindi na binigyan ng truno sa mga magagandang bulaklak at nagsimulang gumapang-gapang sa lupa para hindi mapansin ang kanyang pangit na kalagayan.

At ng mapasin ng mga nilalang ang dating magandang bulaklak na si Ubeng Rosa. "Uy! si Ubeng Rosa oh, ano na ba ang nangyari sa kanya at parang pumangit ang kanyang dating ganda at pagapang-gapang na lang siya sa lupa?" Sabi ng mga hayop.

At mula ng siya ay napansin, nagsimula na rin ang pagtiklop ng kanyang dahon para matakpan ang kanyang kahiya-hiyang kalagayan.

- wakas


In memory of Elmer Bustillo

Who made the story known,
from your loving son Jerry Bustillo