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.
Category: insects
Cerambycidae – Longhorn beetle of central Sarawak / Borneo around 400m ASL This could be a female individual of Ziglipton jirouxi Komiya 2003 or Aegolipton(?).
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…
Tortoise beetle, Aspidimorpha miliaris (Fabricius, 1775), of south Sarawak / Borneo around 30m ASL
In this post you can see the very beautiful Pathysa delessertii delessertii or malayan zebra butterfly during a mud puddle seassion in central Sarawak / Borneo. I visited this place few months ago but this species was not found at…
Stick insect, Orthonecroscia sp. central Sarawak / Borneo around 1200m ASL.
Violin beetle, Mormolyce phyllodes borneensis Gestro, 1875, of central Sarawak / Borneo around 900m ASL
The crimson-tailed marsh hawk, Orthetrum pruinosum schneideri (Burmeister, 1839), of Sarawak / Borneo around 200m ASL
Orchid mantis, Hymenopus coronatus (Olivier, 1792), of Sarawak / Borneo around 500m ASL
Pyrops sultanus (Adams & White, 1847) of Sarawak / Borneo