8th December 2023
Tympanophyllum atroterminatum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895) of south Sabah / Borneo
Tag: central Sarawak
24th January 2023
Systella platyptera Haan, 1842 of south Sarawak / Borneo A great example of camouflaged insects is Systella platyptera an Asian species of grasshoppers in the family Trigonopterygidae. Three species of Systella are found in Sarawak / Borneo: Systella sarawakensis Willemse,…
7th January 2023
This Borneo moth is infected by a Cordyceps fungus, probably Cordyceps tuberculata(?). The parasitic fungi grow through the host and first form a subiculum, from which aggregate fruiting bodies, so-called stromata, then grow. All Cordyceps species are parasitic on arthropods…
6th January 2023
Leaf katydid in situ – Ancyclecha fenestrata (Fabricius, 1793) of south Sarawak / Borneo – 1200m ASL
1st January 2023
A sleeping undetermined bee of the Genus Amegilla Friese, 1897, Subgenus: Glossamegilla – from south-Sarawak / Borneo – 640m ASL Amegilla is a genus of the Apidae family within bees. Amegilla includes more than 260 species and is distributed in…
18th December 2022
Amorphophallus pendulus Bogn. & Mayo – in situ – south Sarawak / Borneo.
21st May 2022
Leaf katydid – Phyllomimus sp. of south Sarawak / Borneo – 1200m ASL
21st May 2022
Rhinoceros beetle / Moellenkampi beetle – Chalcosoma moellenkampi Kolbe, 1900 of south Sarawak / Borneo – 1200m ASL One of the largest beetles in Borneo is Chalcosoma moellenkampi, this species belongs to the rhinoceros beetles. The males use the long…
21st May 2022
Leaf katydid in situ – Xantia borneensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 of south Sarawak / Borneo – 1100m ASL Xantia borneensis belongs to the Phaneropterinae and is a subfamily of the of insects within the family Tettigoniidae. They are known…
18th May 2022
Begonia acidulenta S.Julia & Kiew – in situ – central Sarawak / Borneo.