Morning Walk At Chestnut Nature Park - Southern Trail (21 Mar 2020)

I just received my new flash diffuser and am itching to give it a try. As such I decided to go to the Chestnut Nature Park for a walk and test out the new flash diffuser. The weather was dry and so the probability of finding beetle decreases with the increase of the mercury. Fortunately, the number of beetles encountered on this trip was considerably good.

An interesting terrestrial flat worm encountered at the beginning of the trip. Thankfully the flash diffuser worked well and I am pleased with the results.

Darkling Beetle ~ 1 mm

Darkling Beetle ~ 2 mm

Leaf Beetle (Graphops curtipennis) ~ 4 mm

Fungus Beetle (Episcapha xanthopustulata) ~ 15 mm

Leaf Beetle ~ 1 mm [First-time-encountered]

Fungus Weevil ~ 15 mm

Fungus Beetle (Episca[ja quadrimacula) ~ 20 mm

Leaf Beetle ~ 8 mm

Fungus Weevil ~ 1 mm

Leaf Beetle (Argopus brevis) ~ 5 mm

Long Horned Beetle ~ 5 mm [First-time-encountered]

Fungus Beetle (Eumorphus quadriguttatus) ~ 15 mm

Fungus Beetle (Eumorphus westwoodi) ~ 15 mm

Fungus Weevil (Habrissus omadiaoides) ~ 5 mm

Leaf Beetle (Hoplosaenidea singaporensis) ~ 8 mm

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

Unidentified beetle, likely Leaf Beetle ~ 1 mm

Leaf Beetle (Lema rufotestacea) ~ 8 mm

Weevil ~ 5 mm

Morning Walk At Riffle Range Road (14 Mar 2020)

Feeling better after a few days of feeling under the weather, I decided to go to Riffle Range Road for my weekly macro photography session. It has been a long time I last went to Riffle Range Road, partially because of the closure of the Riffle Range Road portion of the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve for the development of the Riffle Range Nature Park.

Here's an interesting looking Leaf Hopper found at the start of the trip at the place.

Spiny Leaf Beetle (Dactylispa weyersi) ~ 4 mm [First-time-encountered]

Fungus Beetle (Eumorphus quadriguttatus quadriguttatus) ~ 10 mm

Chafer Beetle ~ 15 mm [First-time-encountered]

Soldier Beetle (Crudosilis ruficollis) ~ 10 mm

Leaf Beetle ~ 1 mm

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

Fungus Beetle ~ 3 mm

Leaf Beetle (Argopus brevis) ~ 5 mm

Silken Fungus Beetle (Triplax rufipes) ~ 3 mm

Leaf Beetle ~ 8 mm

Shiny Fungus Beetle ~ 3 mm [First-time-encountered]

Shiny Fungus Beetle ~ 3 mm

Fungus Beetle ~ 3 mm

Leaf Beetle ~ 10 mm

Afternoon Walk At Windsor Nature Park (08 Mar 2020)

I was feeling under-the-weather for a good part of the week and so when I have fully recovered, I decided to go for a walk at the Windsor Nature Park, despite the hot weather and afternoon time. From my past experience, hot weather will see a drastic drop in the number of beetles encountered, let alone in the afternoon time. Nevertheless I decided to proceed with the plan in order to ease the itch of my trigger finger, albeit that my expectation of finding beetles was not very high.

Here's a photograph of an interesting looking jumping spider encountered at the place.

Darkling Beetle ~ 2 mm

Tiger Beetle (Cicindela aurulenta) ~ 15 mm

Tumbling Flower Beetle (Glipa malaccana) ~ 10 mm

Fungus Beetle (Episcapha xanthopustulata) ~ 15 mm

Ladybird Beetle ~ 4 mm

Ladybird Beetle (Chilocorus circumdatus) ~ 4 mm

Fungus Beetle ~ 10 mm

Ground Beetle (Pericalus depressus) ~ 4 mm

Fungus Weevil (Acorynus pictus) ~ 8 mm

Fungus Weevil ~ 10 mm

Unknown beetle ~ 3 mm

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

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

Checkered Beetle (Omadius seticornis) ~ 20 mm

Jewel Beetle (Habroloma lepidopterum) ~ 2 mm

Leaf Beetle (Galerosastra sumatrana) ~ 8 mm

Long Horned Beetle (Coptops annulipes) ~ 20 mm

Beetle larva ~ 5 mm