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A Bornean Adventure
A Bornean AdventureFeaturing Mahua Waterfall, Sabah : Part 1The 17m high Mahua WaterfallUsually, at this time of the year, I would take a short butterfly-shooting vacation up north to our usual hunting...
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A Bornean Adventure : Part 2
A Bornean AdventureFeaturing Mahua Waterfall, Sabah : Part 2The charismatic Kinabalu Swordtail (Pathysa stratiotes) that is endemic to BorneoThis is the concluding part of our Bornean Adventure to the...
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Flying Flowers
Flying FlowersSG Butterflies named after FlowersA Common Rose sunbathes with its wings opened flat on a leafColourful butterflies fluttering around in gardens are often admired by one and all. Their...
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Butterfly of the Month - May 2019
Butterfly of the Month - May 2019The Chestnut Angle (Odontoptilum angulatum angulatum)A Chestnut Angle perches on a leaf with its wings opened flat - typical with the Pyrginae skippersThe fifth month...
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Awls of Singapore : Part 1
Awls of Singapore : Part 1Featuring the Awl skippers in SingaporeA Orange Tailed Awl puddles on a damp timber plankThis weekend's blogpost takes a look at the various butterfly species that carry the...
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Awls of Singapore : Part 2
Awls of Singapore : Part 2Featuring the Awl skippers in SingaporeA Plain Banded Awl puddles on a terracotta tile floorIn Part 2 of the Awls of Singapore, we take a look at the remaining four species of...
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Festival of Biodiversity 2019!
Festival of Biodiversity 2019!HDB Hub @ Toa Payoh : 25-26 May 2018The 8th run of the Festival of Biodiversity (FOB) for 2019 was held over the 25-26 May weekend this year. In keeping with its objective...
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Butterfly of the Month - June 2019
Butterfly of the Month - June 2019The Common Hedge Blue (Acytolepis puspa lambi)It is the month of June already, and the summer heat is upon us. I was in India recently, and in particular New Delhi. A...
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Buffer Parks to Nature Reserves
Buffer Parks to Nature ReservesAn Effective Means of Conserving Biodiversity?A mating pair of Common Posy shot at Dairy Farm Nature ParkRecently, the Gardens Bulletin Vol 71 (Supplement 1) was...
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Bobs of Singapore
The Bob Skippers of SingaporeFeaturing Skippers with the English name BobThis weekend's blogpost looks at a number of butterflies from the Hesperiidae family that have been given the English common...
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The Bamboo Feeders (Part 1)
The Bamboo Feeders (Part 1)Bamboo-feeding Butterfly CaterpillarsA Common Duffer (Discophora sondaica despoliata) whose caterpillars feed on BambooIt is relatively well known that many butterfly...
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The Bamboo Feeders (Part 2)
The Bamboo Feeders (Part 2)Bamboo-feeding Butterfly CaterpillarsIn this follow-up Part 2 of the Bamboo Feeding butterfly caterpillars, we take a look at 4 other Hesperiinae (Skippers) species whose...
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Butterfly of the Month - July 2019
Butterfly of the Month - July 2019The Dark Grass Brown (Orsotriaena medus cinerea)A Dark Grass Brown perched on a blade of dew-covered grass in the early morning hours of the dayWe move into the latter...
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Idyllic Ipoh
Idyllic IpohAn Outing to Various Locations near Ipoh, MalaysiaA male Rajah Brooke's Birdwing puddling on the hot damp sand at Kuala WohAfter our recent butterfly outing to Mahua Waterfall in Sabah,...
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Yeomen of Singapore
Yeomen of SingaporeFeaturing Singapore's Yeoman butterfliesWhen I wrote the 1st edition of the Butterflies of Singapore and launched it back in 2010, the extant species from the Cirrochroa genus was...
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Butterflies of Australia
Feature Book :Butterflies of AustraliaRecently, a friend who visited Australia sent me some butterfly photos that he took on his trip, for identification. Most were relatively common urban butterflies...
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Demons of Singapore
Demons of SingaporeFeaturing Demon Butterflies in SingaporeA Chocolate Demon feeding on the flower of the Torch Ginger. whose leaves also happen to be its caterpillar host plantSince the beginning of...
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Red and White
Red and WhiteHappy 54th Birthday, Singapore!Our little red dot celebrated its 54th Birthday on 9 Aug 2019. This marks 54 years after separation from Malaysia back in 1965, where Singapore became an...
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Butterfly of the Month - August 2019
Butterfly of the Month - August 2019The Indian Cupid (Everes lacturnus rileyi)The year moves into the peak of summer and the heatwave that is spreading across the globe is a constant reminder of...
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Flying Tigers 2.0
Tiger Refresh! An Update of the FlyingTigers of SingaporeSome time back in January 2008, our weekend blogpost featured the Flying Tigers of Singapore. More than 11 years ago, there were 5 extant...
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