So, another trip 😉 . Really enjoy the natures. Birds singing, butterflies on the river side, got river stream, got real “black night” 😉 , waterfall, Rafflesia, welcoming by villagers. It’s a wonderful experience ;). Scroll down for the story. I’ll let the pictures tell everything ;). Please note that all photos inclusive of 4th trips.
Leptolalax pictus
Cyrtodactylus sp. Cyrtodactylus baluensis? Some information saying that C. baluensis is endemic to Mount Kinabalu. So not sure if this Gecko is C. baluensis because it was found at Tambunan. The size is small compared to the C. baluensis we found at Mount Kinabalu.
Dorsal view: perching on a leaf about 2 feets from the ground near a stream. Night found. Meristogenys. Meristogenys orphnocnemis?
Meristogenys. Meristogenys orphnocnemis?
Lamiinae, Trachystola granulata.
Posted 17 Dec 2015.
Leaf beetle
Vindula dejone
Vindula dejone
Blue Admiral – Kaniska canace
Blue Admiral – Kaniska canace with some bees
Leaf beetle
Flatid hopper, Flatidae
Cleridae
Leafhopper nymph? My first impression it looks like a Katydid, but its eyes resemble a Mantis. This creature sometimes keep moving from left to right, and right to left exactly mimicking the mantis behaviour
Kinabalu Swordtail – Pathysa stratiotes
Our 2nd trips
Katydid
Spiny orb weaver.
Some sort of Asilidae with prey
Face to face
Side profile. Ant mimic spider?
Leaf beetle
Leaf beetle
Sting of this wasp is great 😉
Found on my 2nd visit- 7 Dec 2014
Languriidae
Katydid
Guess what is this.. something resemble duck’s face ( I think so). It’s actually a butt view of a Thomisidae. (Suggested by Faiz Qifa and Nicky Bay.) we found on our recent trip
Almost face to face
Another ant-mimic-spider
Thats me (center) with two of the villagers. They show us the Rafflesia flower. Not blooming yet.
carefully pose
Not sure the ID
Bufonidae, Ansonia minuta?
Golden legged bush frog Philautus aurantium?
Golden legged bush frog Philautus aurantium?
Not sure the ID
It was truly one of the most amazing coloured frogs. Kalophrynus sp. ID suggested by Kurt Orion G. Approximately 3cm
It was truly one of the most amazing coloured frogs. Kalophrynus sp. ID suggested by Kurt Orion G. Approximately 3cm.
beautiful Mantid fly. My first encounter 😉
Scorpion fly, (Mecoptera), female. Again, my first encounter 😉
When there is a female, there must be a male too. Scorpion fly (Mecoptera,) male, with prey 😉
..And another angle of the scorpion fly with prey. So nature and love to see them in nature. I read from online found that this insect cannot sting. The male look scary because of it genitalia which is look alike scorpion stinger. Anyhow, don’t bother to try as I did not do that. I only take picture without touching it.
Tiger beetle.
This beetle is about to fly by the time I spotted it (10.42 am). Less than 30 sec. Only managed to get 7 shots of this beetle. Never seen before.
2nd shots
More story coming soon.. still have a lot of story 😉
Scarabaeidae, Valginae. Thanks to Doug Yanega and Gil Wizen
The Blue Begum. ID suggested by Antonio Giudici
The Blue Begum
Tawny Rajah. ID suggested by Koh Cher Hern
Another Tiger Beetle
Leaf beetle
Exopholis hypoleuca
Dobsonfly, Nevromus gloriosoi, Liu, Hayashi & Yang, 2012 (Corydalidae: Corydalinae), ID credit: Xingyue Liu. Infor: Kurt Orion G.
