Singapore Botanic Gardens
Central, Singapore
August 2012
Sunny
Merlion Wayfarer hadn't planned for a spider shoot - Not in a forest boardwalk with rope barricades on both sides, and definitely not in a park with hundreds of people on a Sunday morning. However, nice surprises happened. :)
A small Nephila Pilipes (Golden Web Spider) Female in the middle of the leaf litter in the Rainforest...
A shy Cyclosa Spider in Lower Palm Valley Road
hidden behind the body parts of the insects in its larder...
hidden behind the body parts of the insects in its larder...
A Neoscona Rufofemorata (Brown-Legged Spider) Female in Lower Palm Valley Road
which got up and shook itself before resting in its yoga position again...
which got up and shook itself before resting in its yoga position again...
It was able to balance sideways on its web...
When it was looking directly at the camera - See the gleam in its eyes?
When it was not - All its eyes were looking in different directions!
Two mating Opadometa Fastigata (Pear-Shaped Leucauge) spiders near Symphony Lake. Kinda hard to see what they were doing
as there was no way to get near them without getting one's feet muddied...
as there was no way to get near them without getting one's feet muddied...
(A post on NPSS and 12h later, tchuanye has helped to ID that they were indeed mating.
The one on the left was the male and the one on the right - the bigger one - was the female. Thanks!)
The one on the left was the male and the one on the right - the bigger one - was the female. Thanks!)
Interesting phenomenon with a Leucauge Argentina (Silver Leucauge) acting like a Cyclosa Spider
- The light reflecting off the eyes of the bee's leftovers could be seen!
- The light reflecting off the eyes of the bee's leftovers could be seen!
