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…
Lars’s vampire crab, Geosesarma larsi Ng & Grinang, 2018 – of south Sarawak around 715m ASL. Since I last visited the habitat of G. larsi in 2017, I have now made my way back to the habitat over five years…
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.
Long horned orb weaver – Macracantha arcuata (Fabricius, 1793) – Syn.: Gasteracantha arcuata Probably no other spider than Macracantha arcuata has such long outgrowths on the abdomen. It is hypothesized that this peculiar shape confuses the bats and as a…
Unknown fungi species from Sout-Sarawak / Borneo, Comatoderma ssp.(?) or Podoscypha ssp.(?)
Amorphophallus pendulus Bogn. & Mayo – in situ – south Sarawak / Borneo.
Leptopoma vitreum, Leptopoma sericatum or related species of the family Cyclophoridae – Sarawak/Borneo All Leptopoma snails have gills and an operculum.