BugShot in the Belizean Jungles of Central America

In August 2015, I travelled to Belize to conduct the BugShot workshop along with John Abbott and Thomas Shahan attended by some of the…

Borneo Bootcamp Tawau 2015 Day 4

Borneo Bootcamp 2015: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 On day 4 of the Borneo Bootcamp, we ventured further beyond…

Borneo Bootcamp Tawau 2015 Day 3

Borneo Bootcamp 2015: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Day 3 of the Borneo Boot Camp had us hiking up…

Borneo Bootcamp Tawau 2015 Day 2

Borneo Bootcamp 2015: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Day 2 of the Borneo Boot Camp was a bountiful day…

Borneo Bootcamp Tawau 2015 Day 1

Borneo Bootcamp 2015: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 The Borneo Bootcamp was recently concluded with an exceptional group of…

Tawau Hills Day 5

Tawau Hills 2015: [ Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 ] The final day was short. So…

Tawau Hills Day 4

Tawau Hills 2015: [ Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 ] We had been getting about 4…

Tawau Hills Day 3

Tawau Hills 2015: [ Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 ] Day 3 at Tawau Hills was…

Tawau Hills Day 2

Tawau Hills 2015: [ Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 ] After our first night in the…

Tawau Hills Day 1

Tawau Hills 2015: [ Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 ] I had been wanting to visit…

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 Peculiar Shaped Petai Flower

We were doing our usual roaming, looking for interesting arthropods, when a heavy object dropped from the sky and hit my arm. It appeared…

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…

Giant Twig Spider @ Pulau Ubin

Thanks to Victor for organizing the overnight trip to Pulau Ubin. We boarded the last boat at 8pm and returned to mainland only at…

Another Beautiful Spider Under Ultraviolet

In a recent post, I highlighted an instance where a bird dung spider looked radically different when exposed to ultraviolet light. This week, we…

The Plushy, Squishy Velvet Worm

The Velvet Worm (Onychophora) looks like a plush toy. It looks squishy. And it’s darn cute. Our night would’ve been a dull walk had…