Stick insect, Orthostheneboea exotica (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) of south Sarawak / Borneo around 1100m ASL. Junior synonym: Pericentrus nudipes Redtenbacher, 1908
Tag: mimicking
Leaf katydid in situ – Ancyclecha fenestrata (Fabricius, 1793) of south Sarawak / Borneo – 1200m ASL
Stick insect, Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 of south Sarawak / Borneo around 1100m ASL.
Leaf katydid – Phyllomimus sp. of south Sarawak / Borneo – 1200m ASL
Leaf katydid in situ – Xantia borneensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 of south Sarawak / Borneo – 1100m ASL Xantia borneensis belongs to the Phaneropterinae and is a subfamily of the of insects within the family Tettigoniidae. They are known…
Grasshopper Paraphyllum cf. antennatum Hancock, 1913 – from central-Sarawak / Borneo – 740m ASL
unknown Caterpillar, Papilio sp. (Papilio protenor Cramer, 1775 (?) ), West Sarawak, 150m ASL Mimicking snakes help the caterpillars to ward off predators, specifically birds – This Papilio sp. (Papilio protenor?) is doing exactly this, to protect themselves from being eaten.