Ubin » natural pond http://www.sgkopi.com/ubin Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:24:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Dengue busting dragonflyhttp://www.sgkopi.com/ubin/2010/03/dengue-busting-dragonfly/ http://www.sgkopi.com/ubin/2010/03/dengue-busting-dragonfly/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:24:01 +0000 admin http://www.sgkopi.com/ubin/?p=1411 Dragonflies are valuable predators that eat mosquitoes, including those that carrying dengue fever virus. Nparks commissioned a survey and they were surprisingly found to thriving in Singapore’s urban landscape. I am surprised too, with all the foggings going on in Singapore which sometimes throw dangerous smokescreen that floats over to expressways from condominiums nearby.

Dragonflies are especially vulnerable when Nparks’ contractors pour insecticides into ponds that are already home to small fishes and dragonflies. Report to Nparks if you see any oily patches on natural ponds on your next trip to Ubin.

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]]> http://www.sgkopi.com/ubin/2010/03/dengue-busting-dragonfly/feed/ 0 February in Ubinhttp://www.sgkopi.com/ubin/2009/02/february-in-ubin/ http://www.sgkopi.com/ubin/2009/02/february-in-ubin/#comments Sat, 14 Feb 2009 06:53:19 +0000 admin http://www.sgkopi.com/ubin/?p=530 The dry season is here. Fortunately its still breezy from the wind blowing from the North. The tracks are dry making it easy to walk.

We went to the North Shore. There is a natural pond teeming with tiny little fishes. A kingfisher perch overhead waiting for an easy meal.

kingfisher

Shrinking pond

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