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Another vertebrate night hunt with Ron.


Ron has an exceptional eye for colugo. He spotted this one from about 40-50 m away, so far that neither of us could confirm it was a colugo until we took some shots of it.



He later spotted this mother with young. The young colugo was quite active, crawling all over the mother, from under her belly onto her back.


He also spotted this Nightjar.


Red-legged crake. Notice the poor Gasteracantha hasselti hiding on a twig behind it.


Ron's find of the night, a male Sambar deer (Rusa unicolor). Initially thought to be female, however we noticed antler stubs in our photos. Male Sambar deer drop their antlers annually in April to May. The most amazing thing about Sambar deer is their ability to move so silently despite their large size, this one was easily as tall as us, yet retreated into the undergrowth without a sound.


This Amblypygi was hiding in a small hollow of a tree. Looks very similar to this freshly molted individual.


Lychas scutilus scorpion.


Strange looking spider web with what looked like dead prey at the center with another dead prey hanging on one strand.


The center "dead prey" turned out to be the spider itself, likely to be Pasilobus sp. (about 1 cm across). I was quite fascinated by its web, a simple design and when an insect flew into another strand shortly after, the outer end of that strand detached, resulting in the insect hanging down vertically from the web. It was as if the spider was having a hanging larder underneath it.


Strangely colored spider. Not sure if its a huntsman. About 13 mm long.


Looks like a mantis ootheca with two parasitic wasps on it.


The wasps look rather strange with strong raptorial hind legs.


Phasmid.


Erebus ephesperis.


This carabid yet again. Guess its really common in Singapore.


Banded bullfrog (Kaloula pulchra).