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.

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

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