Giant centipede, Scolopendra subspinipes Leach, 1815
Tag: Insect
juvenile katydid, of the Scambophyllum genus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 – Borneo, South Sarawak 30m ASL
Planthopper, Eurybrachidae, female of Chalia sp. or Thessitus sp. (?)
Planthopper, Eurybrachidae, female of Chalia pulchra (Gray, 1832) They are remarkable for the sophistication of their automimicry.
Leaf cockroach, probably Pseudophoraspis nebulosa (Burmeister, 1838) taking care of her babies.
Giant centipede, Scolopendra sp. “Sematan” (S. subspinipes?)
Giant forest ant, Dinomyrmex gigas (Latreille, 1802) Subspecies: Dinomyrmex gigas borneensis Emery, 1887 Former Camponotus gigas (Latreille, 1802) is reclassified as Dinomyrmex gigas; dino – a combining form meaning “terrifying, frightful” and the Greek myrmex, meaning “ant”.
Dead leaf mantis, Deroplatys sp. (?) near Siburan in Sarawak / Borneo
Metallyticus splendidus Westwood, 1835 of south Sarawak / Borneo
Katydid nymph(?) central Sarawak