We would usually expect to see frogs or toads in our night shoots if it rained in the day. This night promised as such, as we set forth to locate the prosperity frog (it’s just a name we gave it) after a day of rain.

#1 Found the prosperity froggy, thanks to Marcus and James. Nyctixalus pictus.

#2 Prosperity Froggie because it is orange. 大吉大利！

#3 Oblivious to our presence, we could even rotate the froggie around on the leaf without it jumping off. Extremely flat little froggie.

#4 Close up on the face.

#5 Placed the flash under the leaf to get an “X-ray” of the froggie.

#6 Marcus found another one!

#7 Looks the same alright

#8 Another close up

#9 This Wolf Spider (Pardosa sp.) mother was carrying her egg sac

#10 Going closer

#11 And closer!!

#12 Possibly a Kidney Garden Spider (Araneus mitificus)?

#13 Harvestman with a spikey green back

#14 Side view highlights the spikes

#15 Unique looking bug with cyan stripes on it’s abdomen

#16 Usual scorpion on a tree bark

#17 Lighted with Ultra Violet

#18 Ultra Violet mixed with flash

#19 Not so common scorpion, Hemiscorpiidae?. Refused to stop moving. Some of them had smaller pincers, which I suspect to be females of the same species?

#20 Tiny tail, I wonder how it manages to sting the prey? Likely to swing from the side like a crocodile.

#21 Lighted with Ultra Violet again.

#22 Final shot. I was waiting for a mating pair but they just wouldn’t come out from beneath the tree bark.

To find out why scorpions glow under Ultra Violet light, refer to my previous post:

• Why do Scorpions Glow Under UV light?

#23 Scarab beetle?

#24 Couldn’t retract it’s wings

#25 Two dragonflies at rest

#26 They were beautifully covered with dew


James blogged about this trip here.

The complete album can be viewed here.

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