Well camouflaged namibian grasshopper November 29, 2009 Hi, In january this year i found a strange grasshopper on a mountain in Kaokoland, Namibia. The mountain is located adjacent to Hoanib river, somewhere between Sesfontein and the border to Skeleton Coast NP. It is extremely well camouflaged, and moves like a chameleon (back and forth, back … Read more
aussietrev foodchain S picta eats D.ravidus November 29, 2009 Hi guys, Hope the book is progressing well. Will you have it for sale on the site? Thought you might like this shot of Suppuna Picta finishing off a male Dinopis ravidus (Net casting spider) aussietrev South East Queensland. Australia Hi Trevor, Nice of you to … Read more
Caterpillar at Meteor Crater, Arizona November 29, 2009 Can you help me identify this caterpillar? He has black segments and orange and yellow segments. He’s about half as long as a US bill. He is really furry. Jennifer Meteor Crater, AZ (near flagstaff) Hi Jennifer, Our first impression was that this had to be a … Read more
Leaf grasshopper from Borneo November 24, 2009 This grasshopper mimicking a yellow leaf was found in Kinabalu National Park, Sabah, Borneo at approximately 1600m elevation in January 2008. I would be grateful for help to discover its species identity. Peter Bruce-jones Kinabalu NP, Sabah, Borneo, altitude c. 1600m Hi Peter, This is quite an amazing … Read more
black butterfly with blue spot November 27, 2009 This is a butterfly specimen I got from my teacher. From the upper view, the bigger front wing is black in colour with some blue spot at the edge. However, with the black wing may appear to be purple blue in colour with the correct light reflection … Read more
orange butterfly November 27, 2009 This is also another butterfly specimen I got from my teacher. It’s size is not very big, the wing span is about 6cm. The wing is orange in colour with black line running along it’s wing skeleton. Kit Malaysia, tropical rain forest Hi Again Kit, The Butterflies of Malaysia website … Read more