21st June 2022
Agathia succedanea Warren, 1897 is a species of moth of the family Geometer moth (Geometridae) – south Sarawak / Borneo around 1000m ASL related posts:
20th June 2022
Common mock viper, Psammodynastes pulverulentus (F. Boie, 1827) – of south Sarawak / Borneo around 1000m ASL. related posts:
16th June 2022
Feather-legged assassin bug – Ptilocerus sp. from the Holoptilinae subfamily (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) – lowland of central Sarawak, around 400m ASL. Little is known about this genus, some species within Ptilocerus produce a secretion in the hairs that attracts ants;…
15th June 2022
Ground beetle from the family Carabidae, most probably from the genus Catascopus of south Sarawak / Borneo around 200m ASL. related posts:
14th June 2022
Graphium agamemnon (Linnaeus, 1758) its also called the green-spotted triangle, tailed green jay, or green triangle. central Sarawak / Borneo around 200m ASL related posts:
13th June 2022
Longhorn beetle, Batocera thomsonii Javet, 1858, of south Sarawak / Borneo around 1000m ASL related posts:
16th September 2020
Die Rückreise während der SARS CoV2 Pandemie. Ein Virus aus China hat das alltägliche Leben weltweit lahmgelegt, auch Borneo blieb davon nicht verschont. Dieser Blogeintrag unterscheidet sich maßgeblich von allen anderen „Abenteuern“ die ich bisher schriftlich veröffentlicht habe. Das Reisen…
12th June 2020
Wilden Orang Utans auf der Spur. Es war im Dezember 2019, als ich die Chance erhalten sollte, ein Regenwaldreservat zu besuchen. Dieses etwa 256km² große Gebiet an der Grenze zu Kalimantan, dem indonesischen Teil Borneos, ist zu 98% von Primärwald…
31st May 2020
Eine Expedition zu den abgelegenen Turmkarst-Gebieten in Zentralborneo. Bei der folgenden wissenschaftlichen Expedition muss ich ein bisschen vorweg greifen, denn den Kontakt zum Besitzer dieser Hütte erhielt ich nur, weil ich vor zwei Jahren eine Expedition in ein ganz anderes…
27th May 2020
Ein Hochplateau in Zentralborneo – Sarawak Eine wissenschaftliche Expedition zu einem Hochplateau in Zentralborneo erwies sich schwieriger als gedacht. Schon die Straßen dorthin zeigten meiner Gruppe und mir, dass es in den nächsten Tagen nicht einfacher werden würde. Viele Straßen,…
5th December 2019
Flora in einem kleinen Nationalpark in Sarawak. Lianen und andere Kletterpflanzen sind sehr wichtige ökologische und strukturelle Bestandteile eines guten Waldes und es lohnt sich immer, ein Foto von ihnen zu machen. Lianen stützen ihren eigenen Körper nicht, sondern verwenden…
6th November 2019
Borneo besitzt riesige Höhlensysteme, zu nennen sind hier vor allem die gigantischen Höhlen im Mulu Nationalpark. Aber auch in anderen Teilen von Sarawak lassen sich Höhlen entdecken, diese sind weitaus weniger bis gar nicht touristisch. Einige dieser Höhlen kennen oft…
11th June 2022
White-eared Tree Frog – Feihyla kajau (Dring, 1984) related posts:
6th June 2022
A female Kerangas Bush Frog Philautus kerangae Dring, 1987, of south Sarawak / Borneo around 1100m ASL. related posts:
20th June 2020
Mjöberg’s Bush Frog or Murud bubble-nest frog, Philautus mjobergi Smith, 1925 – of central Sarawak / Borneo around 950m ASL related posts:
13th June 2020
Mossy Bush Frog, Philautus macroscelis (Boulenger, 1896) – “morph 2” – of central Sarawak / Borneo around 1300m ASL This highland species occurs only between 1000m and 1800m asl and the different populations are genetically separated from each other, sometimes with a totally…
12th June 2020
Obscure Bush Frog, Philautus tectus Dring, 1987 – of central Sarawak / Borneo around 1300m ASL related posts:
