An impression of the Bornean landscapes and their rich biodiversity. Photographs taken in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.
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- The Montane horned frog (Megophrys kobayashii) found after rain at 1500m altitude on Mt Kinabalu.
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- The largest species of lepidopteran: the Atlas moth (Attacus atlas). This male specimen was attracted to the lights of Kinabalu Mtn. Lodge, Mount Kinabalu.
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- Mustilia dierli, a bombycid moth found on the slopes of Mount Kinabalu.
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- A bend in the upper reaches of the Silau Silau river in Kinabalu National Park, Sabah, MY.
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- This bright green lappet moth species Trabala garuda, was one of several Trabala species I encountered in Sabah. Sex is easily determined by looking at the attenae, large feathery antennae such as the ones on this specimen are characteristic for males.
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- Typical rural setting outside of Kampung Poring, showing mixed cropping of banana, coconut, pineapples, rubber and oilpalm (not all visible). Against a backdrop of lowland dipterocarp forest.
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- Male Troides andromache photographed on Mt Kinabalu at 1500m in altitude.
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- Eupterote multiarcuata (Eupterotidae).
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- Rafflesia sp. (Rafflesiaceae) bud in Poring, Sabah
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- Plutodes flavescens, a brightly coloured geometrid moth from Borneo, Mount Kinabalu.
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- Looking Westward from the slopes of Mount Kinabalu.
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- One of the many stick insects of the lower montane rainforest on Mount Kinabalu.
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- Spider showing exceptional camouflage on a treetrunk in Crocker Range National Park, Sabah.
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- Adult leaf insect (Phyllium sp.) found at Batu Batangan, along the Kinabatangan River in Sabah.
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- An infected ant showing the growing fruit body of its Ophiocordyceps parasite. The fruit body of this genus of entomoparasitic mould grows from the ant’s head after “commanding” the ant to move upwards and secure itself to a leaf using its jaws.
© 2021 Corné van der Linden