Bioluminescent mushrooms like this Mycena sp., of central Sarawak, begins to glow at night. With their own light they can attract insects, which could pick up spores on their bodies. With this behavior the Mushroom spread the spores over a…
Plant of the Decaspermum genus in situ – south Sarawak / Borneo – limestone area. Decaspermum spec.
female of the lichen spider, Pandercetes sp. of south Sarawak / Borneo
Tufted jungleking, Thauria aliris Frühstorfer 1902, Sarawak / Borneo around 1100m ASL Thauria aliris is a remarkable butterfly, with a 11 to 13cm wingspan. Like other members of the genus Thauria, the ventral wing surfaces are disruptively patterned and look…
Whip-Scorpion, Thelyphonus borneensis Kraepelin, 1897 – of Sarawak / Borneo Have a look at this in situ shot of Thelyphonus borneensis, whip scorpions or vinegaroons are members of the Uropygi order and the foreplay is not that easy like in the…
Miss North’s pitcher-plant Nepenthes northiana Hook.f. (1881) from Sarawak / Borneo A special plant that is threatened by habitat loss but the main reason is because people collecting them, just to have them at home. Nepenthes northiana Hook.f. lives as…
Everett’s Asian tree toad or marbled tree toad Rentapia everetti (Boulenger, 1896) from Sarawak / Borneo – around 950m ASL.
Borneo besitzt riesige Höhlensysteme, zu nennen sind hier vor allem die gigantischen Höhlen im Mulu Nationalpark. Aber auch in anderen Teilen von Sarawak lassen sich Höhlen entdecken, diese sind weitaus weniger bis gar nicht touristisch. Einige dieser Höhlen kennen oft…
Moss mantis, Haania sp. from Sarawak / Borneo around 800m ASL
Orchids are omnipresent in whole Borneo and can be found everywhere from the coastal shorelines to the elevated mountain tops in the hinterland. The orchid Plocoglottis plicata (Roxb.) is very common in certain areas and one of my favorite terrestrial…