Night Walk At Windsor Nature Park (20 Dec 2019)

The weather in Singapore has been rainy for the past few weeks and today the weather seemed good, so HW and I decided to go for our night macro photography session at the Windsor Nature Park.

During the trip, I came across some brightly colored critters which I think were the larvae of Thrips. If you know what they are, appreciate that you can leave me a note.

The first beetle of the trip is the commonly encountered Chafer Beetle (Adoretus compressus) feeding on a leaf.

Near to the Adoretus compressus Chafer Beetle was another commonly encountered Chafer Beetle (Apogonia expeditionis).

There were many fallen logs along the trail and on one of the fallen logs were a small aggregation of this Fungus Beetle (Episcapha quadrimacula).

On the same log was a lovely Ground Beetle (Catascopus dalbertisi).

Walking along the trail, I was surprised to find this lone commonly encountered Tiger Beetle (Cicindela aurulenta) resting on a low bush.

Near to the Tiger Beetle was a Long Horned Beetle which was hiding under a Air Potato leaf. Owing to the awkward angle, I was not able to get a good shot of the beetle.

On a small tree near by was a 3 mm Fungus Weevil (Habrissus omadioides).

On the same tree was a 1 mm Darkling Beetle.

Walking further down the trail, this Chafer Beetle was found on a leaf node of a low bush.

On a small tree by the side of the trail was a Fungus Weevil (Eucorynus crassicornis).

On the same tree was this pupa of a Fungus Beetle.

Coming to a dying tree, several of this Long Horned Beetle (Coptops annulipes) were on the tree.

On the same tree was this long-time didn't encounter Long Horned Beetle (Thranius bimaculatus).

Centimeters from the Thranius bimachulatus Long Horned Beetle was a female Fungus Weevil (Anthribus wallacei).

On a small tree next to the dying tree was a 5 mm Darkling Beetle.

On another tree nearby was this 5 mm Weevil Beetle.

On the same tree was a 1 mm Fungus Beetle.

Moving on, a Ground Beetle was found resting on a Clidemia hirta leaf.

Nearby was another black color Ground Beetle.

At the base of the tree where the Ground Beetle was found was this 10 mm Fungus Beetle (Eumorphus mirus).

At the part where there were two rows of sawed tree trunks, this 10 mm Darkling Beetle was on one of the tree trunks.

Near to the sawed tree trunks was a small tree where this pretty Ground Beetle (Neocoptodera tetrapitolota) was found.

On another fallen tree further down the trail was this beetle larva, likely belonging to the Drakling Beetle family.

On the same log were several of this Darkling Beetle (Ceropria superba).

Next to the Ceropria superba Darkling Beetle was a 1 mm brown color beetle, likely to be a Sap Beetle.

On another fallen log nearby was this 10 mm Darkling Beetle (Ceropria induta).

On a tree next to the fallen log was this colorful beetle larva, likely that of a Fungus Beetle.

Just slightly before we turn back and call it a day, this Sap Beetle was found chewing on the fungus mushroom growing on the log.

Below the Sap Beetle were several of this Fungus Beetle (Eumorphus assamensis).

The highlight for the night was the enounter of this Ground Beetle (Physodera eschcholtzii). I rarely encounter this Ground Beetle and was pleasantly surprised to find several of them around the same area.

The last beetle for the trip was a 5 mm Darkling Beetle. This particular specimen was quite different from the other beetles that I encountered previously in that this specimen does not have a purplish sheen on it.

This trip was very fruitful even though we did not find any first-time-encounter beetles. Hopefully we will be able to go for more night macro sessions in the next few weeks as we are still in the midst of the wet phase of the Northeast Monsoon season.

Night Walk At Windsor Nature Park (22 Nov 2019)

It has been rainy this week, so HW and I decided to go to Windsor Nature Park to see if we can take some photographs of luminous fungus mushrooms. When we reached the place, the sky overhead looked gloomy and threatened to rain. Nevertheless we decided to continue to see what we can get despite the wet vegetation at the place.

Here's an interesting Ram Horn snail crawling on a fallen log.

The first beetle for the trip was a Chafer Beetle chewing a leaf.

On a small tree nearby was a  1 mm Fungus Beetle.

Near to the Fungus Beetle was a pair of 2 mm Darkling Beetle.

Further down the track was a rotten tree (commonly Dead Fall) found by HW. On it were several different beetles. Here's a photograph of a 4 mm Ground Beetle (Coptodera marginate).

On the same tree was another Ground Beetle (Minuthodes multisetosa).

At the base of the rotten tree was a Fungus Weevil (Eucorynus crassicornis).

Down at the base of the tree was a lovely 10 mm Darkling Beetle.

On the another side of the tree was a female Fungus Weevil (Antribus wallacei).

Next to the rotten tree was this Long Horn beetle (Coptops annulipes).

Next to the rotten tree was a low bush where this Darkling Beetle was found.

On a small tree near by was this small beetle larva. It is always great to find beetle larvae  as it is a sign that the beetles are reproducing.

On a small cut log that lined the track was a 10 mm Fungus Beetle (Eumorphus quadriguttatus quadriguttatus).

On the log were several of this beetle larvae.

At the end of the log was this commonly encountered Darkling Beetle.

Just when I was photographing these interesting 1-2 mm beetles and spring-tails, the sky started to drizzle.

Although our trip was shortened prematurely by the rain, the number of beetles encountered was still considered good. 

Night Walk At Island Club Road (15 Nov 2019)

For this week's night macro photography, HW and I decided to go to the Island Club Road for a walk. Although it rained in the day time, the place was still relatively dry. Here's a photograph of a Stick Insect encountered at the place.

The first beetle was a 10 mm  Fungus Beetle found a fallen tree.

It was after a while of walking that I came across another Fungus Beetle (Eumorphus tetraspilotus) resting on a leaf.

Some distance away was another fallen log where there were several large fungus mushrooms growing on it, and inside the mushrooms were several of this 3 mm Silken Fungus Beetle (Triplax rufipes).

The highlight for the trip was this first-time-encountered Ground Beetle (Chlaenius virgulifer). It was hyperactive and was crawling around the ground very quickly. Sadly I was not able to catch any good shot of the beetle.

On a small tree along the route was a 5 mm Darkling Beetle.

More walking without finding any critters and this interesting looking beetle larva found on a fallen log was a welcomed sight.

On the same log was this Rove Beetle which was a challenge to photograph with its non-stop movement across the log.

More walking before finding this 5 mm beetle (Martinezostes sp.) on a rotten standing tree.

Near to the Martinezostes sp. beetle was a 3 mm Darkling Beetle on a small tree.

The last beetle for the trip was a Long Horned Beetle (Epepeotes luscus) which happened to land on HW's flash diffuser.

Although the trip was not as fruitful as expected but finding the first-time-encountered Ground Beetle was worth the trip, albeit that I didn't manage to get a good shot of the beetle.