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Thursday 13 June 2013

Short Walk At Kent Ridge Park (13 Jun 2013)

I was around Clementi area and had some in-between time in the late morning so I decided to go to the nearby Kent Ridge Park for a short walk.



The first beetle that appeared in this manicured park was this leaf beetle (Colasposoma auripenne). The place seemed to be teeming with this type of beetle as a large number of them were seen on different plants in the park.


The next beetle looked like a Tumbling Flower Beetle. It was a rather small beetle at about 3 mm.


The next was a really tiny (< 2 mm) and hyper-active beetle. Before I can photograph it properly it flew away, leaving me with a blurry photograph. I have included it here to document what I saw during the trip.


The highlight of the trip was this Tiger Beetle (Cicindela aurulenta), a commonly seen Tiger Beetle around our parks. The surprise was that it allowed me to photograph it in close proximity without running away as they usually would.


The last beetle that I came across was this brightly colored Lady Bird Beetle. It was found resting under a big leaf.


Just when I am done photographing this beetle, my in-between time was also up. Although this is a short trip, it was still an interesting one.

Next week I will be overseas for a short break and hopefully I can still catch some overseas beetle actions.

 

10 comments:

  1. Hi David,

    We've been following your blog and your articles about beetles are very interesting!

    Would it be ok if we share your blog on our NParks Facebook page (www.facebook.com/nparksbuzz) ?

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  2. Hi David,

    Thanks for allowing us to share your blog. We have posted it on our Page. You can view it at https://www.facebook.com/nparksbuzz

    Meanwhile, if you are keen, you can also share the photos of beetles on our Facebook Page. We are sure many of our fans will appreciate them. They are all nature and park lovers :)

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  3. Hi David,

    I am Kiat Teng from Science Centre and we saw your blog from the NPark's Facebook page and thought it is very interesting as well.

    Hope you would also allow us to share it on our "Science It" Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ScienceIt), a page dedicated to exploring science in our daily life.

    Thank you!

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  4. Hi Kiat Teng,
    Please feel free to share it. You are also free to share my Singapore Beetles identification website also - http://davidmoh1313.wix.com/beetlesg

    Regards...

    David Moh

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    1. Hi David,

      Thanks for your quick reply, and for the offer to share both the blogpost and the Singapore Beetles identification website.

      Thank you and regards,
      Kiat Teng

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    2. Hi David,

      The url for the Singapore Beetles identification website seems to be wrong. The page couldn't load. Would you mind checking?

      Thank you!

      Regards,
      Kiat Teng

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  5. Hi Kiat Teng,
    My apologies... please see if this URL works...

    http://davidmoh1313.wix.com/beetlesg#

    Not sure why there's the need for the # sign... alternatively, you can go to the website by clicking on the URL link at the top of my blog...

    Regards...

    David Moh

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  6. Hi David,

    No worries. Just not sure why I couldn't access the page despite trying on all available links and even the link from google. I will attempt again later and update you again.

    Regards,
    Kiat Teng

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