Many frogs have distinct patterns in their eyes. One particular group however, would sport very dark colours – almost black. This trait then led to their name… the Black-Eyed Litter Frog. Litter because it can be found in dead leaf litter.

#1 The Black-eyed Litter Frog (Leptobrachium nigrops) with beautiful black eyes

#2 One leg forward

#3 No matter how I looked at it, the black glassy eyes were still as attractive!!

#4 Like a boss

#5 Shifted the environment and managed a brown background of the leaf litter

#6 Victor comes into the picture… in the background. lol

#7 Final shot of this handsome froggie. On a side note… it seems to walk more than hop!

#8 This little moth was mating earlier, think I chased away his mate. oops!

#9 Victor found this very unique fungus weevil, with ridiculously long antennae!!

#10 Guess where are the head and legs of this beetle??? lol

#11 Jumping spider (Salticidae). It behaves a little like Siler sp.

#12 Lazy to get a direct front view, so here’s a view from above!

#13 Melvyn found this ground beetle, and called it the fake violin beetle

#14 With the broad body and thin neck, doesn’t it look like a violin??

#15 It had a very dark body, but completely covering it with my flash ends up in this weird colour

#16 On the same log, Melvyn found this very strange but colourful bug, complete with a big drop of water on it’s back!

#17 This was what held me back for almost an hour. This Kerrengga Ant-Like Jumper (Myrmarachne plataleoides) was running around non stop, and kept turning away from me

#18 It had a very cute face, with eyes almost bigger than anything else!

#19 Somehow I took a break from waiting for the jumper and went back to the fake violin beetle. lol

#20 Side profile of the kerrangga ant-like jumper.

#21 Yes it likes to raise it’s legs as well

#22 Lovely pose by the jumper

#23 Trying very hard to get a nice portrait

#24 Acting like an ant — the legs are mimicking the antennae of an ant.

#25 Still not looking at me, so I took a pic of it doing some funny actions

#26 Final shot before I gave up trying to take a perfect portrait. lol

#27 One of the many wandering spiders (Ctenus floweri?) we found

#28 A green huntsman spider (?) guarding it’s egg sac. From far, it looked as if it was carrying the egg sac, but it is actually attached to the leaf!

#29 Victor pointed me to this lanky spider on the way out. Possibly a nursery web spider?

#30 Playing with some back lights. 🙂

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