Oct 2009 Sightings

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Oct 2009 sightings

Common Gliding Lizard

27 Oct 2009
Eddy Lee

This guy glides from tree to tree.

Robberfly

25 Oct 2009
Eddy Lee

A Robberfly waiting to pound on the next unsuspecting prey.

Mudskippers at Sungei Buloh

24 Oct 2009
Tan KH

There are at least 7 species of mudskippers to be found in Singapore. The Giant Mudskipper (right) is very common at SBWR, while the Yellow-spotted Mudskipper (left) is less commonly seen. The Giant Mudskipper is the largest of the mudskippers, while the Yellow-spotted Mudskipper is medium-sized. Taken at SBWR last Sat.

Blue Malayan Coral Snake at Sime Forest

24 Oct 2009
Tan KH

Encountered a 1m-long Blue Malayan Coral Snake crossing a trail in Sime Forest today. Sorry for the blurry shots. I was captured by surprise and forgot to switch on the flash...

Yellow-lined Epeus

24 Oct 2009
Eddy Lee

He is a member of the Jumping Spider.
This one certainly can jump very well :)
SBWR.

Snakes at Dairy Farm

18 Oct 2009
Lau JS

Saw a White-bellied Rat Snake (about 2m) and a Yellow-ringed Cat Snake aka Mangrove Snake (about 1m, can't really tell as it's coiled up on a branch) at Dairy Farm today. Jia Sheng has a few photos of the Mangrove Cat Snake.

Insects at Chestnut Ave

17 Oct 2009
Eddy Lee

Left: Neurothemis fluctuans (female) @ Chestnut Ave. Right: Scarlet Dwarf Dragonflies (Nannophya pygmaea) working out.

Blue Pansy, Junonia orithya.

Scalloped Spreadwing (Lestes praemorsus) doing pole dancing at Chestnut Ave.

This Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens) had lost part of its leg, probably to a predator. A small price to pay. She still have 5 1/2 legs...which is not bad :)
@Chestnut Ave

18 Oct 2009
Eddy Lee

A Rhyothemis phyllis dragonfly munching on its catch @ Chestnut Ave.

A Blue Banded Bee (Amegilla sp.) doing some cleaning up. This one in particular is a female which is evident by 4 pale bluish bands. The male has got 5.
@Chestnut Ave

A Carpenter Bee among the shrubs @ Chestnut Ave.

Spiny Hill Terrapin at Bukit Timah

10 Oct 2009
Ben Lee

A rare full grown adult Spiny Hill Terrapin (Heosemys spinosa) was sighted in the primary forest of Bukit Timah on 10 Oct 09 during one of my nature exploratory trip to Dairy Farm.

Estuarine Crocodile at Sungei Buloh

10 Oct 2009
Tan KH

Saw a small croc (much less than 1 m long, probably 2 feet long) today at SBWR in the pond left of the main hide. Its mouth was wide open as it was trying to cool down in the hot afternoon. It was resting comfortably amongst the waders. Probably due to it's small size, the waders did not feel threatened with it around?

Dragonfly and Hornet

10 Oct 2009
Eddy Lee

Male Crimson Dropwing (Trithemis aurora).

Came across this hornet cutting out a portion of the abdomen from the grass hopper. It then flew away with the meaty cargo, probably back to its nest to feed its young.