3428. PHOTOS OF BUTTERFLIES in Singapore - Common Rose and the Malay staff sergeant

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Common Rose - Pachliopta aristolochiae asterix
is a large threatened butterfly with stunning red and white wings
seen in  Yio Chu Kang Crescent forest - 

one or two at one time e.g. 5 Jan 2021. 

Video

Seen on 21 Jul 2021

Lone Common Rose butterfly in Yio Chu Kang Crescent seen

this morning, Fri 23 Jul 2021  10 am

Video on 21 Jul 2021.

 

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The Esplanade Forecourt Garden - 

The Malay Staff Sergeant (Athyma reta moorei).
More information at bottom of the page#

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Seen in July 2021:

The Esplanade forecourt garden 30 Oct 2020   1 pm

Video

Striped Albatross (Appias libythea olferna). Male. Upper wings

A male Striped Albatross  Esplanade forecourt garden  28 jun 2021

The Striped Albatross (Appias libythea olferna) gets its name from the male butterfly, which is white with prominent black veins on the underside. 

The female Striped Albatross (Appias libythea olferna)is dark dusted with yellow wing bases.

Striped Albatross (Appias libythea olferna). Female.

Peacock Pansy (Junonia almana)

Esplanade   28 Jun 2021

Esplanade forecourt garden. Video at:

Video link

https://youtu.be/1u_pdevmx-Y

Painted Jezebel (Delias hyparete metarete) is
a medium-sized brightly coloured butterfly sipping nectar

Grass Yellow (Eurema sp.)

Found in Singapore throughout the year, 

Grass Yellows are small butterflies that have lemon-yellow wings with small black spots

Yio Chu Kang Crescent

Grass Yellow (Eurema sp.)Found in Singapore throughout the year, Grass Yellows are small butterflies that have lemon-yellow wings with small black spots. Seen in Yio Chu Kang Crescent. Most common of the lot

Grass Yellow (Eurema sp.)

Found in Singapore throughout the year, Grass Yellows are small butterflies that have lemon-yellow wings with small black spots

Near Hub Spoke Cafe  Sun 5 Nov 2020

Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus chrysippus) seen at

Yio Chu Kang Crescent

Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus chrysippus)
seen at The Esplanade

Hypolimnas anomala, Malayan eggfly or crow eggfly butterfly

Peacock Pansy (Junonia almana)?

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The Malay Staff Sergeant (Athyma reta moorei)

30 Oct 2020. NATURE STORIES by Dr Sing Kong Yuen. SOME BUTTERFLIES ARE HARD WORKING EVEN WHEN IT IS VERY HOT AND HUMID. Athyma reta moorei butterfly.

 

The Esplanade-Theatres On The Bay’s Forecourt Garden has less than 5 species of butterflies at any one time when I visit. Many flowers but few butterflies and bees. Probably too much human spraying of insecticide and fogging to maintain a garden with flowers.

 

1 p.m. Very hot and humid. Bright sunshine. Blue skies. Most Singaporeans would be sheltered indoors if they have the choice. I thought all butterflies would be inactive when I went to the Forecourt Garden to look for them as my on-going project is to photograph butterflies and Oriental Garden Lizards in Singapore.

 

Wow, I had to correct my misconceptions. A rare sighting of a beautiful butterfly that just fluttered in front of me and did a dance. An uncommon butterfly in Singapore---The male Malay Staff Sergeant (Athyma reta moorei). I had not seen it before in The Esplanade or in Yio Chu Kang Crescent’s secondary forest---my two most frequented places for Nature photography.

 

This MALE butterfly did not dash away as most do. It hung around the flowers near me as if it wanted to and did an afternoon dance performance for me!

 

MY VIDEO: https://youtu.be/BX9zXKDcGrw

 

REFERENCE: The Malay Staff Sergeant (Athyma reta moorei) is an uncommon butterfly in Singapore. The video here shows a male which is brown. The female is yellowish orange in colour.

https://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2020/06/life-history-of-malay-staff-sergeant.html

 

MORE IMAGES OF BUTTERFLIES IN SINGAPORE AT BLOG: https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2020/11/3428-photos-of-butterflies.html

https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2020/05/4126-golden-hours-of-photography-rare.html

MORE PHOTOS AT:

Rare butterfly near Seletar Simpang Kiri River
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2020/05/4126-golden-hours-of-photography-rare.html

 

Rare moth near Seletar Simpang Kiri River
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2019/12/4033-bigger-dull-moth.html

Various butterflies in Singapore
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2020/01/4053-singapore-wildlife-butterflies-in.html

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Dr David Sing
+65 9668-6468
judy@toapayohvets.com
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3427. PHOTOS OF DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES

PHOTOS FOR SALE.  DRAGONFLIES IN SINGAPORE

The Common Parasol

Video

Crocothemis servilia

IG_dragonfly_yckc_14Jun2021


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How to photograph dragonflies

https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-photograph-dragonflies/

So, when you’re out there looking for dragonflies to photograph, pay close attention to your background. Ideally, you want it to contrast with the colors of the dragonfly. 

3426. A vibrant artist Annie Horkan

 

Vibrant art and crafts – Annie Horkan
http://anniehorkan.com/studio-bliss-art/

3425. PHOTOS OF FLOWERS

 

Common names: Chinese Violet 

Family name: Amaranthaceae (Amaranthus family) 

Status in Singapore: Naturalised

 

 

Features Occurs in roadsides, forest edges and disturbed areas A perennial herb that grows up to 50 cm tall with horizontal stems that form mats Leaves are egg-shaped, paired, 2.5–8 cm long and 1.5–4 cm wide Flowers are small, white and tubular, and consist of two lips; the upper lip has two lobes while the lower lip has three lobes and dark purple markings This species is a host plant for the following butterflies: Jacintha Eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina jacintha), Autumn Leaf (Doleschallia bisaltide) and Blue Pansy (Hypolimnas orithya wallacei)

 

 

 

 

 Management Seeds are contained inside capsule-like fruits that, after reaching maturity, eject the seeds when lightly touched. For best management, entire plants should be removed before the flowers set seeds.

