3rd January 2024
Brushed trapdoor spider, Barychelidae family of Sarawak / Borneo around 200m ASL – probably Rhianodes sp. – I only discovered this trapdoor spider by accident on the edge of a cliff in the forest, as it only looked out of…
Tag: arachnids
23rd December 2023
Net-casting spiders Deinopis sp. from Sarawak / Borneo around 100m 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…
9th January 2023
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…
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.
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 probably Spelaeolychas hosei (Pocock, 1891)
6th October 2018
Anepsion depressum birmanicum (Thorell, 1877) from Sabah / Borneo around 1000m ASL
7th September 2018
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…
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
12th January 2018
Bark Scorpion Lychas sp. or Spelaeolychas sp.(?) from south Sarawak Borneo