8th June 2020
Least Narrow-mouthed Frog, Microhyla perparva Inger & Frogner, 1979 – of central Sarawak / Borneo related posts:
20th June 2022
Common mock viper, Psammodynastes pulverulentus (F. Boie, 1827) – of south Sarawak / Borneo around 1000m ASL. related posts:
10th June 2022
Sumatran pitviper, Trimeresurus sumatranus (Raffles, 1822), Central-Sarawak / Borneo 400m ASL related posts:
5th June 2022
Jamil Slug Snake, Asthenodipsas jamilinaisi Quah, Grismer, Lim, Anuar, & Imbun, 2019 – of south Sarawak / Borneo around 1000m ASL. related posts:
30th June 2020
Smooth Slug Snake, Asthenodipsas laevis (Boie, 1827) – of south Sarawak / Borneo related posts:
11th June 2020
Subadult of Peters’ Forest Dragon or Doria’s Anglehead Lizard, Gonocephalus doriae W. Peters, 1871, of south Sarawak / Borneo Gonocephalus doriae is named for Marquis Giacomo Doria (1840–1913), an Italian naturalist, botanist, herpetologist and politician, founder of the Museo Civico…
21st May 2020
One of the smallest known snake species is the brahminy blind snake, Virgotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803), former Indotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803) – of south Sarawak / Borneo related posts:
21st June 2022
Agathia succedanea Warren, 1897 is a species of moth of the family Geometer moth (Geometridae) – south Sarawak / Borneo around 1000m ASL related posts:
16th June 2022
Feather-legged assassin bug – Ptilocerus sp. from the Holoptilinae subfamily (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) – lowland of central Sarawak, around 400m ASL. Little is known about this genus, some species within Ptilocerus produce a secretion in the hairs that attracts ants;…
15th June 2022
Ground beetle from the family Carabidae, most probably from the genus Catascopus of south Sarawak / Borneo around 200m ASL. related posts:
14th June 2022
Graphium agamemnon (Linnaeus, 1758) its also called the green-spotted triangle, tailed green jay, or green triangle. central Sarawak / Borneo around 200m ASL related posts:
13th June 2022
Longhorn beetle, Batocera thomsonii Javet, 1858, of south Sarawak / Borneo around 1000m ASL related posts:
12th June 2022
Stag beetle, Cyclommatus giraffa Mollenkamp, 1904, of south Sarawak / Borneo around 1000m ASL related posts:
12th June 2022
Talthybia sp.(?) with a Nematomorpha (sometimes called Gordiacea , and commonly known as horsehair worms) parasite – lowland in central Sarawak/Borneo Adult Nematomorpha parasites only leave their hosts to reproduce and do not consume food in this adult stage. Shortly…
10th June 2022
Mallinella myrmecophaga Koh & Dankittipakul, 2014 – of the lowland in Sarawak/Borneo In the rainforest of Borneo, there are many strategies for animals to survive and hunt. One popular strategy is mimicry, an adaptation that serves to deceive or protect…
4th June 2022
An undescribed arachnophagic jumping spider of the genus Portia – Portia sp. of Sarawak/Borneo This type of jumping spider is very well camouflaged and often sits motionless next to some lichen on the rock. The genus Portia is known to…
26th June 2020
Crab spider, female of Platythomisus octomaculatus (C. L. Koch, 1845), of Sarawak/Borneo Platythomisus phryniformis Doleschall 1859, was synonymized with Platythomisus octomaculatus by Hasselt (1890). related posts:
7th December 2019
female of the lichen spider, Pandercetes sp. of south Sarawak / Borneo related posts:
5th December 2019
Opadometa sarawakensis Dzulhelmi & Suriyanti 2015 Today we found one of the most elusive orb-weaving spider species here in Borneo – Opadometa sarawakensis Dzulhelmi & Suriyanti, 2015. Unfortunately I didn’t brought my camera so I will share a older photo…
