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.😀

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

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

Night Walk Along Island Country Club Road (02 Aug 2019)

The weather this week was hot and dry with totally no rain at all. As such, I decided to take a walk along the Island Country Club Road for my night macro photography session.

Here's a photograph of hundreds of spiderlings encountered during the trip.

The first beetle for the trip was a 2 mm Ladybird Beetle, found under a leaf of an Elephant Ear Plant.

Moving further down, I was thrilled to find a first-time-encountered 2 mm Ground Beetle. Upon closer examination, you can see that the Ground Beetle was covered with fine hairs all over.

On a rotten tree nearby was a 4 mm Fungus Weevil resting on a small tree.

Near to the Fungus Weevil was a smaller 2 mm Fungus Weevil.

On a small tree near to the Fungus Weevils was this commonly encountered 2 mm Darkling Beetle.

At the base of a large tree was a commonly encountered Chafer Beetle (Adoretus compressus) munching on a leaf.

On another tree was this 4 mm Darling Beetle.

Moving deeper, I was glad to be able to find this lovely Ground Beetle (Catascopus dalbertisi) resting on a fallen log.

On a large tree nearby was this interesting 10 mm Chafer Beetle with many dots or dimples on it.

The last beetle of the trip was a commonly encountered Chafer Beetle (Apogonia expeditionis).

The number of beetles encountered during the trip was very low by Windsor Nature Park's standard, but nevertheless, it is still a good trip given that I managed to find one first-time-encounter beetle.