Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
Central, Singapore
January 2014
Bukit Timah is located near the centre of the Singapore main island. Best known for its hill which stands at an altitude of 163.63 metres. it is the highest point in the city-state of Singapore.
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve contains pockets of hill dipterocarp forest, not found anywhere else in Singapore. For a reserve of only 0.2% of Singapore's total area or 163 hectares, it is amazingly rich in biodiversity with about 40% of the nation's flora and fauna.
Central, Singapore
January 2014
Bukit Timah is located near the centre of the Singapore main island. Best known for its hill which stands at an altitude of 163.63 metres. it is the highest point in the city-state of Singapore.
A huge variety of trees and plants ensure abundance in biodiversity...
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve contains pockets of hill dipterocarp forest, not found anywhere else in Singapore. For a reserve of only 0.2% of Singapore's total area or 163 hectares, it is amazingly rich in biodiversity with about 40% of the nation's flora and fauna.
Nephila inaurata (Red-Legged Golden Orb-Web Spider)
- a huge female many times bigger than your regular orb-webber...
- a huge female many times bigger than your regular orb-webber...
Cyclosa bifida (Long-Bellied Cyclosa Spider) - See its tortoise-shell like carapace?
It slowly spins the victimized fly around...
It slowly spins the victimized fly around...
Other orb-weavers laying in wait, including
an Argiope Versicolor (Multi-Coloured St Andrew's Cross Spider) Male...
A gold-hued web without an owner...
Another Cyclosa bifida (Long-Bellied Cyclosa Spider) -
One of the most photogenic orb spiders on a web...
Several Cyclosa Spiders at work...
A restful Tanaecia pelea (Malay Viscount) Butterfly on the cemented path...
Gasteracantha hasseltii (Hasselt's Spiny Spider) -
The spider with enough nasty-looking "thorns" to discourage would-be predators...
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