A Game Of Hide-And-Seek

North-East, Singapore January 2014 By nature, beach creatures can be a little shy. Many of them are well-hidden by rocks, sand or gravel... Myomenippe Harwicki (Stone/Thunder Crab)... Alpheidae (Snapping Shrimp)... Gobiidae (Goby)... Look carefully where you walk next time you are at the beach... More photos are available on: Merlion Wayfarer Goes Green's Picasa Web Albums ...

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Firefly Fairyland In Urban Singapore

Punggol North East, Singapore January 2014 In a deserted corner of Punggol, Merlion Wayfarer found what she never expected to see in 21st century urban Singapore - Fireflies... It was on a night trek that she noticed some flashing "lights" in bush. It was a path that she had walked by before in the day, but had not paid much heed to the nondescript bushes. Yet, tonight... the shrubs before her was transformed into a fairyland of...

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Park Visitors At Bukit Timah Hill & Punggol Beach

Bukit Timah Hill & Punggol Beach Central & North-East, Singapore January 2014 Merlion Wayfarer was out at nature spots over the weekend and was distressed to see the actions of some inconsiderate park visitors. At the summit of Bukit Timah Hill on Saturday, a group of North Asians were there taking a break after reaching the summit. Finding the long-tailed macaques "cute", they started cutting up their green apples and throwing the...

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A Walk On The Butterfly Trail

Butterfly Trail Orchard Road Central, Singapore February 2012 Conceptualized by Nature Society (Singapore), the Butterfly Trail @ Orchard features some 50 of the more common butterfly species that can be found in Singapore. This 4 km trail meanders all the way through the Orchard Corridor between the Singapore Botanic Gardens and the Tanglin area and the Singapore Management University and Fort Canning Park.  It was a time to be carefree... Delias...

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The Southern Sunset Wind

Singapore January 2014 The slanted rays of the setting sun wash the laden sky with golden light...    At the mercy of a southern wind,  a few fleeting stratocumulus puffs break away from the heavy mass and scoot across the sky... A stunning sunset panorama... More photos are available on Merlion Wayfarer Goes Green's Picasa at : Natural Phenomena - Clouds ...

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How Many Legs Does A Caterpillar Have?

Caterpillars come in all sorts of sizes and thickness. Close-up, they can look like huge alien worms, with their bright colors, spots and stripes, and sometimes what looks like hundreds of legs.  The number of legs that caterpillars can have varies with the kind of caterpillar and sometimes with its stage. Usually all of the butterflies or moths in the same family will have the same number of legs on their caterpillars. Most caterpillars...

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A Morning With Sleepy Liz & Hungry Cat

Tampines Eco Green East, Singapore November 2013 A quiet morning in the east amidst a recreated park... A Calotes Versicolor (Changeable Lizard) spotted!  Within minutes, it gets sleepy, and decides to take a nap... Zzzzz... Woah! Something buzzes by and it's instantly awake! Even with a leg missing, this Oxyopes Birmanicus (Burmese Lynx Spider) wanders around looking for breakfast... Life in these grasslands...

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