Little Orange Moth

When my mother was walking me back from
school, (I had Oral Exam ) I spotted this small
little moth. So we rushed back and once I came
to the same spot where it was, (with cam) I
was shooting away.


Closer shot.


I really do not know what its ID is, so if someone
knows, please drop by a comment.

Botanics 17...Yipeee!

When I was at SBG on the 17th......

That day, my sis and my mum brought me

to SBG. While getting ready to start,( already

@ SBG ) this large moth came flying around.

It was soo lovely, that I thought it was a butterfly

at first.

I got that pic of it when it landed on one of the

wood sculptures in the vicinity. In the marsh

garden, it was really muddy. I got my pants soaked

with mud while trying to shoot this pointed line blue.

Walking around the swan lake, I do not know

how, but I spotted this spider. It was quite

colourful, and I managed a head shot.

Then, near the dell lake, my mother pointed this

ashy tailorbird out while I was busy chasing waterhens.

He was on a low branch just above me. In his beak

was a worm, and he was knocking it against the branch,

to kill the worm.

Here he is, perching proudly after his meal.

When we neared the forested patch, one of S'pore's

most beautiful birds showed up. The white rumped

shama. I went to BTNR many times to find him,

and there he was. This pic shows the white rump.

With bright orange underparts, glossy mantle

and wings, and the super long tail, the shama

steals the hearts of people who see it.( Him )

The tail is so long that I cannot show the whole

of it in the pic below.

It was a very successful day, but it began to look

darker... We were all parched so we headed for

the water cooler gazebo. From there we could see

a pair of collard kingfishers sitting on a coconut

palm.

Just when we were walking back to the entrance,

the calls of hill mynas caught our attention.

There were two in the tree, I managed to

get a shot of the lower one. This is the first time I

shot him nicely!

At the entrance, while my mother and sis waited

for a taxi, I snapped this shot.

Wow! I did rather well with bird photography

that day, and nailed some that I had never seen

before.... It was a wonderful day!

Please comment.

Not so good day @ BTNR

On the 10th of Apr, It was my sister's SCGS
Carnival!( for raising funds ) We went early in
the morning, to see her on shift. So sad it rained,
but only for a while. After like 4hrs of FUN FUN
FUN, my mother and I went to BTNR. The first
butterfly I saw was this Malay viscount, that landed
a little high up.

In the main track, there were a few of these common
fauns flying around. This one landed on the track to
puddle.

Along the track, there were passion flowers scattered

along the leaf litter. They probably dropped from

their vine, on a tree higher up.

An interesting thing I saw, was two ants biting

something. They refused to let go even when

I shook the leaf. Notice the spines on the ants'

thorax.

When I walked among the plants, lots of these

small moths flew up from under saplings. Here

is my shot.

Many archdukes zipped around, here is one of

them pudding amongst the leaf litter. This one

is a male.

The 'tell tale' diff between an archduke and a

black tipped archduke is the colour of the

antenna tips. An archduke's antenna tips are

orange.

Back at the same spot where I found it earlier,

the Malay viscount came lower for a better shot.

At Hindhede np, I found this beetle on some

flower buds.

Singing away, this shrike was sitting on a branch.

My mother spotted it. It was very tame and did

not fly off until we left.

The end, please comment.

Common mime part5 Out and about!

Yess! He eclosed!

In the morning, I could already see the butterfly

through the pupa, and was afraid it would eclose

when I am at Chinese tuition...... And he did!

My father snapped some shots for me.

At that time, he was drying his wings. Cute huh?

He was so still, that my father thought it was a plastic

model at first!

My mother was worried that if she waited till I

came back, it would fly off. So she came to pick me

and my sister up, and rushed us home. By the time

we got back, he was getting ready for maiden flight.

I couldn't get better shots coz he hopped into the air,

failing a few times, but in the end he flew off gracefully.

There is little I can do besides wishing my little friend

a successful future.

P.s.: I did not even see the eclosion. :(

Ubin with BC

Yesterday, I was out with my family and the other
Butterflycircle members. I was glad to see them, and
some of these pics would never have been this
good if they did not help. I went to Ubin for the first time,
so it was an exiting day. At butterfly hill, there were
many male blue pansys.

They were skittish, so I was lucky that this one landed
in front of me, and gave me 2 seconds to shoot
before it flew off. We also saw belimbing trees,
with flowers and fruits.

This jacintha eggfly was resting with curled proboscis,

probably full of belimbing nectar.

There were also many orange skippers darting

around, only this one was tame for me to shoot.

This logania marmorata damis was resting on a leaf,

I tried to get parallel to it. It did not move, as it had a

parasite on the head.( red dot )

At the spice garden, this gram blue finally landed

in front of me.

In the forest trail, I spotted this red grasshopper.

We all got our cameras ready when this olive backed

sunbird came to feed its young.

We also watched this common grass yellow for

a good 20 minutes, waiting for it to lay eggs.

Though I did not get any good shots, here is a burr

upperside.

I do not have any other good records to share,

so let me just put this tame ( male ) lime butterfly

that I found around Changi.

Please comment.

Special thanks to:

Uncle Simon,

Anthony,

Liyana,

Uncle Chng,

Uncle Bobby,

Uncle Loke