23rd March 2020
Vampire crab, Geosesarma gracillimum (De Man, 1902) – of central Sarawak, 30m ASL related posts:
17th March 2020
Arachnothelphusa sp. “Baram” of Baram-Area, Sarawak/ Borneo related posts:
29th December 2019
New species of the Macrobrachium genus, Macrobrachium spec. – of central Sarawak, 120m ASL related posts:
21st March 2019
Probably an new species of Vampire crab, Geosesarma spec. – of central Sarawak, 187m ASL related posts:
3rd November 2018
Lars’s vampire crab, Geosesarma larsi Ng & Grinang, 2018 – of south Sarawak A new species of highland vampire crab (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae: Geosesarma) from Sarawak Abstract: A new species of semiterrestrial highland vampire crab of the family Sesarmidae, Geosesarma…
5th February 2018
Arachnothelphusa sp. from Sabah / Borneo related posts:
28th August 2018
Amphidromus adamsi pictus (Fulton, 1896) or Amphidromus pictus concinnus Fulton, 1896 (?) from West-Sarawak Borneo. related posts:
3rd December 2017
Brooke’s Bertia snail Bertia brookei (Adams & Reeve, 1848), from central Sarawak, 500m ASL related posts:
24th July 2017
Dyakia duumvirorum F. Haas, 1951 related posts:
17th July 2017
unknown Amphidromus sp. related posts:
17th July 2017
leatherleaf slug, Veronicellidae Gray, 1840 According to the following paper (The slugs and semislugs of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo (Gastropoda, Pulmonata: Veronicellidae, Rathouisiidae, Ariophantidae, Limacidae, Philomycidae)), maybe it resembles to Valiguna flava (Heynemann, 1885). But the genitalia has to be examined…
16th July 2017
Leptopoma vitreum, Leptopoma sericatum or related species Family: Cyclophoridae. related posts:
18th May 2022
Begonia acidulenta S.Julia & Kiew – in situ – central Sarawak / Borneo. related posts:
11th April 2020
undescribed Begonia – Begonia spec. in situ – central Sarawak / Borneo. related posts:
9th April 2020
The Upas tree, Antiaris toxicaria Lesch. (Moraceae) of central Borneo Of all Borneo’s indigenous tribes, the Penan and Punan of Sarawak and Kalimantan remain most connected to traditional forest living. Some of the Penan and Punan still hunt with their…
23rd February 2020
Begonia bayae S.Julia & Kiew – in situ – central Sarawak / Borneo. related posts:
29th January 2020
undescribed Begonia – Begonia spec. in situ – central Sarawak / Borneo. related posts:
29th January 2020
undescribed Begonia – Begonia spec. in situ – central Sarawak / Borneo. related posts:
28th April 2013
Yaoshania pachychilus (Chen, 1980) related posts:
1st April 2012
Corydoras hastatus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888 related posts:
29th January 2008
Spotted metynnis – Metynnis maculatus (Kner, 1858) related posts:
12th June 2020
Dwarf Wood Scorpion Liocheles australasiae (Fabricius, 1775), of central Sarawak Borneo, under UV-light. Most scorpions glow a blue-green color when illuminated by ultraviolet light with a wavelength of around 380nm. related posts:
5th December 2019
Whip-Scorpion, Thelyphonus borneensis Kraepelin, 1897 – of Sarawak / Borneo Have a look at this in situ shot of Thelyphonus borneensis, whip scorpions or vinegaroons are members of the Uropygi order and the foreplay is not that easy like in the…
29th March 2019
Bark Scorpion Lychas sp., from east Sarawak Borneo related posts:
29th August 2018
Asian Forest Scorpion Heterometrus spinifer (Ehrenberg, 1828), from south Sarawak/Borneo The biggest scorpion in Borneo / Sarawak and can reach a length of about 100–135mm. Location: Kuching / Sarawak / Borneo related posts:
