Sunday 25 July 2021

Macro photography at home on day 42 of lockdown

Never ending lockdown day 42: Photographing the Stout-Embolus Ant-Mimic Jumper (Myrmarachne crassembolus) which is hanging in the mid air cos its prey (a mosquito) is flying off when it caught it & this spider managed to hang on in mid air by using the "safety line', the silk.






Macro photography at home on day 41 of lockdown

Never ending lockdown day 41: Photographing the male Multi-coloured Metallic Jumper (Phintella versicolor) in my garden.




Macro photography at home on day 40 of lockdown

Never ending lockdown day 40: Photographing flowers of Latana camara that planted by me since last year. I planted it to attract the butterfly but unfortunately, there is none visiting it. Population of butterfly in my area has been decreased sharply. I used to see butterflies flying in my garden when I was young, but now I may laugh if I could see one flying pass me.



Birding at home on day 39 of lockdown

Never ending lockdown day 39: Photographing the zebra dove (Geopelia striata) in front of my house. It is the most common dove here. It even built a nest not far from my sleeping room.





Macro photography at home on day 38 of lockdown

Never ending lockdown day 38: Photographing black headed ant mimic jumping spider (Myrmarachne melanocephala) in my garden.




Black headed ant mimic jumping spider (Myrmarachne melanocephala) is "taking bath" by rubbing itself against the water droplets a few times. Interesting behavior that I never seen before.



Macro photography at home on day 37 of lockdown

Never ending lockdown day 37: Photographing metallic green jumping spider (Cosmophasis sp.) in my garden.






Macro photography at home on day 36 of lockdown

 Never ending lockdown day 36: Photographing jumping spider (Cosmophasis sp.) in my garden.






Birding at home on day 35 of lockdown

Never ending lockdown day 35: Photographing Spotted-necked dove (Streptopelia chinensis) at my home. Population of this native dove keep on increasing cos it adapted to live near human settlement. I even found bigger population inside oil palm estates. It replaced our jungle bird which most of them can not survive in this new environment consisted of single type of African palm tree.





Macro photography at home on day 34 of lockdown

Never ending lockdown day 34: Photographing Asian ant mantis (Odontomantis planiceps) in my garden. The nymph of this mantis is mimicking an ant to prevent the predator to eat it.




Bulbophyllum acuminatum blooming

Never ending lockdown day 33: When i was fixing the fences at my backyard, I found this flower of Bulbophyllum acuminatum.




Macro photography at home on day 32 of lockdown

Never ending lockdown day 32: Macro photography at home- photographing this earwig inside my house.




Harvesting a "heart-shaped" sugar apple in my garden

Lockdown day 31. Harvesting a "heart-shaped" sugar apple (Annona squamosa) in my garden. This is the 1st fruit after planting it for 4 years.



Birding at home on day 30 of lockdown

Lockdown day 30- biding at home: White-Breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) from my neighbourhood. It always like to chase away other birds when i put the leftover food on the ground for nearby dogs or birds.



White-Breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)

White-Breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)



Wild balsam (Impatiens opinata) from limestone forest of Peninsular Malaysia

Throwback - wild balsam (Impatiens opinata) from limestone forest of east coast Peninsular Malaysia. {馬來西亞野生的鳳仙花}

Impatiens opinata

Impatiens opinata

Impatiens opinata

Impatiens opinata

Impatiens opinata


Birding at home on day 29 of lockdown

Lockdown day 29- biding at home: Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach schach) from my neighbourhood. This insect-eating bird used to be rare in urban area but now it is becoming a common bird here cos more forests are turned into grassland and parks; it is easier for it to hunt the insects.



Friday 9 July 2021

Macro photography at home on day 28 of lockdown

June 28, 2021 Lockdown day 28: Macro photography at home: photographing the flowers of mini carnivorous plant, Utricularia minutissima.

Utricularia minutissima

Utricularia minutissima

Utricularia minutissima

Utricularia minutissima


Macro photography at home on day 27 of lockdown

June 27, 2021 Lockdown day 27: Macro photography at home: photographing the nymph of ladybug in my garden.





Macro photography at home on day 26 of lockdown

June 26, 2021 Lockdown day 26: Macro photography at home: photographing the flowers of Begonia.

Begonia jugamensis

Begonia jugamensis


Begonia jugamensis


Begonia jugamensis



Macro photography at home on day 25 of lockdown

June 25, 2021 Lockdown day 25: Macro photography at home: photographing the female of Multi-coloured Metallic Jumper (Phintella versicolor) in my garden.


Phintella versicolor

Phintella versicolor

Phintella versicolor