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,…
Boulenger’s Asian tree toad Rentapia hosii (Boulenger, 1892) of central Sarawak / Borneo Rentapia hosii are nocturnal and feed on insects, especially ants. They live on land outside the breeding season, usually on trees deep in the rainforest, along small…
Giant orange Huntsman Spider – Heteropoda sp. of south Sarawak. This Heteropoda sp. is quite widespread in Borneo’s lowland rainforests and is a typical inhabitant of deciduous litter, it is very rare to find this species on trees. As you…
Inger’s bow-fingered gecko, Cyrtodactylus pubisulcus Inger, 1958 of south Sarawak / Borneo Cyrtodactylus pubisulcus is endemic to Borneo and relatively widespread from lowlands to over 1200m above sea level.
Undetermined spider, probably from the genus Poltys – Poltys cf. illepidus? C. L. Koch, 1843, from central-Sarawak / Borneo Polty’s spiders weave a large web, in case of danger they immediately flee to an anchor point of the web and…
Iridescent bark mantis Metallyticus splendidus Westwood, 1835 of south Sarawak / Borneo Mostly M. splendidus is found on dead trees, here it feeds mainly on cockroaches but also ants, termites and beetles are part of its diet. The movement of…
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…
Theraphosidae (Tarantulas) Selenocosmia spec. (Phlogiellus spec. ?) Ulu Ai from Borneo. In the forests of Borneo there are a large number of spider species, many of which are very difficult to identify while others are still not taxonomically classified. So…
Fishing spider Nilus albocinctus (Doleschall, 1859) of south Sarawak / Borneo (synonym Thalassius albocinctus) The Fishing Spider uses the surface tension of the water and waits on it for prey. Sometimes one can also observe an “active hunting”, here before…
Smooth Slug Snake, Asthenodipsas laevis (Boie, 1827) – of south Sarawak / Borneo This colormorph of Asthenodipsas laevis seems to be exclusive or much more common in Sarawak (Kuching Division) than in other parts of Borneo.