Krabi Macro Trip

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.

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Tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)

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A cute Acanthosaura cf. crucigera (ID credit: hisno) baby lizard we found sleeping at night


Another baby lizard we woke up at night, Calotes emma


And another...


Draco volans sleeping on a tree at night.


A gravid female  Calotes emma. 


Another female Calotes emma




Another female...too many of this species...yawn..


A male Calotes emma


A Fulgorid (lantern bug), Prolepta sp. we found on a tree at night.




Lantern bug - beautiful Pyrops karenia

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Delphacidae planthopper


Euchomenella sp. mantis

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Gimantis sp. or at least a close genus. ID suggested by Dracus, UKmantisforum.


Black Nemertean ribbon worm


Apogonia sp. beetle outnumbered by Oecophylla smaragdina ants

More tropical ants here.

Weevil in trouble


Hersilia sp. spider with spider prey

More tropical spiders here.

Trilobite beetle, Duliticola hoisensi

More amazing beetles of Malaysia here.

Female Longhorn beetle, Remphan hopei


Fungus weevil


Pandercetes sp. lichen huntsman spider we found during day time.

More tropical spiders here.

A red palm weevil look-alike. Still no firm ID.

More weevils here.

Family Thyrididae (Info credit: Doug Yanega)


Olive Tree Skink, Dasia olivacea

More tropical reptiles here.

Longhorn beetle, Batocera sp.?


Fungus weevil


Flatidae hopper with parasitic midge?


A moldy long legged fly, Dolichopodidae.


A well camouflaged katydid.

More masters of camouflage here.

Planodes sp. longhorn beetle



All images were taken with a Canon 40D, on either

(a) 150mm macro lens + 1.4x extender, mostly on tripod, or
(b) MP-E65 1X - 5X macro lens, MT-24EX twin flash, and concave diffuser.

Tawau Macro Safari

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 tropical Orthopterans here.

Katydid, Phyllomimus sp(?).


Mayfly


A Variegated Green Skimmer (Orthetrum sabina) dragonfly with butterfly prey

More tropical Odonata here.

Dobsonfly, Nevromus gloriosoi, Liu, Hayashi & Yang, 2012




A female angle head lizard, Gonocephalus grandis.

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Cute little frog (Ingerophrynus divergens)


Another unidentified frog, at night.


Cute, warty frog (Occidozyga baluensis)


Beautiful leaf insect


Beautiful stag beetle, Prosopocoilus occipitalis(?)

More amazing tropical beetles here.

Lichen mimic katydid, Olcinia sp.(?).






Poor little gecko with an ant biting onto him/her.


Huntsman, Heteropoda davidbowie

More amazing tropical spiders here.

A dedicated shield bug (Pygoplatys lancifer Walker, 1868) guarding her precious bunch of eggs


A beautiful female Gonocephalus borneensis lizard (ID credit: hisno)


A beautiful female Gonocephalus borneensis lizard


Nice looking millepede I found at night.


Lantern bug, Pyrops whiteheadi

More exotic and gorgeous lantern bugs of Malaysia here.

Unidentified hopper nymph.


Another froglet we found at night.


More froglet


Hylarana raniceps


Really cute red leaf monkey! Heavily cropped images. All taken with a 150mm lens with 1.4x tele-converter.




A Harlqeuin flying frog (Rhacophorus pardalis) we found at night.






All images were taken with a 40D, either MP-E65 with MT24EX, or Sigma 150mm with a 1.4x tele-converter, mostly on a tripod.