Morning Walk At Windsor Nature Park (24 Jan 2020)

It has been a while I have the opportunity to do macro photography in the morning. Seizing the opportunity of the Chinese New Year holiday season, I decided to go to the Windsor Nature Park for a walk. At the same time, I am also testing out a DIY "light-weight" flash diffuser. Sadly the new setup is not as good as I expected.

Here's a photograph of an alien looking insect found at the place, likely to be a nymph of an Assassin Bug.

 Orchid Leaf Beetle (Lema pectoralis) ~ 10 mm

Ladybird Beetle (Scymnus rubromaculatus) ~ 2 mm

Fungus Beetle (Episcapha quadrimacula) ~ 15 mm

Fungus Weevil (Habriaaua omadioides) ~ 3 mm

Darkling Beetle ~ 1 mm

Weevil Beetle (Demimaea bakeri) ~ 3 mm

Fungus Beetle ~ 10 mm

Beetle larva ~ 8 mm

Darkling Beetle ~ 2 mm [First-time-encountered]

Sap Beetle ~ 1 mm

Fungus Beetle (Eumorphus quadriguttatus quadriguttatus) ~ 10 mm

Ladybird Beetle ~ 4 mm

Fungus Beetle (Eumorphus mirus) ~ 10 mm

Long Horned Beetle ~ 10 mm

Jewel Beetle (Endelus bakerianus) ~ 2 mm

Leaf Beetle (Graphops curtipennis) ~ 4 mm

Jewel Beetle (Habroloma lepidopterum) ~ 2 mm

Visit to the Thomson Nature Park (10 Jan 2020)

HW and I were planning to go to Thomson Nature Park for our regular macro photography session, and just about an hour before we set off to the place, it started to rain. We waited for a while and decided to proceed with the plan when the rain stopped.

Here's a picture of a 12 mm Mantid Fly found at the place. Interesting insect I must add.

Leaf Beetle ~ 10 mm

Darkling Beetle ~ 5 mm

Fungus Weevil (Eucorynus crassicornis) ~ 10 mm

Darkling Beetle ~ 10 mm

Darkling Beetle (Cryphaeus gazelle) ~ 10 mm

Ground Beetle (Physodera eschcholtzii) ~ 10 mm

Darkling Beetle (Promethis valga) ~ 15 mm

Darkling Beetle ~ 1 mm

Hister Beetle (Platysoma leconti) ~ 3 mm

Beetle larva ~ 5 mm

Darkling Beetle (Ceropria superba) ~ 10 mm

Ground Beetle (Catascopus dalbertisi) ~ 10 mm

Fungus Weevil (Habrissus omadioides) ~ 4 mm

Darkling Beetle (Ceropria induta) ~ 10 mm

Darkling Beetle ~ 15 mm

Beetle larva ~ 5 mm

Darkling Beetle ~ 5 mm

Weevil Beetle ~ 5 mm

Recce Trips To Thomson Nature Park (Jan 2020)

The Thomson Nature Park was first opened in Oct 2019 and I didn't have the opportunity to visit the place until this holiday seasons of Christmas and New Year.

The following is a combination of the various recce trips that I made to the Thomson Nature Park. Starting from this first post for 2020, I will only post the photographs of the beetles that I encountered during the trip, with some information on the beetles encountered.

Leaf Beetle ~10 mm

Long Horned Beetle (Pterolophia illicita) ~ 10 mm [First-time-encountered]

Pintail Beetle ~ 5 mm [First-time-encountered]

Fungus Beetle (Eumorphus quadriguttatus quadriguttatus) ~ 10 mm

Tortoiseshell Beetle (Cassida circumdata) ~ 8 mm

Leaf Beetle ~10 mm

Fungus Weevil (Eucorynus crassicornis) ~10 mm

Darkling Beetle ~25 mm

Darkling Beetle (Ceropria induta) ~10 mm

Darkling Beetle (Promethis valga) ~15 mm

Long Horned Beetle (Xystrocera globosa) ~ 18 mm [First-time-encountered]

Darkling Beetle (Cryphaeus gazelle) ~ 10 mm

Ground Beetle (Catascopus dalbertisi) ~10 mm

Beetle larva

Polypore Fungus Beetle ~ 3 mm

Rove Beetle ~3 mm

Darkling Beetle (Byrsaz sp.) ~3 mm

Rove Beetle ~3 mm [First-time-encountered]

Pintail ~10 mm

Rove Beetle ~3 mm [First-time-encountered]

Darkling Beetle ~10 mm [First-time-encountered]

Darkling Beetle ~4 mm

Fungus Beetle (Mycetina cyanipennis) ~3 mm

Fungus Weevil ~3 mm

Darkling Beetle ~ 5 mm

Darkling Beetle ~5 mm