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March 14, 2014: Bukit Brown

A fun morning with Joseph, Liew Qi and Mark. A Neoscona - usually nocturnal, but hiding in plain site

mar 14 4915 neoscona

Mark found this Gasteracantha the middle spikes are unusually large

mar 14 4961 gasterocantha

Ventral view

mar 14 4938 gasteracantha ventral

We thought this was a common ant mimic - but Joseph has a preliminary identification, Corinnid

mar 14 4948 corinnid sp

Corinnid

mar 14 4956 Corinnid sp

I missed this guy - thought it was two dead leaves - until it moved. - then the leaves became a grasshopper

mar 14 4981 camo grasshopper

Another view

mar 14 4986 camo grasshopper

Sikh tomb guards

mar 14 4987 tomb guards

Mark found this little moth

mar 14 5013 moth

I have no idea what is reflected on the face

mar 14 5020 moth face

Spider with lunch (caterpillar)

mar 14 5027 spider caterpillar

March 15, 2015: Early morning exploring fluorescense in crab spiders

Thomisus guangxicus bathed in UV light

mar 15 1904 thomisus guangxicus fluorescence

Thomisus guangxicus bathed in UV light

mar 15 1931 thomisus fluorescence

Thomisus guangxicus bathed in UV light

mar 15 1943 thomisus fluoresence

Thomisus guangxicus bathed in UV light

mar 15 1948 thomisus fluoresence

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