The dorsal spine somewhat reminds us of a shark’s dorsal fin. Found that it was common along a parking lot and managed to quickly get some shots prior to a separate field trip. Quite a common spittlebug, but this has eluded me for a very long time.
Most of the tingids on record were found in urban environments and I found at least 2 species right at my doorstep! With the kind assistance of Ee Hean, I was able to document most of the known lace bugs in Singapore and published a little tingid checklist. This was shot with a normal macro lens and what most other close-up shots would look like. She obviously wasn’t too happy with me poking the lens at her face. The lens was about 20mm away from the snake’s eyes. Had some time with a female Wagler’t pit viper, and managed a wide-angle shot with its tongue out, close up of the inside of its pits, and with its entire body in the frame. Wagler's pit viper ( Tropidolaemus wagleri).For more cassidines, check out Cassidinae Checklist: Tortoise Beetles. Look closer at the first photo and you’ll find a wasp and several mites sitting on the beetle’s elytra. People seemed to like it and the post had over 72k likes. One night, I found 3 species of tortoise beetles on the same plant and posted it on Twitter. For other cicadellids, check out Cicadellidae Checklist: Leafhoppers. Really tiny leafhopper (2-3mm) with stout macrosetae along its hind tibia and covering its posterior end of the abdomen. For other theridiids, check out Theridiidae Checklist: Comb-Footed Spiders. The body length alone is about 10mm, so imagine the size with its lanky legs! For other pholcids, check out Pholcidae Checklist: Daddy-Long-Legs Spiders.ĭuring a visit to Pulau Ubin with Paul Zborowski from Australia, we found this Yaginumena with an exceptionally high clypeus. Daddy-long-legs spider ( Artema atlanta)Įarly in the year, Paul found the largest daddy-long-legs spider in Singapore.Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2x to Infinity Ultra Macro APO Lens.Most of my wide angle fisheye photos were taken with the following relay system. Meike MK-MT24 mounted on FotoPro DMM-903s with extra MK-R200 wireless macro flashes (4 mounted, 1 handheld).Meike MK-320P Speedlite with a DIY diffuser and reflector.Most of the photos featured here were photographed with my entry-level Micro Four Thirds rig, with a few using my full frame Nikon system. Hope you enjoy them as much as I had fun taking them. Here are 100 of my most memorable photos from 2022. All in all, I found myself playing around more with my wide-angle relay system for the most unique perspectives. I also resumed some workshops in the field, while most of my lectures were still conducted online. I was also an instructor at BugShot Ecuador 2022 and had lots of lifers from the Amazon and cloud forests. In 2022, I spent a little more time exploring the urban microfauna.
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