12th January 2018
Bark Scorpion Lychas sp., from south Sarawak Borneo related posts:
27th November 2017
Dwarf Wood Scorpion Liocheles australasiae (Fabricius, 1775), from south Sarawak Borneo related posts:
10th June 2022
The endemic Thomas’s flying squirrel, Aeromys thomasi (Hose, 1900) of south Sarawak, around 1000m ASL. Females of the Thomas’s flying squirrel reach a head-torso length of 343.3 mm, a tail length of 410 mm and a weight of 1117 g.…
7th October 2019
Just a mouse? No, its the rare and endemic Ranee Mouse, Haeromys margarettae (Thomas, 1893), named after Margaret Brooke, the wife of the second white Rajah of Sarawak, Charles Brooke. just a cellphone shot (iPhone XS), location: north Sarawak, around…
19th March 2019
The critical endangered Sunda pangolin, Manis javanica Desmarest, 1822 of central Sarawak / Borneo Below a thermal image of the sunda pangolin, Manis javanica. related posts:
4th March 2019
Long-tailed macaque Macaca fascicularis Raffles, 1821 – of Similajau National Park in Sarawak / Borneo – I took these photos before the monkeys went to sleep. related posts:
5th October 2018
Intermediate horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus affinis Horsfield, 1823 of Sarawak / Borneo related posts:
5th October 2018
Lesser false vampire bat, Megaderma spasma (Linnaeus, 1758) of Sarawak / Borneo related posts:
15th December 2019
Bioluminescent mushrooms like this Mycena sp., of central Sarawak, begins to glow at night. With their own light they can attract insects, which could pick up spores on their bodies. With this behavior the Mushroom spread the spores over a…
28th November 2018
buffalo eye fungus or indonesian stalked puffball, Calostoma sp. of Borneo (Sarawak / Kalimantan) The Iban-tribe called them Kulat Mata Babi (Boar-Eye-Mushroom) or in Bahasa Kulat Mata Pelanduk (Mouse-Deer-Eye-Mushroom) (another local names: kulat mata lembu, mata kerbau), is an edible…
29th November 2017
Cicada infected by Cordyceps (?) related posts:
28th November 2017
Infected by Cordyceps Cordyceps / probably Paecilomyces lilacinus (Thom) related posts:
17th July 2017
Infected by Cordyceps related posts:
17th July 2017
Infected by Cordyceps related posts:
3rd April 2020
Hammerhead-Worm black&orange, probably Bipalium genus of the Geoplanidae Stimpson, 1857 family. Location: central Sarawak / Borneo related posts:
12th August 2018
Hammerhead-Worm black&white, probably Bipalium genus of the Geoplanidae Stimpson, 1857 family. Found in south Sarawak near Kuching, 1100m ASL. related posts:
27th November 2017
Hammerhead-Worm black&white, probably Bipalium genus of the Geoplanidae Stimpson, 1857 family. Found in Sarawak near Kuching, 20m ASL. related posts:
18th May 2017
Tiger leech Haemadipsa picta Moore, 1929 related posts:
19th May 2020
The Crimson sunbird Aethopyga siparaja (Raffles, 1822) of south Sarawak / Borneo related posts:
5th March 2020
The straw-headed bulbul Pycnonotus zeylanicus (Gmelin, 1789) of central Sarawak / Borneo It is listed as critical endangered and is threatened by habitat loss and poaching. related posts:
19th March 2019
Hooded pitta, Pitta sordida (Statius Müller, 1776) of south Sarawak / Borneo – Pitta sordida mulleri (Bonaparte, 1850) related posts:
31st December 2017
Female of black-naped monarch, Hypothymis azurea (Boddaert, 1783) from south Sarawak / Borneo related posts:
14th December 2017
Bornean Frogmouth, Batrachostomus mixtus Sharpe, 1892 from south Sarawak / Borneo related posts:
11th December 2017
Scaly-crowned babbler, Malacopteron cinereum Eyton, 1839 from south Sarawak / Borneo related posts: