Wallace Trail, Dairy Farm Nature Park

Wallace Trail is a trail that both my husband and I favour when it comes to looking for insects to photograph. Two years ago, the trail was rich with abundant insect life both in terms of numbers and variety. However, in the last two years there appear to be a dearth of insect life not just in Wallace trail but in every park and nature reserve that we have visited.

Today we spotted carpenter bees, wasps, grasshoppers and one or two less common species of insects. We hope that this is the sign that the insects that we have been missing for the last two years are making a comeback. Apart from insects we also saw some monkeys and a snake. The exciting flora of the day spotted were the Tiger Orchids near the Education Centre. It was, as usual, refreshing to be close to nature on a Sunday morning.

At the carpark, I saw this Bubul being deceived by his own image.

A clump of Tiger Orchids blooming at the entrance to the Nature Park.

The flowers were really huge.

A pretty ladybug got us hopeful that we would encounter more insect species here than in other parks.

There were quite a few rambutan trees fruiting profusely.

Monkeys were swinging from branch to branch and feasting on the rambutans.

More of the delicious fruit that were beyond the reach of humans. 

Several Chempedak trees were bearing fruit and the fragrance around made us wish we could have a chempedak feast there.

Fruits that I have never seen before. They dangle as if strung on strings.

The intelligent monkeys must have harvested the rambutans and stored them high above for a midnight feast.

A broken tree trunk crossed our path and we had to climb over it.

Monkey's delight.

flowers of a common ginger specie.

Fruits that I cannot identify.

A tiny butterfly taking a sip of water from the water droplets on the leaf.

Another clump of Tiger Orchids flowering.

Palm flowers.

Instead of beetles I found a snail on a tree trunk.

The ever popular Heliconia along the main path in the Park.

Allamanda flowers.

Another fruiting tree.

A kind of beetle with a black-and-white design on its body.

This tiger beetle is devouring a small insect.

A fishtail palm heavy with bunches of fruits.

The sea-urchin-like thorns of the Wax Rose plant.

There were many crickets and grasshoppers in the park.

Hibiscus.

A lizard hiding amongst the grass pretending to be a part of it.

Pretty butterfly.

Another lizard on the move.

I spotted this snake. The head is hidden from view. Pity.

On this rambutan fruit are at least 3 species of insects.

A gigantic wasp nest above my head.

Now, enjoy the awesome blooms of the Tiger Orchid plants.

An Assassin bug.

The petals have dropped off, the fruit has burst open and the seeds are for the birds.

Lush greenery in the Dairy Farm Nature Park.

A fig tree.

The tiger beetle again. It's a handsome specimen.

A mushrrom that can somehow hold huge droplets of water.

Wax Rose.

Fish tail palm.