6th January 2023
Leaf katydid in situ – Ancyclecha fenestrata (Fabricius, 1793) of south Sarawak / Borneo – 1200m ASL
Tag: Sabah
1st January 2023
A sleeping undetermined bee of the Genus Amegilla Friese, 1897, Subgenus: Glossamegilla – from south-Sarawak / Borneo – 640m ASL Amegilla is a genus of the Apidae family within bees. Amegilla includes more than 260 species and is distributed in…
10th June 2022
The endemic Thomas’s flying squirrel, Aeromys thomasi (Hose, 1900) of south Sarawak, around 1000m ASL. Females of the Thomas’s flying squirrel reach a head-torso length of 343.3 mm, a tail length of 410 mm and a weight of 1117 g.…
21st May 2022
Leaf katydid – Phyllomimus sp. of south Sarawak / Borneo – 1200m ASL
21st May 2022
Rhinoceros beetle / Moellenkampi beetle – Chalcosoma moellenkampi Kolbe, 1900 of south Sarawak / Borneo – 1200m ASL One of the largest beetles in Borneo is Chalcosoma moellenkampi, this species belongs to the rhinoceros beetles. The males use the long…
21st May 2022
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…
28th April 2022
Penthicodes farinosus (Weber, 1801) of south Sarawak / Borneo Penthicodes farinosus can be found not only in the forest but also sometimes a cities. In the pictures below are two individuals. While one individual is “milked” by an ant to…
27th May 2020
Ein Hochplateau in Zentralborneo – Sarawak Eine wissenschaftliche Expedition zu einem Hochplateau in Zentralborneo erwies sich schwieriger als gedacht. Schon die Straßen dorthin zeigten meiner Gruppe und mir, dass es in den nächsten Tagen nicht einfacher werden würde. Viele Straßen,…
7th April 2020
The Harrisson’s flying frog, Leptomantis harrissoni Inger & Haile, 1959 (former Rhacophorus harrissoni) of central Sarawak / Borneo around 700m ASL. Leptomantis harrissoni spends most of its life high up in the forest. Males call for breeding in water-containing holes…
4th April 2020
The banded bullfrog, Kaloula pulchra Gray, 1831 of south Sarawak / Borneo around 20m ASL. Kaloula pulchra is an introduced species (neozoon) having been imported into Borneo in relatively recent time and can be found in the most gardens or…