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PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 1:13 pm    Post subject: Borneo bugs Reply with quote

Well, as promised, i've finally gotten round to uploading the invertebrate photos from my Borneo trip! There are a couple of crab photos from Thailand, but everything else was in Borneo. I eventually got into the habit of taking my camera to the toilet/shower block with me...there seemed to be something new lurking in there every time! Laughing

Well, i'm not even going to attempt with identification of these dudes...common names I can deal with, but i'm afraid that the latin for these eludes me Embarassed







A tiger leech - who promptly latched onto my camera lens in a desperate attempt to get to me....ickkk.








A leaf grasshopper




Very pretty butterfly - note toilet/shower block in the background Laughing




A male leaf insect - not sure about species


A large, green praying mantis


A weird, bloated leafy thing




Pillbug




Dead leaf grasshopper


Pillbug




Now, this little fella is possibly the coolest insect we came across on the trip...known as a flatid planthopper.




A pair of mating leeches...


Rhinoceros Beetle! This guy was a proper beastie.


A green cicada, on a moth trapping exercise. However, 2 days before full moon, so we didn't find much...


An interesting moth from trapping


An antlion! Ugly little buggers...




Land hermit crab! So cute.


And a rather strange crab with odd eyes...





So there we are...the best of my invertebrate photos (or even if the photos aren't good, just an example of the cool inverts we came across!)

Hope you enjoyed them!
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 2:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Awesome set of pics! Thanks for sharing Cool
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 2:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great shots...............I think the Pillbug would have me running for the hills....I'm all itchy now.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 2:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

just the pill bug mate? Laughing I think thats the only thing that didnt make me itch Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 3:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cool Cracking pics!..I want a plant hopper Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow cool pics, if H . Giger design bugs it must be like pic # 6, looks like a braclete for goth types hehe
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very nice inverts! Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Stuart wrote:
Cool Cracking pics!..I want a plant hopper Laughing

I want one too Very Happy Great pics James thanks for letting us see them Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great pics - and loving the leeches...or not Laughing Wink
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 7:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you! I did love that pillbug, so perfectly round when they roll up! And yes, the planthopper is very cool - they have a very powerful jump, then just gently float down to the ground (or the nearest plant Laughing )

I was very lucky not to get got by leeches (not that I know of anyway!), I always did my leech socks up super tight...

kroakykaren wrote:
Great pics James thanks for letting us see them Very Happy


James? Laughing Wink
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