Nature Love YouPlant & Minibeast Observatory
Tropical rainforest vegetation at Singapore Botanic Gardens

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0

The Plant & Minibeast Observatory

Explore Singapore’s tropical plants, insects, spiders and other small neighbours through photographs and field observations.

2010 plant galleries 1404 minibeast galleries 23937 photographs 4757 observation pages

Three paths into the observatory

Begin with plants, minibeasts or the field notebook, then browse by name or subject.

PlantsScientific-name indexes, plant families, growth groups and field stories. MinibeastsButterflies, beetles, spiders, true bugs and Singapore's other small neighbours. Field notes & indexesSite indexes, field photographs, fungi, forest-floor observations and nature notes.

Plants by scientific name

Browse plants alphabetically by scientific name, or explore families, growth habits and field stories.

Plant groupsBrowse by growth habit Plant familiesBrowse botanical families Field notebookRead plant stories

Small lives, closely observed

Butterflies, beetles, true bugs, spiders and other small neighbours observed in Singapore.

Bees, ants and wasps Beetles Butterflies, moths and caterpillars Cockroaches Flies Grasshoppers and katydids Hoppers Snails Soft-bodied minibeasts Spiders True bugs

From the garden notebook

Practical ways to grow tropical plants while making room for Singapore’s smaller wild neighbours.

Highlights from the observatory

Start with some of the plants and minibeasts most often visited by readers.

Butterflies, moths and caterpillars

Asota Plana

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