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Jan 21th
Sunday
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Butterfly Walk
at Alexandra Hospital Butterfly Trail with Gan Cheong Weei (97544174).
Meeting place: Carpark in front of Alexandra Hospital cafeteria
Time: 09:30 am.
Online guide :
Map, website ,
direction to Alexandra Hospital.
This is the Butterfly Interest Group's first official outing of 2007!
Species commonly encountered here
include the very urbanised Lime Butterfly, the very graceful and seductive
Painted Jezebel, the diminutive and fast-flying Common Tit, the black and
white Common Mormon, the slow and easy Plain Tiger and the Autumn Leaf, a
foreign export that has settled down well here. If we are lucky, we may spot
visitors from the forest — species like Euthalia adonia pinwilli (Green
Baron) and Horaga syrinx maenala (Ambon Onyx).
The walk will last about three hours. Meet at 9.30am at the car park in
front of Alexandra Hospital's
cafeteria.
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Mar 18th
Sunday
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Butterfly Walk
at MacRitchie Trail with Simon Chan (9748-5465)
Meeting place: MacRitchie Reservoir Park main entrance carpark
Time: 10:00 am.
Online guide:
NParks site,
this
site and
location map
In January, we introduced members to a number of beautiful butterfly
species that frequent the butterfly trail at Alexandra Hospital. This time
we will take our newly-found butterfly watching skills to the forest.
Members will at once notice the more brilliant colours of forest denizens as
compared to the ones in the urban areas. Species encountered here include
the regal Royal Assyrian, the very rare Dark Blue Jungle Glory, the big,
strong and fast flying Great Helen and many more deep forest dwellers.
Please bring along drinking water and mosquito repellent. This walk will
last about two hours.
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Apr 22nd
Sunday
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Butterfly Walk
at Upper Seletar Reservoir with Simon Chan (9748-5465)
Meeting place: Viewing tower.
Time: 9.30 am.
We will be taking a leisurely stroll around the park which is a frequent
haunt for long-tailed macaques. Butterflies like the Great Mormon, Malay
Lacewing, Commander, Common Mormon, Cruiser and many more forest denizens
abound. We hope to see the very rare Dark Blue Jungle Glory, the seasonal
Plain Lacewing and the once-a-lifetime encounter, the Lesser Wavy Maplet
(Chersonesia peraka peraka). As recent as November of last year, the
Green Oak Blue made a very rare appearance after missing for a decade.
Please bring along drinking water and
mosquito repellent. This walk will take around 2 hours |
Apr 28th
Saturday
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Butterfly Talk : Create a
colourful and lively Butterfly Paradise in your garden by Gan Cheong Weei
Location : Ang Mo Kio Community Library,
Time : 3:00pm to 4:30 pm.
Butterfly adds colours and life to a garden and is an important part of
nature's eco-system. Have you ever wonder why some gardens attract
butterflies while others don't ? Would you like to have butterflies in your
garden ? Are you worried that caterpillars will defloliate your plants ?
In this talk, Gan will give an overview of an anatomy of a butterfly
garden, share with you tips on how to attract nature's Painted Wings to your
(landed or high rise) garden and clarify some common mis-conceptions about
butterfly and caterpillar.
This talk is conducted in conjunction with
Green Culture Singapore. |
May 26th
Saturday
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Butterfly Walk
at
Pasir Ris Park with Gan Cheong
Weei
Meeting Place: Car Park C (Mighty
Minds Street Directory, Map 52 1C)
Time: 9.30am.
Butterflies seen here include mangrove species like the King Crow, Blue
Glassy Tiger, Dark Glassy Tiger, Plain Banded Awl skipper and
many others.
As it is near the town, urban species like the Lime Butterfly and Striped
Albatross can occasionally be
seen.
This walk will
last about three hours. |
Jun 23rd
Staurday |
Butterfly Walk at Singapore
Botanic Gardens with Simon Chan (9748-5465)
Meeting place: Main entrance at the junction of Cluny Road and Napier Road
Time: 9.30am
We will be taking a leisurely stroll within the confines of the garden,
which includes a small patch of primary forest. Butterflies seen here
include the two rare and endangered species, the Common Birdwing and the
Common Rose. Other denizens of this wonderful place are the Painted Jezebel,
Striped Albatross, Common Grass Yellow, Common Mormon, Lime Butterfly and
many more.
Please bring enough water to last the entire walk of 3 hours. |
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-- No butterfly walk in December -- |
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