Few butterfly species during a puddle session in central Sarawak. Graphium evemon eventus (Boisduval, 1836) (Blue Jay), Graphium sarpedon (Linnaeus, 1758) (common blue-bottle), Graphium antiphates (Cramer, 1775) (five-bar swordtail), Cepora pactolicus (Butler, 1865) (yellow gull), Eurema hecabe (Linnaeus, 1764) (common…
The rock skipper or Sabah splash frog, Staurois latopalmatus (Boulenger, 1887) – of Sarawak / Borneo – around 150m ASL
A juvenile and most likely undescribed tree toad of the Rentapia genus – Sarawak / Borneo – around 130m ASL.
female of the lichen spider, Pandercetes sp. of south Sarawak / Borneo
Tufted jungleking, Thauria aliris Frühstorfer 1902, Sarawak / Borneo around 1100m ASL Thauria aliris is a remarkable butterfly, with a 11 to 13cm wingspan. Like other members of the genus Thauria, the ventral wing surfaces are disruptively patterned and look…
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…
Miss North’s pitcher-plant Nepenthes northiana Hook.f. (1881) from Sarawak / Borneo A special plant that is threatened by habitat loss but the main reason is because people collecting them, just to have them at home. Nepenthes northiana Hook.f. lives as…
Everett’s Asian tree toad or marbled tree toad Rentapia everetti (Boulenger, 1896) from Sarawak / Borneo – around 950m ASL.
Moss mantis, Haania sp. from Sarawak / Borneo around 800m ASL
Orchids are omnipresent in whole Borneo and can be found everywhere from the coastal shorelines to the elevated mountain tops in the hinterland. The orchid Plocoglottis plicata (Roxb.) is very common in certain areas and one of my favorite terrestrial…