110806 Singapore Botanic Gardens

Joined Macro Maniacs Of Singapore on their night shoot (thanks Colleen, for organizing). The group covered the marsh garden and plant house before leaving. Nicky and I continued onward to the fernery and rainforest walk.

Many frogs around the ponds next to the plant house:


Dark-sided chorus frog (Microhyla heymonsi).



Painted chorus frog (Microhyla butleri).



Four-lined tree frog Polypedates leucomystax.


Saw some common odonates:

Ceriagrion cerinorubellum.


Male Trithemis aurora spotted by Larry.



Neurothemis fluctuans. Male top, female bottom.


Sleeping bees. I think they are Amegilla sp.. There were 3 but it was hard getting 3 in the same focus plane.


Mystery moth.


Strange looking fly spotted by Nicky. Probably robber fly (Asilidae).


Mating bugs.



The handrails of the rainforest walk had many tiny spitting spiders (Scytodidae). Male top, female bottom.


This crazy earwing (2 cm long excluding cerci) didn't stop running up and down the railing post. Cerci look straight, so I guess its female.