Thursday, 8 October 2015

Zanna.sp

lantern bug
Adult Zanna terminalis
selangor malaysia




for more species lantern bug album

Tuesday, 6 October 2015

Bark mantis

bark mantis
Amorphoscelis.sp nymph. any suggestion for the id are welcome.



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Saturday, 3 October 2015

nonbiting midges

Chironomidae.sp

some called as lake fly (informally known as chironomids or nonbiting midges) are a family of nematoceran flies with a global distribution. They are closely related to the Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae. Many species superficially resemble mosquitoes, but they lack the wing scales and elongated mouthparts of the Culicidae.


Thursday, 1 October 2015

whip scorpion

Whip scorpion
Thelyphonida is an arachnid also known as vinegaroons .they are true scorpions have a whiplike tail.


 top view

 sideview

 front view


the idea is to show the size of this whip scorpion

Monday, 28 September 2015

assassin bug nymph

(Reduviidae)assassin bug
masked hunter

masked hunter got the name on wiki R.personatus how ever this species are not located in malaysia or asia. iam not sure if this subject are the same as R.personatus. but i shall call it masked hunter .. a nymph of a assasin bug using dirt and debris to cover itself. a great camo for hunter..

 night macro bukit belacan ampang selangor


Friday, 25 September 2015

hyllus diardi ♀

hyllus diardi ♀
heavy jumper female
front view

 side view

top view

salute and thanks for visiting my blog :D

Thursday, 17 September 2015

Trap door spider

liphistius malayanus
malaysia
a young trap door spider size about 7mm to 1cm. they live in tunnel underground.  they make a door and a web around outside door as a sensor.  when the prey walking on the web and make a vibration the trap door will catch the prey instantly.