Trip to Mnt Faber, Singapore

[gadunka888]

Went to mount faber a few days ago

Odontomantis

Scenery

Laughing Thrush

Flower

Termites

Mystery Creture! Can you guess what it is? :lol:

enjoy! :donatello:

 

[Rick]

Nice pics. Not sure what the last one is exactly other than some type of fungi.

 

[gadunka888]

Spoiler

:lol: you guessed correctly lol! Its a stinkhorn mushroom! its a bit disgusting( not the smell, but the resemblance to a certain part of the male anatomy!) :lol:

stinkhorn

 

[Rick]

Ahh a stinkhorn. Never seen on like that. Most of the stinkhorns I have seen are without the "net" shaped part.

 

[revmdn]

Very cool photos, thanks for sharring.

 

[brancsikia]

The first picture does not show a mantis!

It is a wasp, a Hymenoptera of the family Dryinidae.

Very interesting find.

Cheers

 

[hibiscusmile]

I know, I know, UGLY! haha thats what it is. :tt2: but other pics and pic of the "UGLY" IS GOOD!

 

[PhilinYuma]

The first picture does not show a mantis!

It is a wasp, a Hymenoptera of the family Dryinidae.

Very interesting find.

Cheers

Thank you. Interesting find and interesting I.D. I had thought that it was an ant! In the U.S. (so far as I know, and I am very far from being expert) the female Dryinidae are all alar, but in the southwest deserts, various species of Mutillidae, have wingless females with furry bodies, known as "velvet ants" and, because their sting is so painful, "cow killers".

 

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Your Laughing Thrush makes me drool! I have to plan a birding trip there!

 

[gadunka888]

lol its really common and anyway its an invasive species :lol: