Morning Walk At Windsor Nature Park (01 Feb 2020)

I happened to be up very early and so I decided to go to Windsor Nature Park for a walk. During my walk I came across some interesting looking fungus growing on a rotting log.

Darkling Beetle ~ 2 mm

Fungus Beetle (Episcapha quadrimacula) ~ 10 mm

Darkling Beetle ~ 1 mm

Fungus Beetle (Eumorphus quadriguttatus quadriguttatus)~ 10 mm

Fungus Beetle ~ 10 mm

Fungus Beetle (Eumorphus assamensis) ~ 10 mm

Fungus Beetle (Stenotarsus nobilis nobilis) ~ 4 mm

Fungus Beetle ~ 10 mm

Fungus Beetle ~ 1 mm

Fungus Weevil (Habrissus omadioides) ~ 4 mm

Beetle Larva ~ 5 mm

Pleasing Fungus Beetle (Triplatoma gestroi) ~ 15 mm

Checkered Beetle ~ 10 mm

Dung Beetle (Onthophagus leosemontis) ~ 5 mm

Net-winged Beetle ~ 4 mm

Fungus Beetle ~ 10 mm (lighter color spots, likely to be Eumorphus quadriguttatus quadriguttatus.

Fungus Beetle (Eumorphus westwoodi) ~ 10 mm

Fungus Weevil ~ 10 mm

Fungus Beetle ~ 5 mm

Darkling Beetle (unsure) ~ 15 mm

Long-Toed Water Beetle ~ 3 mm

Weevil Beetle (Demimaea bakeri) ~ 3 mm

Leaf Beetle ~ 8 mm

Firefly (unsure) ~ 10 mm

Darkling Beetle (Strongylium tenuipes) ~ 10 mm

Leaf Beetle (Colasposoma auripenne) ~ 5 mm

Tortoiseshell Beetle (Laccoptera nepalensis) ~8 mm

Ant-like Flower Beetle (Anthelephia cyanea)

Night Walk At Pasir Ris Park (31 Oct 20140

It rained heavily about an hour or so before my friend and I set off for a night shoot at the Pasir Ris Park. With the wet weather, the chances of finding beetles would significantly be lower but we continued as planned.

My friend was hoping to get some photographs of snakes at the place and he had his wish came true with the encounter with two Painted Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis pictus) and an Oriental Whip Snake (Ahaetulla prasina). It was really fortunate as the chances of finding snakes immediately after a heavy rain is as high as finding beetles after the rain.

The first few beetles that greeted us were the commonly encountered Chafer Beetle (Adoretus compressus). These few beetles were drenched by the heavy rain.

On a patch of  Rhododendron plant (Melastoma malabathricum) was a group of this Chafer Beetle (Apogonia expeditionis).

High up a tree trunk near by was a lone 5 mm Darkling Beetle. In good situation I would move on and not photograph it, but given the heavy rain I decided to photograph whatever beetles that I can find. Even mean stretching a little further to get the shot.

Moving to a large tree with many low hanging branches, we found a host of different types of Chafer Beetles among its leaves. Apart from the Adoretus compressus and Apogonia expeditionis Chafer Beetle, one of them was this Aprosterna pallide Chafer Beetle.

Another one was this Maladera castanea Chafer Beetle.

The last type of Chafer Beetle found on the tree was this Apogonia aequabilis Chafer Beetle.

Moving closer to the Pasir Ris Park's mangrove board walk, more of this 3 mm Darkling Beetles were found.

Under a leaf was this bright yellow beetle larvae.

The surprise for the night was when we encountered a colony of Tiger Beetle (Cicindela aurulenta).

Here is a shot of a portion of the colony.

Walking on the mangrove boardwalk, a small 5 mm bronze colored Ground Beetle was found resting on a sawed tree trunk.

On a Sea Hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum) along the boardwalk were several of this Leaf Beetle. This type of Leaf Beetle are usually found on the Sea Hibiscus plant.

The highlight of the trip was this first-time-encountered Weevil Beetle, found in a grass patch.

In the same grass patch were several of this bronze color Leaf Beetle.

Near to the Leaf Beetle was this first-time-encountered Tortoise Beetle (Aspidomorpha furcata).

The last beetle of the trip was this a tiny 3 mm Ground Beetle (Pentagonica marshalli).

The number of beetles encountered was exceptionally good given the wet weather, and finding two first-time-encountered beetles was a bonus for the trip. This may be a good place for night shoot if the weather is better.

Night Walk Along Tagore Drive (27 Jun 2014)

My friend and I was planning for a walk along of Tagore Drive. This is the first time that we are visiting the place and do not know what to expect. This is a road along side a military training area and hence the walk was limited to the vegetation on the fringe along side the road. 

The first beetle that came along was a Leaf Beetle (Aulacophora frontalis).

Although the vegetation is lush, there were not many insects encountered. After walking a short while without seeing any beetle, this Chafer Beetle (Adoretus compressus) resting on a leaf was a welcomed sight.

A stone's throw away was another Chafer Beetle (Aprosterna pallide). This was an interesting find as it's been a while I last encountered this type of beetle in the wild.

As we approached the end of the road, we found out that there was a massive construction work and hence we have to turn back. Just as we were turning back, a first-time-encountered Weevil Beetle was found hiding under a leaf.

Just when we were about to reach the starting point, we chanced upon this Ladybird Beetle. It looked like the Epilachna admirabilis Ladybird Beetle but I am not too sure as the spots on the elytra looked different.

Just a few meters from the Ladybird Beetle was this diurnal Leaf Beetle (Lema diversa).

It was still pretty early and we decided to walk on along the side of another road that fringes the military training area. As we moved along the road, several of this Darkling Beetles were found clinging onto the side of a few trees.

On the same tree with the Darkling Beetles was this lovely patterned Fungus Beetle.

On another tree nearby was this small Fungus Beetle that looked very much black in color until I zoomed in for a closer look.

Coming to a patch of low bushes, a Leaf Beetle was resting at the tip of a leaf.

A few steps away from the Leaf Beetle was the highlight of the trip, a Long Horned Beetle (Epepeotes luscus). It has been a while that I last encountered the Epepeotes luscus Long Horned Beetle.

Near to the Long Horned Beetle was a tree stump and on it were two of this Tumbling Flower Beetle (Mordella holomelaena). This beetle is entirely black in color; the pattern on its elytra in the photograph was due to the flash.

On a nearby creeper plant was this Tortoise Beetle (Laccoptera nepalensis).

Further down on a tree was a large 10 mm Darkling Beetle which remained motionless throughout my photographing.

On another tree was another Darkling Beetle (3 mm) which was a fraction of the 10 mm Darkling Beetle.

Yet another Darkling Beetle (~6 mm) was crawling on another tree trunk.

On the same tree as the Darkling Beetle was this small Fungus Beetle (Beccariola coccinella).

Time flew past quickly and it was time to go. The last beetle was a commonly encountered Chafer Beetle (Apogonia expeditionis) that was hiding in a dense bush.

The trip started off not too promising but the later part of the trip was much more fruitful than expected. Will surely consider coming to this area again in the future.