 

 

31 Aug 2022.  PHOTOGRAPHY TIP
Tripod is needed to get sharp image.
Canon R5, Tripod as low as possible, 

P Mode, single focus. No direct sunlight. No breeze. 

Near river bank.

Chinese Violets in Yio Chu Kang Crescent forest wish you
GOOD MORNING
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Bidens Pilosa

Wild flower - Bidens Pilosa

Bidens pilosa - few seen in Yio Chu Kang Crescent forest fringe 22 Jun 2021

Bidens pilosa photoshopped

Video of Bidens Pilosa

A rose in Georgia

Flowers in Armenia

The Purple Cleome (Cleome rutidosperma)
Host plant for Striped Albatross (Appia libythea olferna), the Pysche (Leptosia nina malayana) and Cabbage White (Pieris canidia canidia)

 
The flower are composed of 4 reddish petals that gradually fade to pink or light purple. The petals point upwards and are arranged side-by-side in a fan-like pattern.

 Herbaceous plants that form dense mats or grow as an epiphyte.

 

 Compound, trifoliate leaves are composed of elliptic to narrowly ovate leaflets. The leaflets are tightly packed together and united at the base without any intervening stalk. The sunken, pinnate venation creates a quilted leaf surface.

 

 

 

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+65 9668-6468
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3424. PHOTOS OF INSECTS FOR SALE - katydid

15 Oct 2022.  Katydid and her nymph clinging to her tail end in Yio Chu Kang forest. Canon R5 24-105 mm lens. Tripod used. Much sharper images with Canon R5.

 

 

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Nov 2020.
I saw a few insects in the Yio Chu Kang Crescent secondary forest. 

Wasp

Marmalade hoverfly on a sneaker

Moth

katydid

katydid

Bee seen on Bidens pilosa flower in YCK Crescent forest on Sun 20 Jun 2021

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3423. Global Biodiversity Information Facility - free international biodiversity database

Straits Times Oct 10, 2020
Butterfly specimens from Singapore, Malaysia find new life on Web

More than 12,700 butterfly specimens from over 970 species native to Singapore and Peninsula Malaysia

were put online in the GBIF, a free international biodiversity database. They are preserved at the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, collected between 1936 and 1998. Some species are extinct. It has 12,000 butterfly species to take online.  It has plans to digitalise stick insect specimens. LKCNHM has the good representation of stick insect diversity within South-east Asia. This region has the highest diversity of stick insects in the world. 

https://www.gbif.org/

Butterfly species in this region are under-represented in global databses. It has 1,200 species compared with 496 in Europe.

Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia sit on the Sundaland biodiversity hotspot, one of the biologically richest places on earth. 

With historical records online, scientist can do comparative studies on distribution of species, decline of species now extinct, re-introduction of these species. 

by 1990, 114 butterfly species were extinct in Singapore.  

3422. E-commerce tips. The Unleashed Pen. Etsy marketing. A success story

2 Nov 2020. 

E-commerce marketing is very hard work. That is why not many people can succeed if they don't persevere.   

It was kind of the founder of The Unleashed Pen to share great details of her success story. She netted $20,000 in May 2020 on one product!   Her website is:

https://www.etsy.com/sg-en/shop/TheUnleashedPen

TIPS FROM HER.

1. She is an experienced graphics designer.
2. She has her own Shopify shop costing US$29 monthly. Not much in sales. Attended Alison Prince's course. Zero to 100K. Let go of product that you think will sell. Sell what is trendy and what customer wants.

3.She started one product to test on Etsy. Dark heather grey tee-shirt. Not just with cute designs but targeted at new graduates in 2020. She wanted to make graduates happy as the Covid-19 pandemic affected all graduates. 

4. May-June  seasonal. High quality gifts for graduates. She does her silk screening tees herself at first.
Later, farm out to May, from Zero-100K website. Great referral. Another silk-screen supplier. Increase her charges but sell much more.

Feedback from buyers. Keywords are "graduate gifts for her".

They want high quality (soft, quality tese) and silk-screened tees.
She sold first - regular tees.

college tees, high school tees, senior 2020. 

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5. Fulfillment. 

5.1  Ship Station. She recommends it. Alison Prince also recommends it. 

5.2  Esty has similar priced services too.  she uses Etsy too. Her labels printed by Etsy.

6. Costs to her as a seller
6.1 Esty charges around 9.8% as follows:
     0.20 cent/listing
     3% transaction fee,
      5% on shipping and 0.25cents

6.2  10% if use influencer. Can be as much as 20 - 50%. 

7.  Esty upsells for her.  
     Key chain of similar design $10 with tees.  Free shipping if sale over $40.

8. Competitors. Esty has listing of few competitors at bottom, unlike Amazon. 

9. Harvest email of buyers? She could refer some to her Shopify. 

10. She sends abandoned buyers coupons.

11. Her other products - ear rings using laser and irridescent paint.

3 TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL LISTING.

1. Follow the Zero-100K system, a course taught by Alison Prince.  Start small. One product. 

2. Great photo.

3.  Give them a great shopping experience and product they want.  Encourage feedback. She gives a card in a yellow envelope with each sale. 

"Thank you for buying this product. You made our day. I hope we  made yours. If you have queries or comments, pleaselet us know. Website.  Please leave a review .