Birupes simoroxigorum (Theraphosidae), of south Sarawak, Borneo. I haven’t seen this Birupes simoroxigorum in a while. But since Chien, Pearl and I discovered and first photographed this species we have been able to record this beautiful blue tarantula at more…
Undetermined spider, probably from the genus Poltys – Poltys cf. illepidus? C. L. Koch, 1843, from central-Sarawak / Borneo Polty’s spiders weave a large web, in case of danger they immediately flee to an anchor point of the web and…
Theraphosidae (Tarantulas) Selenocosmia spec. (Phlogiellus spec. ?) Ulu Ai from Borneo. In the forests of Borneo there are a large number of spider species, many of which are very difficult to identify while others are still not taxonomically classified. So…
Anepsion depressum birmanicum (Thorell, 1877) from Sabah / Borneo around 1000m ASL
Net-casting spiders Deinopis sp. from Sarawak / Borneo around 300m ASL – Deinopis Macleay, 1839 – Deinopidae of Borneo, commonly known as Ogre-faced Spiders or Net-casting spiders, because of their ability to cast silken nets at their prey. The posterior…
Poltys cf. idae (Ausserer, 1871), from south Sarawak / Borneo
Hamadruas sp. Lynx Spider from Malaysia / Borneo / central Sarawak 500m ASL
Ctenidae(?) probably a member of the Acantheis-genus from Malaysia / Borneo / central Sarawak 500m ASL
Phoroncidia spec. from south Sarawak with a size of 7mm
blue female of Birupes simoroxigorum (Theraphosidae), of south Sarawak, Borneo. Update: This Theraphosidae becomes a victim of illegal pet trade and a illegal description in the British Tarantula Journal (Journal of the British Tarantula Society 34(1): 19-34.), since Chien Lee,…