Beetles Archives - Jamiun's Photography

This is our 2nd trips to MB. It was 3 days and 2 nights camping in the area (29-31 of July 2016). I concluded this was a fruitful trip compared to our previous trip in 2015 (17-19 April 2015). We are encountered more butterflies than beetles, amphibians and other animals. You can view my post of the previous trip here.
We are being informed by the staff of MB that a group of elephant is around the area and we are advised to take early precaution for safety. Were are also being informed that those elephant are not dangerous by the way.

Along the way from the main entrance, we drop by and stop our vehicles (1 Landcruiser 80 and 1 Hilux) to photograph butterflies again and again. The road condition (no pavement yet) are getting better except for motorcars. Only a few points of the road got muddy. A standard 4×4 vehicle should have no problem to get through.

So, lets the following photos continue the history of our findings:

Jewelled Nawab. Polyura delphis concha. ID by Potanthus Ttp.

Papilio nephalus albolineatus (Black and White Helen )

Dysphania sp. Dysphania subrepleta. Daytime puddling.

Katydid. Mecopoda elongata. ID by Martin Hora. Found at night.

A mating pair of Scarab beetle (Adoretus compressus) we found at night.

Skipper. Taractrocera sp.[T. ardonia sumatrensis] ID by Tommy Chiu. Updated 6 May 2017.

Skipper. Taractrocera sp.Potanthus omaha maesina? ID by Tommy Chiu

Pointed Ciliate Blue,Anthene lycaenina miya

Anthene lycaenina miya (Pointed Ciliate Blue)

Curetinae, Curetis sp.Curetis sperthis sperthis (male)
ID Credit Dr. Seow

Hasora taminatus malayana [White Banded Awl]

Koruthaialos rubecula [Narrow-banded Velvet] ID by Tommy Chiu

Appias lyncida (The Chocolate Albatross)

Striped Jay – Graphium bathycles bathycloides. ID by Joe Justin; and Eurema simulatrix

The Common Bluebottle. Graphium sarpedon and Common Nawab. Polyura athamas

The members. Of course, photographer will always not in the frame ;) — The members. Of course, photographer will always not in the frame 😉

Moth. Diomea tricuspida (Erebidae:Boletobiini).Visiting our camping site at night. ID credit to Roger Kendrick. A rare moth which is endemic to Borneo, only 3 records so far in mothsofborneo.

The common one will always being skip but not for this time (Sapuh habis). Some sort of Assasin bugs.

A juvenile Argiope chloreis. Id by Nicky bay

Who said Moth did not go for puddling? They are puddling at night too. Some species seen puddling during daytime. Found 29 Jul. 2016. Posted 28 May 2018. Moth with green color is Arthroschista hilaralis.

Penthicodes (Ereosoma) quadrimaculata Lallemand, 1963.

Penthicodes quadrimaculata showing it hidden beauty. Found 16 Mar. 2020. 12 Mid night. Posted 6 Apr. 2020. Maliau Basin

This is among the wanted species I’m looking for. Penthicodes (Ereosoma) quadrimaculata Lallemand, 1963. ID by Jerome Constant. Unfortunately, I did not bring along my Tripod by the time I found it. So, time to use whatever around me including a stick ;). Image result as below;

Hatob

First Visit 25 October 2015. This first visit intended to recce and to get familiar with the trek.Some photos may not sharp (intended for shot record and references).

Chocolate pansy- Junonia hedonia — Chocolate pansy- Junonia
hedonia

Beautiful Lycaenidae. Not sure about it's ID yet. — Beautiful Lycaenidae. Rapala dieneces dieneces (Scarlet Flash).

Found 4/10/2015. Added 6/11/2015 — Found 4/10/2015. Posted 6 Nov 2015. Pyrops intricatus

Tiger Beetle. Mating in progress. New in my collection

Dead leaf mantis. 4 shots before it flew away. Still good for a shot record, thought — Deroplatys lobata (Dead leaf mantis). ID by Ron Eldie. 4 shots before it flew away. Still good for a shot record, thought

Will add more later..

Histeridae

It’s a Hololepta, maybe H. indica. Tomas Lackner.

Hispine beetle

Found 25 Feb. 2023. 9:38 PM. Kiulu. Posted 27 Feb. 2023.

M.B

Trip to M.B

It was 3D2N visit to M.B. on 17-19 April 2015. It’s a dry season in Sabah since March 2015. I think this is one of the reasons we encountered less insects to photograph. I’m not saying that M.B got less bugs all the time. As I mentioned earlier, it’s a dry season since March. I informed that one of my friend encountered many insects here including a very rare species of Lantern bug. By the way, I also post other findings which is not related to insect here.

We went to M.B by our own transport. Two Landcruiser 80series and we drove from Kota Kinabalu to M.B.

A few finding for that very limited time to explore:

Ancema blanka (Silver Royal). The upper side of this butterfly got blue in color and looks beautiful when in flight. Thanks Simon Sng. Thanks Antonio Giudici for the update. New in my collection.

Malayan Oakleaf - Kallima limborgii? — Malayan Oakleaf – Kallima limborgii

You saw something or not? or just a tree bark ;) — You saw something or not? or just tree bark 😉

_MG_8261watermarksmall — You should be able to see a lizard 😉

Some insect I missed to photograph but I managed to found it. Not my lucky yet, but friends of mine got the shot. Unfortunately I did not share it here.

Lynx spider. New in my collection ;) — Lynx spider. Hamadruas sp.? New in my collection 😉

Not sure what spider is this. New in my collection

Tiger leech. Less than expected because the forest floor is dry.

Toad? Approximately 1cm. — Toad? Approximately 1cm body length.

Upper shot of this (Toad?) Approximately 1cm. — Upper shot of this (Toad?) Approximately 1cm in body length.

Wild boar visiting us ;) — Wild boar visiting us 😉

Wild boar visiting us. Sometime visiting us in a group of seven ;) — Wild boar visiting us. Sometime visiting us in a group of seven 😉

I am very excited looking for rare Lantern Bugs but did not found it. Yes, not my lucky yet. The only one species discovered was a Pyrops Sultanus. Click Pyrops Sultanus to see how it looks like.

Tag: Beetles

Cissities chepalotes

MB : 2nd trips

Penthicodes (Ereosoma) quadrimaculata Lallemand, 1963.

Hatob

Histeridae

Hispine beetle

M.B

Erotylidae,Languria sp.

Fulgoridae – Dichoptera sp.

Rhino beetle