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Blattidae: Periplaneta americana |
Native: Africa
Common in tropical climates due to global shipping, especially such as to the southeastern U.S; Tenerife, southern Spain, Greece, Taiwan, - Cape Town and Durban, South Africa.
30 July 2011 - Admiralty Park, Singapore.
This ant was busy collecting water on a bright Saturday morning.
Taken with reversed 18-55mm lens. Single exposure @ 1/125 with ISO 200. DIY box cover lid duffused my pop-up flash.
Honey bee on the garden path It was flying around low and landing in several places. Not sure if it was just after water or perhaps minerals
Pic shows several generations of the german roach. The small ones are called nymphs. Notice the brown specks. These are known as fecal points. Roaches leave these behind as a kind of "calling card" to other roaches.
Approx 100 mm from tail (bottom) to extended fore-legs (top of picture). A truely amazing insect! (From the Chatham Islands).
The bush is bushy and desperately in need of a trim, but my friend on the farm doesn't have the heart to do it. Why? These fascinating insects love the bush, and they are so well camouflaged that my friend is fearful she'll harm countless of them if she trims the bush. I'd let it grow and grow and grow, too!
More photos of these fascinating insects in the comments, all clickable, of course.
[SOOC, f/4.0, ISO 100, shutter speed 1/200]
Not a big catch last night but this one was new for the garden.
List for 15th Sep 2014:
Strawberry Tortrix 1 NFY
Garden Carpet 1
Striped Twin-spot Carpet 6
Chevron 1 NFY
Red-green Carpet 1
Dark Marbled Carpet 1
Common Marbled Carpet 2
Grey Pine Carpet 1
Spruce Carpet 3
Juniper Pug 1 NFY
Canary-shouldered Thorn 1 NFY
Heart and Dart 1
Large Yellow Underwing 1
Square-spot Rustic 1
Antler Moth 1
Black Rustic 2 NFY
Centre-barred Sallow 2
Dark Arches 1
Small Wainscot 2 NFY
Rosy Rustic 8
Pale Mottled Willow 1 NFG
Anomalous 1
Gold Spot 1