Morning Walk At Windsor Nature Park (05 Nov 2021)

 I have been lazy and didn't keep up with my macro photography sessions. As I was on leave and the weather was fine and sunny, I decided to drop by Windsor Nature Park for a morning macro photography session.

When I reached the place, I was surprised that the place was crowded with joggers and hikers even though it is a weekday. It is not a good news as this means the lower chance of finding beetles due to the high foot traffic on the trails. 

It has been raining for the past few days and the place is wetter than usual. With the wet weather, many types of fungi or mushrooms sprang up throughout the trail. Here's an interesting shot of one of them.

Leaf Beetle (Graphops curtipennis) ~ 4 mm

Fungus Weevil ~ 10 mm

Beetle Larva ~ 8 mm

Darkling Beetle ~ 2 mm

Leaf Beetle (Chabria angulicollis) ~ 5 mm. 

[NB: Previously wrongly identified as Argopus brevis.]

Darkling Beetle (Phymatosoma rufonotatum) ~ 10 mm

Ladybird Beetle ~ 4 mm

The number of beetles encountered was considerably low, possibly due to the high foot traffic and also the wet weather for the past few days. Nevertheless, it is still a good trip especially after such a long break since my last macro photography session.😀

Night Walk At Windsor Nature Park (09 Oct 2020)

 After getting over the inertia of going out of the house, HW and I decided to go to Windsor Nature Park for our regular macro photography session. It could possibly be too long that I didn't use my camera, my camera was working up and I was having problems with taking proper shots through out the trip. The camera kept refusing to focus properly and the aperture also kept freezing up in between shots.  Nevertheless, here are some of the more presentable photographs for the night. Please pardon some of the slightly out of focus shots.

A relatively big Tree Hopper (~ 25mm) was the first critter encountered at the place.

Beetle larva ~ 2 mm

Ground Beetle (Onyptergia longispinis) ~ 25 mm

Rove Beetle ~ 3 mm

Fungus Weevil (Eucorynus crassicornis) ~ 8 mm

Daarkling Beetle ~ 3 mm

Darkling Beetle (Ceropria superba) ~ 10 mm

Chafer Beetle (Apogonia expeditionis) ~ 8 mm

Darkling Beetle ~ 10 mm

Darkling Beetle (Gonocephalum depressum) ~ 15 mm

Darkling Beetle ~ 5 mm

Ground Beetle ~ 25 mm

Chafer Beetle ~ 10 mm

Fungus Beetle (Eumorphus tetraspilotus) ~ 10 mm

This trip was not particularly fruitful, partially because of the weather and partially due to the malfunctioning of my camera. Nevertheless, this is still a good trip especially it is after a while of non-action.

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