9th May 2022
Giant centipede, Scolopendra subspinipes Leach, 1815 Centipedes are common in the forests of Borneo, but rarely they are not hunting, if you find resting specimens (which is extremely rare), they make great photo subjects.
Tag: borneo
6th May 2022
Cerambycidae – Longhorn beetle of central Sarawak / Borneo around 400m ASL This could be a female individual of Ziglipton jirouxi Komiya 2003 or Aegolipton(?).
5th May 2022
Pinanga tenella Scheff. – in situ – central Sarawak / Borneo. Pinanga tenella is a rheophyte species, it grows mainly on medium-sized rivers with strong currents. Compared to other Pinanga species it has very narrow leaves. These allow it to…
28th April 2022
Penthicodes farinosus (Weber, 1801) of south Sarawak / Borneo Penthicodes farinosus can be found not only in the forest but also sometimes a cities. In the pictures below are two individuals. While one individual is “milked” by an ant to…
29th December 2021
An unspecified slime mold from Sarawak / Borneo. The slime molds (Mycetozoa or Eumycetozoa) are a taxon of unicellular organisms that combine characteristics of both animals and fungi in their way of life, but do not belong to either group.…
16th September 2020
Die Rückreise während der SARS CoV2 Pandemie. Ein Virus aus China hat das alltägliche Leben weltweit lahmgelegt, auch Borneo blieb davon nicht verschont. Dieser Blogeintrag unterscheidet sich maßgeblich von allen anderen „Abenteuern“ die ich bisher schriftlich veröffentlicht habe. Das Reisen…
30th June 2020
Smooth Slug Snake, Asthenodipsas laevis (Boie, 1827) – of south Sarawak / Borneo
26th June 2020
Crab spider, female of Platythomisus octomaculatus (C. L. Koch, 1845), of Sarawak/Borneo Platythomisus phryniformis Doleschall 1859, was synonymized with Platythomisus octomaculatus by Hasselt (1890).
20th June 2020
Mjöberg’s Bush Frog or Murud bubble-nest frog, Philautus mjobergi Smith, 1925 – of central Sarawak / Borneo around 950m ASL
17th June 2020
Tortoise beetle, Aspidimorpha miliaris (Fabricius, 1775), of south Sarawak / Borneo around 30m ASL