Tropical locust

Close up shot of a green locust with black top. The locust is green because it is in tropical Borneo. In other places, it would be brownish (desert locust). And yes, tropical locust doesn't ravage crops (swarming of crops) like in Africa or Europe because over here, we have plenty of leaves.

Locust belong to the insect family Acrididae.


Tropical locust

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Moth on a rambutan fruit, Series #6

Macro photos of a moth on a rambutan fruit. May not be the best shot BUT it the only best shot I have because, the rambutan fruit swayed due to a gentle breeze. And after the second shot, the moth flew away.

Enjoy looking at the rambutan tentacles (the hairs).



For more bigger and high-resolution photos, check out my gallery of Butterflies and Moths.

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Tiny Umbrella Mushrooms, Fungi, Series 10

Photos of tiny umbrella mushrooms from tropical Borneo. On the other hand, those mushrooms look like upside down cupcakes.

The first photo is an isolated pair of umbrella mushrooms which is part of a bigger clusters (see photo #3 and #4).


Twin umbrella mushrooms #1


Twin umbrella mushrooms #2


Cupcakes mushrooms #3


Cupcakes mushrooms #4

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* Tropical Wild Mushroom, Fungi, Series 5 (dish)
* Tropical Wild Mushroom, Fungi, Series 6
* Tropical Wild Mushroom, Fungi, Series 7
* Tropical orange mushroom, Fungi, Series 8
* Orange cup mushroom, Fungi, Series 9


* More pictures on Tropical Wild Mushroom - Gallery#1
* More pictures on Tropical Wild Mushroom - Gallery#2

Orange cup mushroom, Fungi, Series 9

Photo of a very tiny orange cup mushroom with tiny hair at the edge of it's cup rim. If it don't look like a cup to you, then it must look like a dish. Cheers Halo Related topics: * Tropical Wild Mushroom, Fungi, Series 1 * Tropical Wild Mushroom, Fungi, Series 2 * Tiny mushroom - Toad stool - Fungi, Series 3 * Tropical Wild Mushroom, Fungi, Series 4 * Tropical Wild Mushroom, Fungi, Series 5 (dish) * Tropical Wild Mushroom, Fungi, Series 6 * Tropical Wild Mushroom, Fungi, Series 7 * Tropical orange mushroom, Fungi, Series 8 * More pictures on Tropical Wild Mushroom - Gallery#1 * More pictures on Tropical Wild Mushroom - Gallery#2

Rambutan - Nephelium lappaceum

The rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum) is a medium-sized tropical tree in the family Sapindaceae, and the fruit of this tree. It is probably native to Southeast Asia (including Borneo), although its precise natural distribution is unknown. It is closely related to several other edible tropical fruits including the Lychee, Longan and Mamoncillo. Rambutan in Indonesian or Malay literally means hairy or hairy fruit caused by the 'hair' that covers this fruit. In Panama, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua, it is known as mamón chino.


Macro shot of Rambutan hairs


Closeup shot of Rambutan hairs


A ripening Rambutan fruit


Rambutan fruit bunch, how it look from far.

Wild sex - Mating orange bugs

Another photo series on wild sex (or insect pornography). These are photo of leave bugs caught on my camera having their private moments.

Borneo bugs mate every time and you just need to have a closer look at those little leaves in the bushes or dead leaves on the jungle floor and you will find them locking together. Spotting them can be difficult at times due to their camouflage colour which is similar with their surrounding.

The photo below however presents a contrasting background with the mating bugs having a bright color of red head, orangery body and wings and with black spots/mark, black belly with white stripes.


Mating bugs on a hibiscus leave, take #1


Mating bugs on a hibiscus leave, take #2


Mating bugs on a hibiscus leave, take #3

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* Adventure of two flies (Fi and Fo)

Tropical orange mushroom, Fungi, Series 8

This is a photo of a tropical orange mushroom sprouted from a dead log . Species unidentified. This fungi is definitely not edible.



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* Tropical Wild Mushroom, Fungi, Series 5
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Giant Asia millipede - Archispirostreptus gigas

Archispirostreptus gigas, the giant African millipede, is one of the largest of the millipedes, growing up to 11 in (28 cm) in length. It lives in tropical and subtropical Africa, in rotting plant life or moist earth, and usually avoids light. It is black in colour, and is often kept as a pet (would you?).

Asia giant millipede with hundred of crawler legs


Close head shot of Asia giant millipede


Asia giant millipede curled

Archispirostreptus gigas, the giant African millipede, is one of the largest of the millipedes, growing up to 11 in (28 cm) in length. It lives in tropical and subtropical Africa, in rotting plant life or moist earth, and usually avoids light. It is black in colour, and is often kept as a pet (would you?).

Millipedes (Class Diplopoda, previously also known as Chilognatha) are arthropods that have two pairs of legs per segment (except for the first segment behind the head which does not have any appendages at all, and the next few which only have one pair of legs). Each segment that has two pairs of legs is a result of two single segments fused together as one.

Most millipedes have very elongated cylindrical bodies, although some are flattened dorso-ventrally, while pill millipedes are shorter and can roll into a ball, like a pillbug. Millipedes are detritivores and slow moving. Most millipedes eat decaying leaves and other dead plant matter, moisturising the food with secretions and then scraping it in with the jaws.

Millipedes do not actually have a thousand legs - they usually have between 100-400 (2 sets of legs per body segment). Each time they molt, they add more segments and therefore more legs. Male millipedes have specialized legs used for fertilization on the seventh body segment called gonopods.

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