6th January 2018
female Stick Insect of Orthonecroscia sp. nov., from central Sarawak, sadly the male escaped – the male is much smaller and completely blue.
Category: insects
1st January 2018
Chorotypus most likely Chorotypus gallinaceus (Fabricius, 1793) from south Sarawak / Borneo
3rd December 2017
unknown Caterpillar Notodontidae (?), from south Sarawak, 48m ASL secondary Forest
28th November 2017
juvenile katydid, of the Scambophyllum genus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 – Borneo, South Sarawak 30m ASL
23rd November 2017
Diptera: Diopsidae (LAURENTI, 1768) from Malaysia / Borneo / central Sarawak 500m ASL
25th July 2017
Planthopper, Eurybrachidae, female of Chalia sp. or Thessitus sp. (?)
24th July 2017
Planthopper, Eurybrachidae, female of Chalia pulchra (Gray, 1832) They are remarkable for the sophistication of their automimicry.
24th July 2017
Leaf cockroach, probably Pseudophoraspis nebulosa (Burmeister, 1838) taking care of her babies.
24th July 2017
Giant centipede, Scolopendra sp. “Sematan” (S. subspinipes?)
24th July 2017
Giant forest ant, Dinomyrmex gigas (Latreille, 1802) Subspecies: Dinomyrmex gigas borneensis Emery, 1887 Former Camponotus gigas (Latreille, 1802) is reclassified as Dinomyrmex gigas; dino – a combining form meaning “terrifying, frightful” and the Greek myrmex, meaning “ant”.