I stumbled upon these insects last year at Marman beach. Curious, I checked up wikipedia and wow! we have some fascinating creatures here. Apparently they behave in robot-like manner in their nesting behavior and were cited in philosophical arguments.
I went back to take more pictures but they aren’t there anymore. I guess I would have to wait until their next mating season.
As luck would have it. They are found in large numbers as in last week (28 Feb). You can photograph them in mid flight like what one of my party member did. Sort of aerial and macro photography rolled into one.
Photo by Kelvin Tan.
Jan/Feb is a good time to do an overnight stay in Ubin. Migratory birds are still around and the rubber plantation we stayed at were full of bird calls.
With very little rainfall there are less mosquitoes to bother us. But tension can be felt as Ubin villagers anxiously wait for rains while watching their wells dry up. Trees shed leaves on the parched earth with added dangers of bush fires, one which broke out 10 days ago, burning an area about 5 basketball courts size at Ketam cycling trail. Durians trees are vulnerable if the drought continue, their flowers fails to bloom and, as happen before, some of these majestic trees may even die as their roots dry up.
The above concerns aside, our night at Ubin is filled with memories of the sixties as we watch the filming of Fighting Spiders 2, a local TV production. Ubin malay kampong is the only kampong left in Singapore left almost untouched by developments.
Didn’t post any blog entry last month. Its hard looking for subjects to write about. Hopefully this picture thread helps to fill up the void.
Feb 17, 2010
Bumboat leaving jetty at Changi river.
Jan 25, 2010
Magnificent view of quarry lake
![View of quarry lake, Jalan Jelutong](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_kPu62WGfJZM/S3JTOPn_OnI/AAAAAAAACic/1OmNaoph9aY/s800/quarry%20lake.jpg")
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