I managed to trip up some stairs yesterday, with a resultant cut above
my shin - so off to A&E (SGH) to get it fixed. Today I was feeling ok and
needed a bit of therapy - so off I went to Queensway Sec School just to
get out of the house. What a surprise - in addition to the usual Oxyopes
and
First - female Oxyopes birmanicus (Burmese lynx spider)
Liprocea fusimormis
Oxyopes birmanicus with dinner
Oxyopes birmanicus with dinner
Parawixia extruding two strands of silk
Argiope aemula waiting for dinner
Male Argiope aemula waiting for his mate to invite him
Mating moths, Creatonotos gangis
Mating moths, Creatonotos gangis
Creatonotos gangis starting to inflate his
coremata. The coremata
is a scent organ which emit pheromones to attract females
Partially inflated coremata
Note his ventral surface is oriented away from the blade of grass
Two mating Creatonotos gangis
Adjacent was an Argiope aemula extruding a ribbon of fine silk fibers
A closer view
Later
A surprise - a female Rucinia acuminata
Guarding her eggs? Rucinia
A caterpillar
Creatonotos gangis with fully inflated coremata
Creatonotos gangis with fully inflated coremata
Creatonotos gangis retracting his coremata (deflating)
Creatonotos gangis with fully retracted coremata
Two mating Creatonotos gangis
From the top - note the wings hiding the colorful abdomen
An assassin bug
Lynx: Oxyopes birmanicus guarding her eggs
Male Oxyopes birmanicus
Orange beetle
Gecko
Thomisus guangxicus
Oxyopes with a fly for dinner
Caterpillar
Gecko and Lynx - a stand-off
C. Frank Starmer