Nov 2009 Sightings

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Nov 2009 sightings

Terrapin, Spider and Insects at Neo Tiew

28 Nov 2009
Lau SY

Soo Yen and friends at Neo Tiew Lane 2.


Orthetrum sabina looks like it is feeding on a Brachythemis contaminata	Female Wolf Spider, characterised by the way she carries her egg case with the spinnerets.

Red-eared Slider, a common releasee	Lesser Dart, a kind of Skipper

Moth	Moth

Skink and Gecko at Sungei Buloh

28 Nov 2009
Tan KH

A Common Sun Skink (Eutropis multifasciata).

Four-clawed Gecko (Gehyra mutilata). It lacks the spiny tail of the common house gecko and only has four claws on the hind feet.

Dragonfly and Beetles at Upper Peirce

27 Nov 2009
Eddy Lee

Tholymis tillarga holding onto a branch. My first encounter of this species.

Beetles feeding on fugus.

Estuarine Crocodile at Sungei Buloh

22 Nov 2009
Danny Lau

Taken in SBWR on Sunday late afternoon. Peace and Harmony between Croc. and Little Egret. No great pic

but hope viewers share my sentiment.

Insects at Central Catchment

22 Nov 2009
Eddy Lee

Big fly eats small fly. Cratilla metallica.

Beetle. Planthopper

Malay Lacewing (Cethosia hypsea hypsina). Commander (Moduza procris milonia)

Common Faun (Faunis canens arcesilas). Anderson's Grass Yellow (Eurema andersonii andersonii). Dot-dash Sergeant (Athyma kanwa kanwa).

Blue Jay (Graphium evemon eventus). Nigger (Orsotriaena medus cinerea)

Mating flies @ Upper Peirce.

Dragonfly at Japanese Garden

21 Nov 2009
Lau SY

Dragonfly (Ictinogomphus decoratus). Centipede fed on by a Cattle Egret.

Frog and Dragonflies at Bishan Park

21 Nov 2009
Eddy Lee

This American Bullfrog has got an unusual companion (Blue Sprite Damselfly). The damselflies live to complete their mating ritual.

These Urothemis Signata like fast job... hard to catch them in midair. Ictinogomphus decoratus looking on from a lonely perch.

This immature male Agriocnemis femina damselfly mistaken a stick as a mate.....big mistake :)))

Sumatran Gliding Lizard at BBNP

20 Nov 2009
Ben Lee

Took this photo while wating for the Blue-and-White Flycatcher at Bt Batok Nature Park on the morning of 20 November 09 (Friday).

A flying draco suddenly appeared out of nowhere probably sky gliding and landed on the botak tree which I am aiming my bazooka for the bird. It started to display its territorial presence or making his appearance to the female mate nearby with its beautiful yellow-chin flapping. I swifly change my angle of my lens instead of the bird to the draco for once, press my triggle and there it goes.

Tortoise and Moth at Neo Tiew Lane 2

18 Nov 2009
Lau SY

Someone released this exotic Indian Star Tortoise (Geochelone elegans) here! This Swallow-tailed Moth (Lyssa zampa) is a migrant to Singapore.

Cobra at Spottiswoode Park

Mid Nov 2009
Patricia Thong

I sighted an Equatorial Spitting Cobra in the forested hill near Spottiswoode Park (behind the KTM railway station) sometime in mid November.

Insects at Chestnut area

14 Nov 2009
Eddy Lee

A beetle seen at Chestnut.

Horsfield's Baron. Tussock Moth Caterpillar.

Diplacodes nebulosa, female, at Chestnut.

Creatures of Kranji area

14 Nov 2009
Lau SY

Left: Mating flies. Right: Dark Brand Bush Brown (Mycalesis mineus macromalayana). Both at Neo Tiew Lane 2.

Also at Neo Tiew Lane 2 is this pair of mating Giant African Snails (Achatina fulica).

Moving on to the Kranji Nature Trail, here's an unID giant spider. And this is a Blowfly.

Giant Mudskippers (Periophthalmodon schlosseri) are common here. There are three species of Vinegar Crabs in Singapore. Here are the Violet Vinegar Crabs (Episesarma versicolor).

Insects and Spiders at Chestnut Area

7 Nov 2009
Eddy Lee

A pair of Asian Pintail (Acisoma panorpoides) mating @ Chestnut.

A pair of Aethriamanta gracilis mating @ Chestnut. A tiny young UnID damselfly. Looks like a bi-coloured @ Chestnut.

Common Bluetail (Ischnura senegalensis). Marsh dancer (Onychargia atrocyana) pair.

Pond Wolf Spiders (Pardosa pseudoannulata) are fast running predators (faster than me). They are able to run over water in pursue of their prey (I can't). They are never far away from ponds or water bodies.

Insects and Spiders at Kranji Trail

8 Nov 2009
Eddy Lee

A Jumping Spider feeling fresh and cool after a shower. This bee grip tightly to the stick by its jaw for reasons unknown @ Kranji trail.

Some sort of Tussock Moth Caterpillar. Blue Glassy Tiger.

Nature walk on 7Nov09

7 Nov 2009
Tan KH

At Venus Drive, amongst the creepy-crawlies were these tiny termites and a 5-cm-long millipede.

These Saddle Barbs were common in the streams. At Kranji Resort, three Common House Geckos stayed for some close-ups. Here's one of them.

At Sungei Buloh carpark, a Banded Bullfrog was hopping on the road. Fortunately it got onto the grass patch before any hit-and-run could occur. As we walked towards the main bridge, a lady was observing an Oriental Whip Snake.