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Taken at the field behind Lakeside MRT station.
Yesterday, I took a few pictures of a Blue Grass butterfly at the northwestern part of Jurong Lake Park.
At noon today, when I walked across the field behind the Lakeside MRT station, I could see Blue Grass butterflies flying around near the ground, even though they were really very tiny. Before yesterday, I would not have noticed them as I would not have known yet that Blue Grass butterflies existed. I spotted one on a yellow flower. With a bit of experience from yesterday, I lowered myself without scaring it away and took a few macro shots at it.
I believe that the Blue Grass in the picture today is the same type as the one in the earlier pictures, as the location I took the pictures yesterday is near the MRT station. But, from the pictures in the internet, I am still confused which species of Blue Grass butterfly it is.
If I am asked to make a guess, I would say it is the Lesser Blue Grass (Zizina otis) which is common in south Asia. But earlier on, based on pictures in the internet, I had thought it was the Pale Blue Grass and then later the Common Blue Grass. It is possible that some pictures in the internet may have identified incorrectly the different species which are alike in some aspects.
Butterflies are brightly colored flying insects with four wings that vary in color and pattern according to species, the wings are covered with tiny overlapping rows of scales.
Butterflies in their adult stage can live from a week to nearly a year depending on the species.
Butterflies feed primarily on nectar from flowers. Some also derive nourishment from pollen, tree sap, rotting fruit. Adult butterflies consume only liquids, ingested or sip water from damp patches for hydration and from which they obtain sugars for energy, and sodium and other minerals vital for reproduction. Several species of butterflies need more sodium than that provided by nectar and are attracted by sodium in salt; they sometimes land on people, attracted by the salt in human sweat.
Butterflies are important as pollinators for some species of plants although in general they do not carry as much pollen load as bees. They are however capable of moving pollen over greater distances.
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I was not planning to take a dragonfly pic this morning as I rarely see them in the backyard, but I had my camera with me when I took Pauli out and there she was. Unfortunately I didn't have time to check any settings and it was set on "scene" because I was playing with it yesterday, and set on "child portrait". I think I could have done better with my bigger lens, this was the 60mm so I had to get quite close.
I think maybe this is a Green Pondhawk. She was a little skittish because Pauli wanted to get her big nose in the middle of everything. I got a few shots snapped and then she was gone. This was the best. There is a definite learning curve with this camera.
....and damselflies two of myfavourite things! Walking across Alameda bridge yesterday I saw so many different ones. I have difficulty identifying dragonflies but in my defense there are 5680 different species of dragonflies known in the world today. I don't know how many damselflies because wikipedia doesn't say! Definitely need to walk across the bridge soon to try to capture the one I saw with pretty yellow wings and the one with a red head.
Thanks to SouthWestDreams Glenn for the ID.
Explore / Interestingness: Highest position #457, December 23, 2008
Seen in a garden, Vienna, Austria, August 2008
The speckled bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) is a flightless species of bush-cricket that occurs across most of Europe.
The grass-green body, which is about 15 millimetres (0.59 in) long, carries minute black specks, as reflected in the common and Latin name of the species; in addition, the dorsal surface of the abdomen features a brown stripe; this is more pronounced in the male. A yellow-white stripe extends backwards from the eyes. The lower legs and feet are brownish. The antennae are twice as long as the body. The species is brachypterous: the male's forewings are reduced to small flaps, and those of the female are even more reduced. The hindwings are completely absent, and both males and females are flightless.
The female's ovipositor is laterally compressed and curves sharply upwards. The song of the male, produced by rubbing the right wing against a tooth-like projection at the base of the left, is short (1 to 10 ms) and feeble; at a frequency of 40 kHz, it can best be heard with the aid of a bat detector. Unlike other cricket species, the female is able to respond to the male's calls with a weaker call of her own, which attracts the male to her.
The speckled bush-cricket is quite a common species, but its colouring and secretive lifestyle, hidden away in the undergrowth, mean that it often passes unnoticedn
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Thanks to "The Original Crappy Snapper2" for the above information.
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I picked these snowdrops to bring indoors. Just inside I noticed an insect on them so went just outside to photograph. I think it's a bee fly but ID is always welcome. I'm afraid the snowdrops are ushering their name sake. Snow.
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