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Black Spitting Cobra

vids — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 08:10:35 +0000

The Equatorial spitting cobra also called the black spitting cobra, Malayan spitting cobra, golden spitting cobra, Sumatran spitting cobra, or Palawan spitting cobra, is a species of spitting cobra found in Southeast Asia. Wikipedia

Scientific name: Naja sumatrana

The body is thick, and the tail short. The head is distinct from the neck, and the snout is rounded.

This is a highly venomous species which should be treated with caution. Typically this snake prefers to avoid confrontation and is not considered ‘aggressive. Large adults will stand erect, expand their hood and hiss loudly if feeling threatened. If the perceived attacker does not back off from this threat display the snake will then attempt to spray venom into the eyes of its tormentor. Unless such venom is washed away immediately, permanent damage to the tissues surrounding the eye can occur. Envenomation through a bite from this species may result in death.- Ecology Asia

It’s Native to Singapore

Location: Sungei Buloh and Dairy Farm, Upper Seletar Reservoir

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Hammerhead Flatworm

vids — Tue, 10 May 2022 10:57:46 +0000

Bipalium is a genus of large predatory land planarians. They are often loosely called “hammerhead worms” or “broadhead planarians” because of the distinctive shape of their head region. Wikipedia

Location: Bukit Timah Nature Reserve – May 2022

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Tiger Beetle – Neocollyris sp

vids — Sun, 17 Apr 2022 02:22:04 +0000

Neocollyris is a genus of beetles in the subfamily Cicindelinae, in the tribe Collyridini. Wikipedia

Location: Upper Seletar Reservoir – April 2022

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Black-bearded Flying Dragon

vids — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 12:08:07 +0000

Draco melanopogon, commonly known as the black-bearded gliding lizard or black-barbed flying dragon, is a species of agamid “flying lizard” endemic to Southeast Asia. Wikipedia

Location: MacRitchie Reservoir, March 2022

Thanks, Ivan Kwan Nature Society (Singapore) for the ID.

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Emperor Click Beetle – Pachyderes apicalis

vids — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 09:14:22 +0000

Elateridae or click beetles are family of beetles. Other names include elaters, snapping beetles, spring beetles or skipjacks. This family was defined by William Elford Leach in 1815. They are a cosmopolitan beetle family characterized by the unusual click mechanism they possess. Wikipedia

Quite unique beetle, with special pronotum.

Location Macritchie – March 2022

Thanks, Keita Matsumoto and Didier Dubail Coleoptera for the ID

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Alcerocoris sp

vids — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:49:18 +0000

Hemiptera is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, bed bugs, and shield bugs. They range in size from 1 mm to around 15 cm and share a common arrangement of sucking mouthparts. Wikipedia

Location: Chesnut Nature Park, Feb 2022

Thanks, Marcus Ng Singapore (SG) Insect ID and Records for the ID

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Plain Plushblue

vids — Sun, 06 Mar 2022 12:43:24 +0000

Flos apidanus, the plain plushblue, is a small butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. Wikipedia

Flos apidanus is the most widely distributed member of the Flos genus. This is also true locally in Singapore as it can be found in multiple locations, in and out of the nature reserves, and it is the most commonly sighted of the four Flos species residing here.
Life History by Butterfly Cycle

Location: Choa Chu Kang – March 2022

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Blue Bronzeback

vids — Sun, 27 Feb 2022 06:33:44 +0000

Dendrelaphis cyanochloris, commonly known as Wall’s bronzeback, is a species of snake found in Southeast Asia. Wikipedia

Location: Thomson Nature Park – Feb 2022

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Longhorn Beetle – Chloridolum thomsoni

vids — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:45:51 +0000

Chloridolum is a genus of longhorn beetles of the family Cerambycidae

Location: Windsor Nature Park – Jan 2022

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Longhorn Beetle – Xylotrechus javanicus

vids — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 12:35:43 +0000

Xylotrechus a genus of longhorn beetles of the family Cerambycidae, containing some 200 described species. Wikipedia

Known also as White Stem Borer

Location: Dairy Farm Nature Park – Dec 2021

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