Walk in the Park

Singapore has suffered from haze pollution for the last one week but fortunately, the condition has improved during the weekend. It was a good decision to venture out for my usual park walk on last Sunday because it gave me the chance to find the second long-necked beetle (Korotyaevirhinus necopinus orientalis) within a month! This one was not cutting up leaf. Instead, it was sun bathing on the edge of a leaf.

I went back to the mango tree to check out on the work of the previous long-necked beetle (Paracycnotrachelus sp.) seen in my last park walk. At least 5 nests were constructed and concentrated on a single branch of leaves.It should be the work of one beetle since I did not see any other beetle on that day.

The close-up view of one of the nest:

While checking out the mango tree, I spotted this interesting looking Assassin Bug (Sycanus collaris). This was the second time that I saw this bug on this tree.

It took me quite a while before I know where to look for this hairy caterpillar that belongs to the Baron butterfly (Euthalia aconthea gurda).

Several tiny caterpillars of the Autumn Leaf butterfly (Doleschallia bisaltide) had just emerged from their eggs about a day ago. The one and only hostplant (Caricature Plant, Graptophyllum pictum) was heavily trimmed recently and not much leaves were left on the plant. The caterpillars are going to run out of food very soon.

A bag worm was munching on the leaf of a Syzygium species. The next picture showed a closer view of the head region while the rest of the body was hidden in the bag.

 A bright orange-yellow skipper (Yellow Palm Dart) that was first observed in Singapore back in 1999.

The male counterpart of the Golden Web Spider (Nephila pilipes) is quite small when compare to the large female spider.

This Flower Chafer beetle (Glycyphana nicobarica) is fully engross with the pink colour blooms from the Feather Cockscomb (Celosia argentea).

The park continued to surprise me with interesting little creatures.