mealworms

ok i recently bought a box of mealworms, the larvae of the darkling beetle.
they feed on oatmeal and i want to keep them until they turn into beetles.
you can find them at pet shops where they are used as live fish food or hamster
treats.they look like this:

then they turn into pupa and they look like this:

then when they finally grow up, they turn into a beetle.like this:

quite an amazing transformation isn't it? here you can see the change.

i cant wait till they turn into beetles!

nature collecting

I upgraded my ant jelly. It now looks

exactly like the one shown in one of the

earlier posts except there is no tunnels

nature collecting

OK I finally found out the type of ant that I got in the nutrition jelly container.

it is a type of camponotus ant. They dug two tunnels so far but

a type of mold is killing them slowly. I am trying to get rid of the infected

ants and their bodies.

nature collecting

OK, recently, I started this ant colony in this special nutrition gel which ants can

dig in it and eat it.

it looks like the picture shown but it is smaller.

I am getting a bigger one for Christmas.

I am not sure what type of ants are in there

because I cannot find it in my books

so I am currently searching it in the

internet. I have about 30 ants in the

jelly container and they have dug 3 tunnels so far.

one of them is going to link with another

and i think it will take about a day or so.

I will see if i can post more about it in one of the upcoming posts.

nature collecting

OK you know about that time i talked about making homes of

the bugs you catch?

I know now you might be wondering where on earth can I catch bugs in the first place?

well, your neighbourhood is a good start.

look around trees and tap around on the bark.

any animals hiding there will move away then you will know where they are.

you can look among the roots and the grasses around the tree too.

however if you want a place where there is always an abundance

of insects, you can go to the upper Serangoon river (in Singapore)

whenever I go there, I can guarantee that by the time it is time for you to go home,

you will have seen at least 3 different species of bugs.

spiders are very common there, so are ants.

if you walk in the grass field near it,

you will be able to see flying bugs here and there.

they are actually moths and grasshoppers.

if you look carefully, you may find a stink bug or

an assassin bug.

flies and mosquitoes are always there so bring some insect repellent.

don't try to climb over the fence to go near the water.

I know there are fish but I heard there are snakes there too.

the path is frequently used by cyclists and joggers, it is very long.

normally i just walk half the length but if you are not

too tired, you might want to walk the full length.

well, I will post some pictures I took there in one of the upcoming posts,

but I think I'll stop for now.

ok you know about my cousin, the insect collector?

you can visit his Blog. he has collected over 30 species of bugs

(most of them are spiders)

he told me he created a blog and will send me the address later.

so maybe you can visit his blog.

he specialises in spiders and he can memorise all their

scientific names... so, yeah. well if you want to know his name,

he is Jordan Ang, 10 years old.

well you can try to search that on the internet.

if you are lucky... you might find him.

golden orb weaver
jumping spider

death watch beetle