Fruit-piercing moth of the Eudocima Billberg, 1820 genus – central Sarawak / Borneo around 400m ASL The fruit-piercing moth genus Eudocima is a striking moth known for its vivid hindwings and mischievous eating habits. Unlike most nectar-feeding moths, Eudocima moths…
Camponotus festinus (Smith, F., 1857) – Slim Carpenter Ants of the Tanaemyrmex subgenus in central Sarawak – 400m ASL
Checkered beetle, Thanasimus sp. (?) (Coleoptera -> Cleridae -> Clerinae) central Sarawak / Borneo (1400m ASL)
Termites of the species Longipeditermes longipes (Haviland, 1898) – central Sarawak / Borneo around 300m ASL These termites can be found throughout Sarawak in the lowlands. The soldiers are easy to recognize and can be observed well in the morning…
A caterpillar from the Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 family – Sarawak / Borneo around 950m ASL I found this caterpillar crawling on the ground, it can be assumed that it was already in the metamorphosis phase and was therefore on the…
Giant forest ant, Dinomyrmex gigas [var. borneensis] (Latreille, 1802) Subspecies: Dinomyrmex gigas borneensis Emery, 1887 Dinomyrmex gigas is one of the largest ant species in the world and is widespread in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. It is found…
Trilobite beetle, Platerodrilus foliaceus Masek & Bocak, 2014 of south Sarawak / Borneo Platerodrilus is a genus of beetles from the Lycidae family. In the scientific literature they are often referred to as Duliticola, which is an outdated, more recent…
Taurus Shield Bug – Embolosterna taurus (Westwood, 1837) – lowland of central Sarawak, around 300m ASL.
Bull Horn Shield Bug – Pygoplatys lancifer – lowland of central Sarawak, around 400m ASL.
Syntypistis comatus (Leech, 1898) is a species of moth-family Notodontidae – south Sarawak / Borneo around 900m ASL