4119. Vietnam travels. Rice terraces Mt Fansipan CABLE CAR VIEW. Pagoda complex Mt Fansipan

TRAVEL VIDEO: CABLE CARS of Fansipan Mountain, Vietnam.
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15- 20 Sep 2022: Cool weather. Drizzle and some rain. The world's longest three-rope  cable car system in Lao Cai province, Vietnam. It connects Muong Hoa Valley with Fansipan Mountain which is dubbed the "Roof of Indo-China". The peak is about 3184 m above sea level.

Video shows greenery from our cable car which accommodated 19 travellers from Singapore and one local guide who is narrating in Mandarin.

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PHOTOS OF 18 TRAVELLERS AND TOUR MANAGER IN TOUR  15-20 SEP 2022.

 

 

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Aerial view of rice terraces in the valley as seen from my Mt Fansipan cable car ride with 19 travellers during the 17 Sep 2022 tour. View was hazy in real life as the car window was misted and there was a drizzle.

Rice Terraces photo below has been rejected by shutterstock as NOT sharp. 

 

 

PAGODA COMPLEX

MT FANSIPAN

Mt Fansipan Cable cars in Sep 2022

 

 

 

 

 

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 VIDEO OF THE BUDDHA AND GODDESS OF MERCY

 

 

 

 

 

Furnicular Train

36 streets at night  from Chan and family visit in Oct 2022

 

 

 

 

Egg coffee at shop by Chan and family in Oct 2022
we went in the afternoon in Sep. No video

 

 

 

4117. Yio Chu Kang moths - Magpie moths

Nyctemera baulus is a moth of the family Erebidae

https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/moth/magpie

 

 

 

4118. Singapore moths in Yio Chu Kang. Marbled white moth.

Nyctemera lacticinia

marbled white moth

 Nyctemera lacticinia is a species of moth of the Arctiidae family

 

 

 

4116. Singapore Moths in Yio Chu Kang Crescent Gesonia

4115. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Triangular-striped moth Chalciope mygdon. Semi-looper moth Trigonodes hyppasia. Use tripod.

 4115. PHOTOGRAPHY OF MOTHS. Triangular-striped moth in Yio Chu Kang Crescent.

1. Chalciope mygdon is a moth of the Noctuidae family.

 Larva is a very slender pale bluish-grey semi-looper. Fine darker longitudinal lines present. The larvae feed on Phyllanthus species.

 

  

2.  Trigonodes hyppasia is a moth of the Noctuidae family as classified by some people. No consensus of new family Erebidae.  The triangles or semi-looper.

 

 

 

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3. The Triangular-striped moth (Chalciope mydgon) is rarely seen in Yio Chu Kang Crescent secondary forest. 23 Dec 2024: Night time. Flew into Lentor Plain house.

I took many photos, using tripod. A tripod is needed to get a sharper image.

Chalciope mygdon, the triangular-striped moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is found from the Oriental region to Sundaland.

Its wingspan is about 36–40 mm. Head and thorax dark red brown. Abdomen greyish fuscous. Forewings purplish grey. Costa ochreous. A large red-brown patch occupying the white wing except the costal and outer area, and crossed by an oblique ochreous band. Its costal and outer edges bordered by reddish ochreous, and their angle almost joined by a red-brown streak from the apex. There is a sub-marginal specks series present. Hindwings fuscous. Cilia grey below apex and at outer angle.^[1]

Larva is a very slender pale bluish-grey semi-looper. Fine darker longitudinal lines present. The larvae feed on Phyllanthus species.^[2]

 

 

 

23 DEC 2024:

The Triangular-striped moth is very rare and difficult to photograph. Internet searches do not show its eyes as the moth is small and will not stay long. This moth came to my house ON 23 DEC 2023 at around 8 pm, stayed on the wall for a long time. Only a tripod will you be able to capture its eyes. Still it is not a perfect photo.

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4114. Videos of wasp moths in Yio Chu Kang Crescent forest fringe. Sep 2022.

The moths have to fool, but birds and other insects that might find these moths a tasty snack. 

 

Hubner's Wasp Moths are Batesian Mimics. They look like their model (stinging wasps and bees), but they have no actual ability to sting or bite. The adult moths have only sucking mouthparts and no jaws.

 

How can you tell if you are looking at a moth, and not a wasp or a bee? 

The antennae are a hint; 

1. Moth antennae are long and feathery.
2. Moths don't have the narrow "wasp waist" common to actual stinging insects. Their abdomen is thickly joined to their thorax.
3. The mouth of moth has a long coiled proboscis rather than chewing jaws.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4113. TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY. GOOD MORNING IMAGE. Steel hand rails of Pagoda Complex

VIETNAM - 17 SEP 2022: Tourists brave the steep stairs of the Pagoda Complex of Mt Fansipan. Stainless steel hand rails are provided nearer to the Funicular Train Station but not at the lower stairs. It is best for those over 65 years old to use the hand rails.

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4111. PHOTOGRAPHY. Buildings taken by iPhone 12.

PHOTOGRAPHY. Buildings taken by iPhone 12.

UOB Tampines Centre, Singapore, 6 PM, 8 Oct 2022

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Century Square Mall, Singapore, 6 PM, 8 Oct 2022 

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4111. PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Grasshopper at 11 AM, 9 OCT 2022.

8 OCT 2022

PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Use tripod. Shoot multiple shots in AV Mode. Indirect sunlight.

A basking Japanese Rice Grasshopper (Oxya japonica) in Yio Chu Kang Cres forest, 11AM, 9 OCT 2022, is a pest as it eats the farmers' crops. Global warming has increased its numbers in some countries. 

Tripod is necessary. Canon R5, 105 mm zoom. AV Mode. F/10. ISO 100. About 5 feet away. Bright sunlight. Little breeze in Yio Chu Kang Cres forest. Multiple mosquitoes around my hands and trousers. Surprisingly, this grasshopper is not hopping away despite several minutes of photography. I had a video made too.

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4110. Photography. Moths in Yio Chu Kang Crescent in Sep 2022.

1. Hubner's wasp moth on 8 Oct 2022, 8 AM  - image and video
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2. Small moth on 8 October 2022, 8 AM - one-cm wing span. light brown. on grass.

Hubner's Wasp Moth, Yio Chu Kang Crescent, Singapore  8 Oct 2022

 

 

3. Others. 

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