Saturday's macrothon

A black ant mimic jumping spider photographed at Klang Gates

Beautiful large lynx spider from Hutan Lipur Lintang, Pahang

Fooling around with the gear: High magnificatin lenses from Canon

Saturday was one hell of a day!I joined my macro photography team to check out Hutan Lipur Lintang in Pahang the
results were'nt encouraging.As a follow-up we did Janda Baik which was within striking distance.That too had turned out to be a white wash.Later, we headed out to the Klang Gates Dam and met another photography enthusiast
there.With a string of disappointment, we left the scene and ended it with a tea session in
Taman Melawati.My main focus was spiders and I did land some decent shots.

Spiders of Bukit Nenas

An ant mimic jumping spider found on the foothills of Bukit Nenas

Orisima Ichneumon - elegant and graceful

A brown lynx spider posing for the camera

While we on our bug population census taking mission of Bukit Nenas, I stumbled upon
some really cool spider species.The area is teeming with spiders and during my three-hour search there, I landed at least
five different species of arachnids.There were jumping spiders and orb weavers and the most commonly found specie of
jumper is the Orisima Ichneumon.This colourful spider guards its lair jealously from invading hoards of ants and other winged
insects.

Spiders of Bukit Nenas

While we on our bug population census taking mission of Bukit Nenas, I stumbled upon
some really cool spider species.The area is teeming with spiders and during my three-hour search there, I landed at least
five different species of arachnids.There were jumping spiders and orb weavers and the most commonly found specie of
jumper is the Orisima Ichneumon.This colourful spider guards its lair jealously from invading hoards of ants and other winged
insects.

Rumble in da Jungle!

A very handsome spider - the huntsman

Face-to-face

Me, at the park today..

I received a short message from my buddy Derrick who informed me about an outing to Taman Bukit Cahaya in Shah Alam.

Managed to get clearance from the boss and took a 20-minute drive there after bathing the dogs this morning.

Its been years since I last visited this place.

I was there some years back when the state agricultural park was encroached by development.

At that time, photographing insects was not even a thing of fancy to me.

So, today, I took a hike around the park, covering an estimated distance of 5 kilometres and found some really interesting inhabitants at the park.

I came face-to-face with a huntsman spider after spotting it on a leaf.

It was as still as a stone to evade and avoid detection.

When I placed it on a tree stump, I managed to squeeze at least half a-dozen shot and was very satisfied with the results.

Since this park is huge, a follow-up trip in the future is in order.