19th December 2023
Resting Eustenogaster sp. & Nomia elegans Smith, 1857 of south Sarawak / Borneo Here you can see a sweat bee (Nomia elegans) resting together with a small hover wasp (Eustenogaster sp.) colony.
Tag: Insect
11th December 2023
Darth-Vader-Mantis, Parablepharis kuhlii de Hann, 1842 of south Sabah / Borneo
11th December 2023
Holochlora sp.(?) Stål, 1873 of south Sabah / Borneo This bush-cricket has carefully cut out pieces of a dead leaf, laid an egg on it and then “closed” it. This process took over an hour and it did not allow…
29th June 2023
The yellow archduke, Lexias canescens (Butler, 1869) is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae – south Sarawak / Borneo around 200m ASL.
21st June 2023
Flat bug of the Aradidae – Spinola, 1837 – family, lowland of central Sarawak, around 100m ASL. Probably a member of the following genera Aphyseteres, Chelysocoris or Chelonocoris.
9th January 2023
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…
8th December 2022
Juvenile katydid, of the Scambophyllum genus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 – Borneo, South Sarawak 450m ASL
21st June 2022
Agathia succedanea Warren, 1897 is a species of moth of the family Geometer moth (Geometridae) – south Sarawak / Borneo around 1000m ASL
14th June 2022
Graphium agamemnon (Linnaeus, 1758) its also called the green-spotted triangle, tailed green jay, or green triangle. central Sarawak / Borneo around 200m ASL
12th June 2022
Stag beetle, Cyclommatus giraffa Mollenkamp, 1904, of south Sarawak / Borneo around 1000m ASL