Spider Front by TM Seah
Oriental Whip Snake by Kyaw Htay
The Last One by Allan Lee
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Participants(12): Allan Lee, Anthony Quek, Ben Ee, Catherine E, David Wong, Dion Wong, Henry Tan, John Chung, Kyaw Htay, Philip Bunce, TM Seah, Endy (trip leader)
A superb weather greeted us at Segar Nature Trail.
It was a little windy and we could see lots of wild flowers dancing along with the leaves. Mimosa is a beautiful wild flower which looks like small pink ball. Their fragrances often attract the slow-moving katydid.
Not too sure the name of this common wild flower which were plentiful. The young katydids love them so much that you can find as many as 3 of them on a single flower.
(By Anthony Quek)
Here is a frontal shot of a pretty grasshopper enjoying its delicious breakfast on another species of wild flower.
(By Kyaw Htay)
The surrounding was fairly wet and it was a good opportunity to shoot dew or water drops.
There were lots of lawn wolf spiders which built sheet-webs that sparkle with dew drops over grassy ground.
(Sheet-webs built by Lawn Wolf Spiders)
The wolf spider hides in a silken funnel that leads to the web and pounce on any prey that lands on it.
Other species of spiders were successful in their hunt for preys too.
This curious caterpillar must have liked the sun alot as it climbed onto the tip of a leave showing off its interesting V-shaped head.
(Caterpillar by Allan Lee)
Butterflies and moths enjoyed the bright sunny day too.
It was also a good day to find a mate!
We were pleasantly surprised to find 5 tortoise beetles at various spots of the site. Most of us took some shots of them as they are quite uncommon in Singapore.
Other subjects spotted include beetle, snail, dragonfly, hoverfly, spiders, etc.
Here is a short video of this outing.
Glad that this last iMOG outing in 2018 was a successful one. Looking forward to another fruitful year of macro photography in 2019!
Participants: Cathy Wong, Jan Kong, Dion Wong, Henry Tan, John Chung Yuk Kong, Junko Wei, Kyaw Htay, Lee Yue Teng, Lester Koh, Phang Wai Keong, Sia Kian Teck, Allan Lee, Endy, Anthony Quek (Trip Leader)
Some where in the woodlands area there is a green with a little woods, hidden from the main roads and residential.
We went to have a look at the little lives there.
We walked through the ex-railway line.
It was full of lives:
Young Cotton Stainers by Anthony Quek
Focus on Dragonfly by Endy
Mating Darts by Kyaw Htay
A Little Bug by Catherine E
Dragonfly by Kyaw Htay
Mating flies by anthony Quek
Limicolaria Flammea by Endy
Dart by Catherine E
Here is a video by Cathy:
After walking and photographing for a few hours we finally reached the Little Woods. Before we entered the little woods, we took a group photo together:
Group Photo by Catherine E
Although tired, but we managed explore the area a little bit:
Water Hyacinth by Endy
Eggfly by Catherine E
The Little Woods by Endy
Spider by Catherine E
Diurnal cricket by Endy
As tired, we did not explore some internal paths at the bridge level :
Not Yet Explored by Endy
Next time, we shall make some time to explore it.
Participants(9): Anthony Quek, Cathy E, Dion Wong, Henry Tan, Kyaw Htay, Sia KT, Victor, Zaw Min, Endy(trip leader)
The wooded area hear is mainly regrowth/secondary forest, mixed with some remaining old kampong plantation. There are line drains and earth streams hiding inside the forest. A community garden is located just next to the forested area, and it has provided good opportunity for us. As usual, Anthony and Kyaw Htay started their shooting much earlier than our meeting time, and Lester has also joined the “early bird” group this time round. Compared to our visit in last April, number of macro subjects seems to be a bit lower. However, there are still sufficient subjects to keep us busy…
Kyaw Htay, Lester & Anthony searching for shooting subjects
Lester in action
Said “Hi” to Ant
By Anthony
Michael in action
While we were taking a rest, a subject was checking our equipment. Can you guess who the photographer in the background is?
At last but not least here’s a video by Cathy
See you next time!
Participants (7) : Michael Toh, Lester Koh, Kyaw Htay, Cathy, Endy, Anthony Quek & Cai Yixiong (Trip Leader)
Telok Blangah Hill Park is part of the Southern Ridges, which also comprises Mount Faber Park, HortPark, Kent Ridge Park and Labrador Nature Reserve. There are many forested trails which offer ample opportunities for macro photography.
It was raining the night before but it stopped at about 8 am. Unfortunately, it started raining again at 10.30 am. Here were some images taken during the 2.5 hours of shooting.
Eggfly under Fern by Endy
(Giant Shield Bug by Allan Lee)
(Mushrooms by Anthony)
Here is a video by Cathy:
Participants (12) : Ben Ee, Catherine E, Dion Wong, Henry Tan, Hwang Nian Huei, Kyaw Htay, Lee Yue Teng, Seah Tock Moh, Sharon S Lim, Endy, Allan Lee,, Anthony Quek (trip leader)
Leafy Fungi by Endy
This morning, we found quite many subjects at the new sites. There were fungi, Beetles, Flies, Dargonflies, Damselflies, Spiders, Hoppers, Butterflies, Moths, Ants, and many others. Below are the best taken by participants:
A Fly by David Wong
A Fly can be beautiful too, as David shows us his close up!
Many butterflies were flying around:
Common Tit by Kyaw Htay
(click to enlarge)
Some Moths:
Moth on Leaf by David Wong
Yue Teng Found a couple of arrow shaped moths (click to enlarge).
Cathy saw a very interesting moth:
Many Beetles :
Young Cotton stainers by Choy Kah Wai
(click to enlarge)
Some spiders:
Spider by Samuel Dai
Spiders by Alaster and Seah TM (click to enlarge)
Dragonflies:
Red Dragon by Endy
Newly Emerged by Lee Yue Teng
Damselflies:
Mating Damselflies by Lee Yue Teng
Ornate Coraltail by Seah TM
Others:
Grasshopper & Plant hopper by Alaster (click to enlarge)
Weaver Ants by David Wong
The last but not least:
A very interesting caterpillar that can mimic the weaver Ants.
Ant-mimic Caterpillar by Seah TM
It was a caterpillar form of moth ” Homodes bracteigutta “.
It mimics Not just one! but two Weaver Ants!
See you next time !
Participants (12): Kyaw Htay, Catherine E, Choy Kah Wai, Seah Tock Moh, Sharon SongLim, Samuel Dai, Henry Tan, Dion Wong, Lee Yue Teng, Alaster, David Wong, Endy (trip leader)
The night before, the weather forecast indicated that there will be thundery showers on the island. We were disheartened but nevertheless hoped for the best, as always.
So I woke up at 615am to check on the weather and it was all clear! A group whatsapp message was sent to all participants at 645am to proceed as planned. By 730am, all have gathered at the meeting point. It was a hot and sunny morning.
There were dews everywhere! Anthony had many choices and was busy looking for the perfect sparkle.
We found several common subjects as well as weird ones. Hope u enjoy what we found at Laurel Woods.
Alaster
Mushroom by Nian Huei
Bark Lice by KT Sia
Yin Leng
Sumatran Paper Wasp by Yew Teng
Larva of a Green Lacewing by Samuel
Kyaw Htay
Sharon
Participants: Cathy, Sia KT, Kyaw Htay, Nian Huei, Samuel Dai, Yew Teng, Yin Leng, Endy and Anthony. Trip leader: Sharon S. Lim
