Up Close with Nature

Some of the creatures we found while on a macro trip to Krabi, Thailand. A harvestman with raindrops and mites on its legs. Antlion larva we found under the stilt house Adult antlion, Myrmeleon sp. For more Neuropterans of Malaysia, click here. Tokay gecko (Gekko gecko) For more cool reptiles and other herps of Malaysia, click here. A cute Acanthosaura cf. crucigera (ID credit: hisno

Some of the macro images from a recent 2D/1N road trip to a location in Perak. The total cost was RM150 per head including a nice dinner with steamed fish :). A male Rhino beetle, Chalcosoma atlasMore amazing beetles of Malaysia here. Siamese rhinoceros beetle, Xylotrupes gideon A mating pair of Siamese rhinoceros beetle (Xylotrupes gideon?). Tenodera sp. mantis Beautiful moon moth,

Top 10 New Species 2013 is published by International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE), Arizona State University. The top ten were selected from more than 140 nominated species out of an estimated 18,000 species named last year. My beautiful lacewing (Semachrysa jade Winterton & Guek & Brooks, 2012) is lucky to make it to the top 10! More gorgeous Neuropterans of Malaysia here.

Lowepro Photo Sport 200 AW. AW stands for All Weather! Yes, there is a built-in rain cover. It comes in either orange or black. I like both colors but opted for black only because I don't want the bright orange color to scare away my macro/nature subjects. The name suggests that this two-in-one rucksack/backpack is designed for the athlete who loves photography. Now you don't have to leave your

A collection of images showing various nymph stages as well as adult of Zanna terminalis lantern bugs/lanternfly.  Check out many other gorgeous species of lantern bugs here. Zanna terminalis 1st instar(?). 16mm body length. Zanna terminalis 2nd instar(?), 25mm (middle), and 3rd instar(?), 35mm (bottom) Zanna terminalis 4th instar(?), 40mm. Collage showing all 4 instar stages and adult

Some of the bugs I photographed from a recent macro safari trip to Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo). Assassin bug, Stenolemus sp.(?), on the hostel wall at night. More Reduviids of Malaysia here. Unidentified froglet we found at night. More amphibians and other herps here. Sabah slender skink (Sphenomorphus sabanus). ID credit: hisno. Leaf mimic katydid, Leptoderes ornatipennis(?) More

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.