It has been a while that HW and I have been to the Pasir Ris Park for macro photography session, and so we decided to go there for this week's macro session. The weather this week has been hot and dry, and the vegetation at the place were all limpy and many have turned brown. Intuitively, we were not optimistic about finding many beetles on this trip because of the weather.

An interesting Nolid Moth's caterpillar was found during the trip.


Chafer Beetle (Apogonia expeditionis) ~ 8 mm


Darkling Beetle (Eucyrtus anthracinus) ~ 20 mm


Chafer Beetle ~ 8 mm


Chafer Beetle (Adoretus compressus) ~ 8 mm


Chafer Beetle (Phyllophaga marginalis) ~ 25 mm


Long Horned Beetle ~ 10 mm


Unknown beetle ~ 2 mm [First-time-encountered]


Flea Beetle ~ 4 mm [First-time-encountered]


Ant-like Beetle ~ 3 mm [First-time-encountered]


Long Horned Beetle ~ 10 mm [First-time-encountered]


Click Beetle ~ 1 mm [First-time-encountered]


Unknown beetle ~ 1 mm [First-time-encountered]

The weather for this week has been hot and dry, so HW and I decided to go to Windsor Nature Park for our macro session as we have a higher chance of finding beetles there in this dry weather.

Here's a photograph of a 20 mm  interesting looking Leaf Hopper. This is the biggest Leaf Hopper that I have ever encountered.


The place was undergoing reforestation and hence a big area has been cleared for replanting. With the clearing, there were a number of cut down logs that lined the perimeter of the cleared area. On one of the cut log was this 5 mm Martinezostes sp. beetle


Not too far away from the Martinezostes sp. beetle was a Leaf Beetle (Hemipyxis semiviridis).


Just a short walk from the Leaf Beetle was a fallen log where several of this 10 mm commonly encountered Darkling Beetle were found.


Near to the Darkling Beetle was a small tree where this beetle larva was on it.


On the same tree was this 5 mm Darkling Beetle.


On another tree nearby was this 1 mm Fungus Beetle.


Next to the 1 mm Fungus Beetle was another Fungus Beetle (Eumorphus quadriguttatus quadriguttatus) resting on a thin vine.


Walking deeper into the trail, we came across a large fallen tree where many bracket fungus were on it. Here's one of the first-time-encountered Fungus Beetle found on the bracket fungus.


On the underside of a large bracket fungus was this long time didn't encounter Darkling Beetle (Platydema unicornis).


On another bracket fungus was this 10 mm Pleasing Fungus Beetle (Micrencaustes lunulata).


Centimeters away was this Sap Beetle munching on some white color fungus.


On a low tree next to the fallen log was a Shiny Fungus Beetle.


Moving from the fallen log, a 3 mm Darkling Beetle was found on a small tree next to the trail.


Near to the Darkling Beetle was a tree stump where this well camouflaged Long Horned Beetle (Coptops lichenea) was found.


At the top of the tree stump was this interesting looking 10 mm Weevil.


On the other side of the tree stump was this 5 mm purplish grey beetle. Not sure what beetle was it but it looked like a Darkling Beetle.


Nearby on the same tree stump was a female Fungus Weevil (Anthribus wallacei).


Still on the tree stump was this 8 mm Fungus Weevil (Eucorynus crassicornis).


Moving on, this 10 mm bluish Darkling Beetle was seen moving quickly on a small tree.


Hiding between two leaves was this black Ground Beetle.


Near to the Ground Beetle was a Chafer Beetle enjoying its leafy meal.


Coming to yet another fallen log, a beautiful Ground Beetle (Catascopus dalberisi) was  found.


Next to the Ground Beetle was a 10 mm Darkling Beetle (Eucyrtus anthracinus).


On a dead branch on the fallen log was another Darkling Beetle (Ceropria induta).


Walking further down the trail, a first-time-encountered 10 mm Darkling Beetle was found.


Coming to a tree, my attention was captured by this odd sight where this pair of mating Click Beetle (Xanthopenthes schawalleri) were suspended on a spider web. After taking a few photographs of them, I decided to intervene and helped them out of the spider web.


On the same tree where the Click Beetles were found, was this purplish color Darkling Beetle.


