25/09 - Dairy Farm Nature Park (26 Sep 09)

Dairy Farm Nature Park was officially opened on 5 Sep 09. Being a new nature park, it attracted a high turn out of 17 participants joining this outing. Our meeting point was at Carpark A (nearer to the main road) to make it convenient for those who do not drive.

(Setting up at Dairy Farm Carpark A)


(Photographers in action @ Wallace Trail)

Partipicipants (17) : Anthony Quek (Team Leader), Allan Lee, Endy Tan, Tony Png, Sharon Lim, Ong Lim Sim, Yeo TL, Darren Chng, Kyaw Htay, Michael Ooi, Vincent Ng, Vincent See, Pegi Lee, Michael Ee, Chung Wah, Lester Koh & Lee Yan Leong)

24/09 - Upper Peirce (29 Aug 09)

This morning's IMOG outing to Upper Pierce/Nee Soon Swamp was an exciting one. The place has great potential and there were many creatures which we seldom see in our usual macro sites. We saw huge/giant ants about an inch long, millipedes, strange look creature (Beetle larvae), frogs, Geosesarmar crabs, tree snail, etc. There are also quite a number of dragonflies and damselflies. The place was wet and possibly rained in the previous night or early morning. While we were there, it rained for about an hour too. Light was poor but by about 10 am, the sun was out. We ended our outing at about 1:30pm, and all of us were quite happy about what we got there... ;)

Few subjects could be found here, and many more will be posted in the NPSS Website (http://npss.org.sg/forum/)


(Copper-cheek frog by Lee Yan Leong)


(Millipede close-up by Allan Lee)


(Green Tree Snail by Cai Yixiong)

Participants (14) : Cai Yixiong (Team Leader), Endy Tan, Allan Lee, Tony Png, Anthony Quek, Ong Lim Sim, Lee Yan Leong, Shereen Ng, Pegi Lee, Joshua Fong, Sharon S. Lim, Tan Peck Kheng, Peter Low & Joe Tan)

23/09 - Margaret Drive (22 Aug 09)

We had another successful outing at Margaret Drive (MD). The weather was good, except that it became a little hot and windy in the late morning. The start as well as end point were quite shady, not affected by the late morning sun as it was sheltered by tall trees and vegetation. The area was quite big and we could explore further in our next revisit to MD. A very nice green colour spiky moth caterpillar was found in addition to some common subjects such as, Lynx & Jumping spiders, Leaf Beetles, few species of butterflies & moths, Preying Mantis & many Bark Lice (see right picture by Allan Lee).

Shooting started before 8 am and stopped at around 11 am. Thereafter, we headed to Adam Food Centre for an early lunch before making our way to the afternoon Photo Critiques and sharing session.

(Flower buds by Allan Lee)

Participants (9) : Allan Lee (Team Leader), Endy Tan, Shereen Ng. Hazel Han, Chan CP, Yeo TL, Eugene Hu, Vincent See & Peck Kheng.

22/09 - Bedok Rise (1 Aug 09)

We started at 7:45 am by exploring the furthest left side (hilly area) from the gathering place. Not many butterflies were seen like the 1st trip in January 2009 (more than 16 species were found in last visit), this time only fewer than 8 species were observed (but very active, flying around).

We spotted some leafhoppers, grasshoppers, tiny little praying mantis, ants, bees and a fallen Green Crested Lizard. It was lucky to survive a falling into a silty water ponding:

(Fallen Green Crested Lizard by Endy Tan)

We also saw an uncommon dragonfly which Mr. Tang Hung Bun has identified it as a female “Rhyothemis obsolescens” which is rarely seen. This female has some different shape of clear wing patterns compared to the male (see attached side and top view records). It was a low flier (but quite active at about 8:30am) when it temporary perched on something all the four wings kept moving in a wavy movement up and down, left wings to right wings. Quite an interesting insect.

(Uncommon Dragonfly by Endy Tan)

Finally, we ended our trip at the valley under the foliage of sea almond trees at about 11 am.

Note: for member who drives please do not park in front of continuous single line as police was observed to be patrolling the area.

(Backlighting Ant & Tree Hopper by Allan Lee)

Participants (6) : Endy Tan (Team Leader), Allan Lee, Krist Lim, Joshua Fong, Hazel Han & Kway Htay

21/09 - Venus Drive (18 Jul 09)

We had a nice weather today. By 7.45 am, all came and we proceeded with our shooting. There were not many interesting subjects at both sides of the bushes near the entrance of Venus Drive. We went a little in and spent quite sometimes at the small stream. Mating dragonflies, dragonfly with prey and some colourful damselflies were spotted but most were quite sensitive to us. The popular Green Crested Lizard was also seen but it was quite high up in the branches to shoot. Other interesting subjects include baby spiders, molting hoppers, wasp and interesting leaf (see right picture protographyed by Peter Low). At 9.30 am, it was getting quite hot near the stream and so we proceeded further into the forest. Over here, subjects spotted include 2 different forest mating damselfies, butterflies, 2 different robberfly species (one with prey) tiger beetles (blue & green species), "mantis fly", etc.

We stopped at about 12 pm and went to the nearby hawker centre along Thomson Road for lunch.

(Mating forest damselflies by Anthony Quek)


(Robberfly with prey by Anthony Quek)

Participants (10) : Anthony Quek (Team Leader), Darren Chng, Stephen Lim, Ong Lim Sim, Hazel Han, Shereen Ng, Teo Ngee Chye, Peter Low, Joshua Fong & Goh Teck Leong.

20/09 - Wild Wild West (4 Jul 09)

WWW at end Corporation Road was still as wild as before but the environment was more comfortable for shooting this time round. The tracks or walkways were well maintained with no overgrown grass. The ground were also not muddy (because of dry weather) and not so many mosquitoes than expected. It was a little windy at times but we still managed to shoot. Many common subjects were found with quite a good number of butterfly species. We left around quarter past 11 and met a few birders (Wei Luen, Richard & Ming) for lunch at a nearby food centre.

(Baby Caterpillars by Allan Lee)

Participants (6) : Allan Lee (Team Leader), Endy Tan, Hazel Han Shereen Ng, Kyaw Htay & Lee Yan Leong

19/09 - Holland Woods (13 Jun 09)

It was raining the night before but, fortunately, it stopped at about 7 am allowing us to proceed with our planned outing. There were not many subjects spotted and captured, which was quite a normal thing after a heavy rain. Nevertheless, there were still many dragonflies around such as the Crothemis servilia (see left picture by Pegi Lee), which is the most dominant species on the site. We had to stop shooting at about 11.30 am when it started to rain again.

(Crothemis servilia, male dragonfly by Cai Yixiong)

Participants (4) : Tony Png (Team Leader) , Cai Yixiong, Endy Tan & Pegi Lee