These critters were pictured at Upper Seletar Reservoir (USR) Park on 2 July - the day when many uncommon butterflies came out to prove that I should replace my 4-year old camera as mentioned in my previous post.
In the midst of shooting an orange skipper at a grass patch, a small critter with a long pair of antennae caught my intention. I am not sure if this is a kind of fly.
Along the same stretch of forest edge, another critter with an even longer pair of white-tipped antennae was "sleeping" on a tree stem. It looks like a kind of beetle to me. At last, I am quite sure of this dragonfly, a male Orchithemis pulcherrima was found perching along the forest fringe.While checking out a shady trail, this grasshopper flew past me and landed on the tree trunk. I may have encountered this species before but I am just too lazy to browse through my old shots. I leave it to Ming Kai to provide the name.A side view shot captured the forest greenery as the background.
The grasshopper is a Xenocatantops humilis.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ming Kai
ReplyDeleteI chanced on your blog. Congratulations on your absolutely stunning insect photographs. What camera and lens do you use? The unidentified fly is a braconid wasp. The beautiful beetle with the disproportionately long antennae is a cerambycid beetle. Please reply to mohan.chunkath@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteThanks Mohan for your ids and kind words.
ReplyDeleteI use Nikon D200 and Tamron 180 f3.5 Macro + SB800