24th May 2022
Stomacosmethis hosei (Godwin-Austen, 1889) of south-Sarawak Borneo. The specimen in the photo has a shell length of 5mm. These small snails appear to be adapted primarily to Limestone Hills.
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24th May 2022
Plectostoma everetti (E. A. Smith, 1893) of South-Sarawak Borneo. The specimen in the photo has a shell length of 1.5mm. Plectostoma everetti within the Plectostoma genus of air-breathing land snails in the family Diplommatinidae which is a family of small…
22nd May 2022
Stick insect, Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 of south Sarawak / Borneo around 1100m ASL.
21st May 2022
Male of Zeurrora indica Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]) of the the family Cossidae – south Sarawak / Borneo around 1000m ASL
20th May 2022
Giant Huntsman Spider – Heteropoda sp. of south Sarawak. A typical forest floor resident is this Huntsman Spider, it will actually eat anything large or small enough to be overwhelmed, often these are the various species of cockroaches.
16th May 2022
Dragon Milliped, of the Paradoxosomatidae family, probably Desmoxytes sp. – south Sarawak / Borneo – around 1200m ASL
16th May 2022
Giant green Huntsman Spider or Lichen Huntsman Spider – Heteropoda boiei (Doleschall, 1859) of central Sarawak. Heteropoda boiei is probably one of the most beautiful Huntsman Spiders in Sarawak, often found waiting for prey on trees where it is very…
15th May 2022
Ariophantid Snail, Vitrinula glutinosa (Metcalfe, 1852) of Central-Sarawak / Borneo Vitrinula glutinosa was described as Helix glutinosa in 1852 by William Metcalfe, who had received the snail shells in November 1850 from the British geologist William John Hamilton. Clearly visible…
15th May 2022
Brown mabuya or rough mabuya, Eutropis rudis (Boulenger, 1887) of central Sarawak / Borneo The widespread Eutropis rudis, commonly known as the rough mabuya or brown mabuya, is a species of skink.
15th May 2022
Ourapteryx claretta Holloway, 1982 is a moth of the family Geometridae – south Sarawak / Borneo around 1000m ASL