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Oct 2010 sightings

Cuckoo and Squirrel at Japanese Garden

24 Oct 2010
Lau SY

Male Little Bronze Cuckoo feeding on a caterpillar. Plantain Squirrel eating banana.

Trapdoor Spider at BBNP

16 Oct 2010
Tan KH

This large spider was spotted by Con Foley. It has a leg span of about 5 cm. David Court helped to ID it:

"It is a trapdoor mygalomorph spider of the family Barychelidae, a relative of the true tarantulas.

One cannot be sure about the species as they are still undergoing revision. The most likely ID is Rhianodes atratus (Thorell 1890), a species quite widely distributed across SE Asia.

It seems to be able to exist in once-disturbed habitats, even in such a small area as the Choa Chu Kang Neighbourhood Park which used to be (and still is) a durian orchard.

It is also found at BTNR although one must exercise caution in identifying barychelids from BTNR, BTNR has its own recently-described very special one named Monodontium bukittimah Raven 2008!"

SBWR mudflat

9 Oct 2010
Tan KH

I spent sometime today observing the prey items of waders at Sungei Buloh. I observed that Plovers and Stints typically take polychaete worms, while Redshanks prefer prawns and small crabs.

Lesser Sand Plover feeding on a polychaete worm.

Pacific Golden Plover (left) and Red-necked Stint (right) feeding on polychaete worms.

Common Redshanks feed on prawns and crabs.

Butterflies at Pasir Ris Park

8 Oct 2010
Sylvia Chua

This set of butterflies were spotted at the Spice Garden in Pasir Ris Park this morning. Left: Dark Glassy Tiger. Right: Lemon Emigrant (white form).