Made another trip to the abandoned railway track via Sunset Way, but this time in the day. The Green Corridor also organized a walk on the same day, but oddly, we did not see the big group that attended the walk. Maybe they turned back at the Clementi tunnel that was flooded.

#1 Leucauge spider. Identified by rows of curved hairs on the femurs of the fourth leg, but they are out of focus in this picture. 😛

#2 A planthopper that had grown mouldy

#3 Female Ant-mimicking sac spider (Corinnomma severum). Doing hand-held shots with the Raynox for this one, and couldn’t really get the subject in frame.

#4 Managed a head shot of the ant-mimicking sac spider, but obviously one of my flashes was not firing (forgot to change the settings back to wireless control)

#5 A bright coloured fly, ID not known

#6 Tried hard to get the body in focus but it kept moving around

#7 A shy husband and wife pair of Big-bellied spiders (Tylorida ventralis). They were actually mating, but changed to this position when I approached, trying to look innocent.

#8 Wasn’t too long before they got back to their business – male attempts to insert pedipalps

#9 Still at it after some time

#10 Found yet another horny couple at eye-level on this tree branch

The complete album can be viewed here.

James blogged about this trip here.

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