Windsor Nature Park Archives - Singapore Geographic

Earwig

vids — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:40:12 +0000

Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders. Wikipedia

Earwigs are mostly nocturnal and often hide in small, moist crevices during the day, and are active at night, feeding on a wide variety of insects and plants.

The earwig gets its skin-crawling name from long-standing myths claiming the insect can climb inside a person’s ear and either live there or feed on their brain https://www.healthline.com/health/earwig-bite

Please help if you know the exact ID for this Earwig.

Location: Windsor Nature Park – Jan 2022

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Triplatoma – Pleasing Fungus Beetle

vids — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 12:34:50 +0000

Triplatoma – Pleasing Fungus Beetle.
Erotylidae, or the pleasing fungus beetles, is a family of beetles containing over 100 genera. In the present circumscription, it contains 6 tribes and 10 subfamilies. In other words, the narrowly circumscribed Erotylidae correspond to the subfamily Erotylinae in the definition sensu lato. Wikipedia

Location: Windsor Nature Park – August 2022

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Gold-ringed Cat Snake

vids — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 14:25:17 +0000

Boiga dendrophila, commonly called the mangrove snake or the gold-ringed cat snake, is a species of rear-fanged venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to southeast Asia. It is one of the biggest cat snake species, averaging 6–7 feet in length. It is considered mildly venomous. Wikipedia

Location: Windsor Nature Park – June 2022

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Darkling Beetle – Phymatosoma rufonotatum

vids — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 12:30:42 +0000

Location: Windsor Nature Park – March 2022

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Spine-tufted skimmer

vids — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:12:21 +0000

The Spine-tufted skimmer, or brown-backed red marsh hawk, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is widespread in many Asian countries. Wikipedia

Scientific Name: Orthetrum chrysis

Location: Windsor Nature Park – March 2022, Lornie PCN – Jan 2024

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Jewel Beetle – Belionota prasina

vids — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 03:21:50 +0000

Belionota is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species: Belionota aenea Deyrolle, 1864 Belionota bicolor Théry, 1926 Belionota bonneuilii Deyrolle, 1864 Belionota … Wikipedia

Location: Windsor Nature Park – March 2022

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Copper-cheeked Frog

vids — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 08:41:23 +0000

Chalcorana chalconota is a species of “true frog”, family Ranidae Wikipedia

Formerly confused with Rana chalconata and Hydrophylax raniceps. Dorsal surface relatively smooth, ranging from bright green to shades of yellow or brown. Hind legs long and slender, tips of fingers and toes flattened into disks. Snout pointed upper lip white, eardrum brown. Tadpoles are yellowish to orange, often with translucent skin. A blackish bar is present under the eyes, and poison glands form a pair of white stripes on the belly. They are often found in forest streams with running water. Its call sounds like dripping water. NParks

Scientific Name: Hylarana chalconota

Status: Native and Common in Singapore

Location: Windsor Nature Park – March 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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Water Striders

vids — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 09:12:54 +0000

The Gerridae are a family of insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly known as water striders, water skeeters, water scooters, water bugs, pond skaters, water skippers, Jesus bugs, or water skimmers. Wikipedia

They are called “Jesus Bugs” because they walk on water.

Water strider legs are covered in thousands of microscopic hairs scored with tiny groves. As reported in National Geographic, “These groves trap air, increasing water-resistance of the water’s striders legs and overall buoyancy of the insect.”
The water skipper’s legs are so buoyant they can support fifteen times the insect’s weight without sinking. Even in a rainstorm, or in waves, the strider stays afloat. https://blog.nature.org/science/2017/04/10/7-cool-facts-water-striders-skippers-pond-skaters-weird-nature/

Location: Windsor Nature Park – Feb 2022

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Net-winged Beetle – Metriorrhynchus sp

vids — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 12:02:36 +0000

Metriorrynchus is a genus of beetles in the family Lycidae. … They occur from Australia north to northern parts of Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, west to eastern … Wikipedia

Location: Windsor Nature Park – January 2022

Thanks, Michal Osi Motyka Coleoptera for the ID

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