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Saturday, 20 October 2018

Night Walk At Lower Peirce Reservoir (19 Oct 2018)

It has been raining almost every Friday night for the past one month, so I am glad that the weather was fair today and took the opportunity to go to the Lower Peirce Reservoir for my night macro photography.

Here's an interesting looking 4 mm Leaf Hopper at the place.


For this trip, I am going to a less visited spot at Lower Peirce Reservoir. On the way to the spot, I came across this commonly encountered Chafer Beetle (Apogonia expeditionis) feasting on a flower. This is one of the reasons why many gardeners do not welcome beetles in their gardens.


A stone's throw away was another Chafer Beetle resting on some flower buds.


After a bit of walking, I reach the spot and found this familiar Darkling Beetle (Ceropria induta) resting on a dead log.


Near to the Darkling Beetle was a 10 mm Pleasing Beetle (Micrencaustes lunulata). The reason why I chose this place was the abundance of fallen trees where many beetles can usually be found.


Just a few centimeters away was one of my favorite Ground Beetle (Catascopus facialis) on a rotten log.


Nearby to the Ground Beetle was a Fungus Beetle (Eumorphus tetrapilotus) resting on a dead bracket fungus mushroom.


Next to the Fungus Beetle was a half eaten white fungus mushroom where this pair of Sap Beetle was found.


On the same log was this 3 mm Pill Scarab Beetle, all rolled up like a little round pill.


Further down the same log was this Fungus Beetle which looked like the Micrencaustes lunulata Fungus Beetle but at half its size at 5 mm.


The last beetle for the trip was a Darkling Beetle (Strongylium tenuipes) at the base of a small tree. Unlike previous encounters, this particular specimen was super active and was moving about the tree while I was photographing it.


Although the trip was shorter than usual, the number of beetles encountered was still reasonable. 

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