A Female Scarlet Skimmer

I've seen the bright red male of this species in my school once or twice... But I had never seen the female dragonfly, which is a yellow colour. However, I never expected to find one that quickly since the Scarlet Skimmer was pretty uncommon in my school. I happened to spot a female one day on a fern plant near the pond.

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I love it's bright colours. Generally most dragonflies are brightly-coloured but this is still one of my favourite. Especially the male, which is such an attractive bright, cherry red.

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Here's a close-up shot of the head. After taking couple of shots, I decided to try moving a bit clsoer to it but it noticed me and flew off after hitting my camera.

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Few Shots from Keppell Golf Club

Went to the Keppell Golf Course at noon from school. We were taken there from school for a field trip. There were some very beautiful spots there. This is the view of the sea from the small restaurant.

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Beside were a plentiful of mangrove trees planted by the club. This enhances the greenery of the place and also attracts wildlife.

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The green grass of the golf course.

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And finally a silhouette of a dead tree.

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Back to the Dawn Dropwings...

We were about to head to Keppel Golf Club within a few hours and as usual I was stuck in school. So I decided to go to the CTW and see if I can spot any good dragonflies there. Like before, the female Dawn Dropwings were back.

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Had fun taking shots of these dragonflies after a long time. At least I can enjoy photographing them easily.

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Little Critters from Sungei Buloh

Found several little critters during the day in Sungei Buloh. A common cicada, pretty hard to find though you hear them too much.

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A brown locust.

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Small Yellow Butterfly

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A small, shiny and round beetle.

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A Slender Skimmer dragonfly at the small pond beside the lockers.

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And from that little pond itself, I spotted another Common Greenback resting on the floating plants.

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Sunbathing Lizards

Found several lizards basking under the hot sun in Sunei Buloh. This sun skink was happily tanning when I spotted it. Apparently I was actually wondering at the very moment where all the skinks had gone to this time.

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Then it was an adult male Changeable Lizard who was basking on a log at the water's edge.

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Spider Eggs or Spiderlings?

What do you think these creatures are? These small little dots are not spider eggs but they are hatchling spiders, called spiderlings. I nearly missed this bunch of tiny crreatures while walkign through the path with some of the students.

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The number of spiders in one group itself was simply uncountable. They were exptremely tiny that almost all the students looking at them were convinced that they were spider eggs and not spider lings. I had to take these shots and zoom in to the max to prove them wrong.

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There were many individual groups one a single plant. This was the smallest group I could find.

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Common Gliding Lizard

With my friend beside me, I decided to leave the group and follow a path took us to a shelter. There was no one on that path, hence it was very quiet and peaceful. Just as I walked half-way through the path I spotted a Gliding Lizard on a tree beside me. I whispered to my friend and slowly started taking some shots.

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It was a Common Gliding Lizard, also known as the Sumatran Flying Dragon. These lizards are able to glide from tree to tree by stretching their skin flabs under their bellies, forming it into somethig like a parachute. At first, my flash was too intense. I quickly had to reduce the flash intensity but by then, the lizard was already hot on the heels to run off.

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Just as I managed another shot, it jumped off to the tree trunk and started to climb higher up the tree. Missed another opportunity.

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