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 atlas
Siamese rhinoceros beetle, Xylotrupes gideonA male Rhino beetle, Chalcosoma atlas
A mating pair of Siamese rhinoceros beetle (Xylotrupes gideon?).
Tenodera sp. mantis
Beautiful moon moth, Actias maenas
Another mantis, Statilia maculata
Female stag beetle, probably Odontolabis damanni
Female fishfly, Neochauliodes dispar
Lantern bug, Pyrops pyrorhyncha
More gorgeous lantern bugs of Malaysia here.
A really cute Lappet moth, Gastropacha sp.
Female stag beetle, Prosopocoilus biplagiatus
Moth portrait, Xyleutes strix
A male click beetle, Oxynopterus audouini
Longhorn beetle, Aerogrammus procerus
Longhorn beetle, Pharsalia ochreomaculata
The same longhorn beetle climbed onto a Rhino beetle :D
Longhorn beetle, Aeolesthes induta
Giraffe mantis/Malaysian Long Necked Mantis, Euchomenella sp.
More mantids here.
A male stag beetle, Prosopocoilus buddha
Stag beetle, Prosopocoilus occipitalis
Scarab beetle, Heliocopris sp.
Asian Grass Frog (Fejevarya limnocharis)
More amphibians and other herps here.
All images (except the moth portrait) were taken with Sigma 150mm, 1.4x teleconverter/extender, natural light, mostly on tripod.