Up Close with Nature

My Orthoptera collection. All from Peninsula Malaysia, and East Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak in the Borneo Island) Up close with a Dragon Head Katydid. A male Lesina sp.. (IDed with the help of Ming Kai Tan) Selangor, Malaysia. Face to face Profile shot Full body shot. Lichen mimic katydid, Olcinia sp. Check out other amazing examples of camouflage in nature here. Unidentified katydid.

My assassin bug collection. All from Malaysia. Merged from 6 images (3x2) in CS3. Merging tutorial can be found here. Found this at night. Thread legged assassin bug with mantis-like claws. Not sure if it's a Emesaya sp. or Stenolemus sp. or something else? Another one, not sure if it's similar to the above And another.. A bunch of assassin bugs of different instar stages on a tree

I have seen similar pits under the hostel building when I was in Kuching, and again, in Tawau. I thought they were antlion pits at first, but upon investigation, turned out to be something else. No antlion larva inside, just a worm! See how this wormlion deals with an ant that falls into the pit! The worm looks like this: I posted the gif animation on my Facebook and within minutes, got the