Peruvian Amazon’s Jewel Caterpillar: The Forest Nudibranch

More from the Peruvian Amazon Tortoise Orb Weavers Thorn Orb Weavers Roly Poly Orb Weavers Jewel Caterpillar Spider Faces 50 Tiny Creatures There were many fascinating finds during my week-long stay…

Peruvian Amazon’s Roly Poly Spider and Other Exotic Orb Weavers

More from the Peruvian Amazon Tortoise Orb Weavers Thorn Orb Weavers Roly Poly Orb Weavers Jewel Caterpillar Spider Faces 50 Tiny Creatures In the last 2 nights of my trip to…

Peruvian Amazon’s Thorned Heart and Other Thorn Orb Weavers

More from the Peruvian Amazon Tortoise Orb Weavers Thorn Orb Weavers Roly Poly Orb Weavers Jewel Caterpillar Spider Faces 50 Tiny Creatures In my recent week-long adventure into the Peruvian Amazon…

Peekaboo False Eyes of a Hawkmoth Caterpillar

Hawkmoth (Sphingidae) larvae, or caterpillars, can grow to relatively large sizes. Some of them may sport two prominent spots above their heads which appear…

Ever Wondered What Snail Embryos Looked Like?

We often see terrestrial snails loitering in the foliage, but have ignored them because they were too common. Their eggs however, were less common…

Spider Creates Fake Spider Using Trash

Cyclosa is a genus of spiders commonly known as trashline orb web spiders that tend to collect detritus and decorate them on its web….

Meet the Multi-Headed Caterpillar

Multi-headed creatures seemed to exist only in mythology and science fiction… until now. Meet the multi-headed caterpillar – it sports multiple heads, with the…

5 unique ways to document our micro nature

My personal style of macro photography is closer to that of nature documentation than that of art. To me, it is more important to…

Back-lit Macro Attempts

Back-lighting is not a conventional way to light up subjects in nature and especially in macro photography, because it is inherently difficult to carry…

The Majestic Dead Leaf Mantis

The dead leaf mantis as its name implies, mimics dead leaves and remains well hidden when perched on dead leaf litter. It has a…

Happy 48th Birthday Singapore!

Singapore celebrates her 48th birthday today. Not many know Singapore for topics of nature, but we manage to continually discover and photograph the little…

Gruesome Tactics of an Ant-Snatching Assassin Bug

This post highlights the gruesome, yet ingenious tactics of the Ant-Snatching Assassin Bug (In Singapore, Acanthaspis sp. and Inara sp.) which I shot again…

The Roly Poly Pill Millipede

Pill Millipedes are probably the cutest millipedes one could find. When disturbed, it rolls up into a ball, exposing only the tougher segmented backs…

Moulting – A Natural Wonder

In order to grow, most arthropods have to shed their exoskeleton because this hardened outer layer restricts growth. This delicate process of shedding the…

Transformation of the Mirror Spider

For several years, I have been observing the odd behavior of the Mirror Spider (Thwaitesia sp.) where the “silver-plates” on the abdomen seem to…

Spider Leg Regeneration

Many a time, we’ve seen spiders that have lost legs. Some may have lost it in fights, while some may have dropped the legs…