Wallace’s flying frog Rhacophorus nigropalmatus Boulenger, 1895 The Wallace’s flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus) is a species from the genus of the shrub frog family (Rhacophoridae). With the help of the webs between its toes, it can fly a distance of…
Stomacosmethis hosei (Godwin-Austen, 1889) of south-Sarawak Borneo. The specimen in the photo has a shell length of 5mm. These small snails appear to be adapted primarily to Limestone Hills.
Plectostoma everetti (E. A. Smith, 1893) of South-Sarawak Borneo. The specimen in the photo has a shell length of 1.5mm. Plectostoma everetti within the Plectostoma genus of air-breathing land snails in the family Diplommatinidae which is a family of small…
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
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…
Male of Zeurrora indica Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]) of the the family Cossidae – south Sarawak / Borneo around 1000m 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…
Giant Huntsman Spider – Heteropoda sp. of south Sarawak. A typical forest floor resident is this Huntsman Spider, it will actually eat anything large or small enough to be overwhelmed, often these are the various species of cockroaches.
Begonia acidulenta S.Julia & Kiew – in situ – central Sarawak / Borneo.