On a small tree near by was this 1 mm Darkling Beetle. It is interesting to note that the Darkling Beetle looked like the other Darkling Beetles, just that the size is a fraction of those that I came across earlier on.

Time passed by quickly and we decided to turn back. Just at the entrance of the trail I found this 4 mm Darkling Beetle on a cut down tree.


On the same cut down tree was this gutted Ground Beetle.


This trip was very fruitful despite the hot and dry weather. Windsor Nature Park is indeed the best place to look for beetles.

The weather in Singapore seemed to be back to normal with regular rain and sunshine through the week. Taking advantage of the nice weather, HW and I decided to go to our favorite beetle "hunting" ground ~ Windsor Nature Park.

Here's a photograph of a Lichen Moth pupa on a small tree.


The first beetle for the trip was a Ground Beetle (Onypterygia longispinis).


The trip start off slow until HW found one of my favorite beetles ~ Leaf Beetle (Hemipyxis semivieridis).


Near to the Leaf Beetle was a small tree with several of this 1 mm Darkling Beetles on it.


Further down the trail was this commonly encountered Chafer Beetle (Apogonia expeditionis).


Next to the Apogonia expeditionis Chafer Beetle was another Chafer Beetle.


On a small tree nearby was this 1 mm Fungus Beetle.


Coming to a sandy spot along the trail, several of this commonly encountered Tiger Beetle (Cicindela aurulenta) were found on a small plant.


Along the trail were several fallen logs and I am glad to find a large number of this beetle larvae.


On the same log was this lone Fungus Weevil (Eucorynus crassicornis).


On the end of the fallen log was this 4 mm Ground Beetle.


A stone's throw away was a huge fallen log where many orange color fungus mushrooms were growing on it. Hiding among the fungus mushrooms were several of this 5 mm Rove Beetle.


Along the huge fallen tree were a number of bracket fungus mushrooms, and under one of them was this Pleasing Fungus Beetle (Micrencaustes lunulata).


On the same log was this Darkling Beetle (Ceropria superba).


Under the same log was this pregnant looking Ground Beetle (Catascopus dalbertisi).


Still on the same log was this Fungus Beetle (Eumorphus politus).


Moving on to another fallen log, a commonly encountered 10 mm Darkling Beetle.


Next to the fallen log on the ground litters was this 10 mm Darkling Beetle. You can usually find this type of beetle on the ground litters.


On a small fallen log that lined the trail was this Fungus Beetle (Eumorphus quadriguttatus quadriguttatus)


The highlight of the trip was the encounter of this 3 mm Sap Beetle on a small fallen tree.


On the same log was this 3 mm Click Beetle hiding in a small crevice in the tree bark.


HW's keen eye has once again found a lovely Ladybird Beetle (Illeis koebelei) under a leaf.


On a small bush along the trail was this 8 mm Click Beetle.


Coming to another fallen log and near the underside of the log was this female Fungus Weevil (Anthribus wallacei). It is easy to differentiate the female from the male for this species as the female beetle has much shorter antennae as compared to the male.


On the same log was a long-time-no-see 5 mm Checkered Beetle.


On another fallen log nearby was this 4 mm "ball" ~ Martinezostes sp. This is a rare shot as most of the time I only get to photograph it from the top and not on the side.


Near to the turn back point, I was thrilled to find a fallen log crawling with many of this lovely looking beetle larvae.


Another type of beetle larvae on the same log.


On the same log with the beetle larvae was this 10 mm Darkling Beetle (Ceropria induta).


Near to the fallen log was another huge fallen tree where several of this interesting looking beetle (Hyberis araneiformis) were found. Its camouflage is so good that you would not be able to spot it unless it move.


Another Fungus Beetle (Epsicapha quadrimacula) found on the same log.


Running along the tree log was this 4 mm Ground Beetle (Pericalus tetrastigma). This looks like the earlier Ground Beetle encountered, except for the subtle difference in the shape of the dots.


Hiding on the underside of the log was a 3 mm Fungus Weevil.


Staying motionless on a dead leaf on top of the fallen log was this 5 mm Weevil Beetle that blended perfectly to its background.


The last beetle for the trip was a Darkling Beetle (Strongylium erythrocephalum) on a fallen log nearby.


This trip was very fruitful even though the place was much drier than expected, with about 30+ different beetles encountered. Windsor Nature Park is still my favorite place for beetle "hunting".