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  1. beautiful demoiselle N8087782

    beautiful demoiselle N8087782

    Managed to take some flight shots
    • Robin59
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    • beautiful demoiselle flight insect
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Invertebrates
  2. Giant Katydid, Borneo

    Giant Katydid, Borneo

    They are one of the largest Katydid sp, Giant Katydid (Pseudophyllus hercules) 巨螽斯. Just to let you know in perspective how big, it is big as my palm size.
    • dixonlau
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    • borneo closeup giant katydid grasshopper insect lowland macro malaysia night nocturnal peat swamp pseudophyllus hercules rainforest sarawak tropical 巨螽斯
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Invertebrates
  3. humming bird 10P7075193

    humming bird 10P7075193

    • Robin59
    • Media item
    • hawkmoth humming bird insect
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  4. flight 120221

    flight 120221

    • Robin59
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    • aeshna cyanea insect
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  5. aeshna cyanea 59712

    aeshna cyanea 59712

    • Robin59
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    • aeshna cyanea insect
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  6. M

    Unidentified moth? Northern Ireland May 2019 (No photo, only description)

    I can't find where to put this, so here it is in this forum, sorry Me and my sisters were in the garden one balmy May afternoon, when a huge dark moth decided to land on our clematis plant. I have not seen one before or after like it. It was huge, but sadly did not spread it's wings, and a...
  7. House Fly Close Up

    House Fly Close Up

    • nikan
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    • canon 70-300 zoom lens canon 90d fly house fly insect insects musca domestica
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Invertebrates
  8. rainy day

    rainy day

    Taken after a long period of drizzling rain. Stacking of 8 pics
    • Robin59
    • Media item
    • insect macro
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Invertebrates
  9. Bornean Bristlehead, Borneo

    Bornean Bristlehead, Borneo

    Bornean Bristlehead (Pityriasis gymnocephala) 棘毛伯勞, caught an insect
    • dixonlau
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    • bornean bristlehead borneo endemic food foraging insect lowland malaysia mangrove pityriasis gymnocephala rainforest sarawak tropical 棘毛伯勞
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  10. butterfly frozen in flight 3098

    butterfly frozen in flight 3098

    Taken with the Olympus OMD EM-1 MARK III in the Pro capture mode
    • Robin59
    • Media item
    • butterfly flight frozen insect
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  11. The Tiny Bull

    The Tiny Bull

    It Is A Tiny Insect Called Tree hopper, And They're Tiny Enough To Not Get Recognized At Normal Glance, But After Recognizing You Can Check It's Horns lIke Antennas Or Whatever Those Are, They Make This Look Like A Bull, And Made It's Appearance Different Than Other Hoppers.
    • avinavsuryawansh
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    • fauna horned tree hopper iamavinav insect invertebrates macro photography
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Invertebrates
  12. Female Giant Golden Orb Weaver Spider, Borneo

    Female Giant Golden Orb Weaver Spider, Borneo

    Female Giant Golden Orb Weaver Spider (Nephila pilipes)
    • dixonlau
    • Media item
    • borneo female giant golden orb weaver insect malaysia nephila pilipes orchard rainforest sarawak spider tropical
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Invertebrates
  13. Red Millipedes

    Red Millipedes

    Rainy days, so easily seeing these Red Millipedes 紅色千足蟲 coming out in the forest. Saw a perfect light thru dense forest on this insect, so quickly grab some shots since not seeing many birds around.
    • dixonlau
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    • borneo crawl insect malaysia rainforest red millipedes sarawak tropical wetland 紅色千足蟲
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Invertebrates
  14. LYNX SPIDER (Oxyopes javanus)

    LYNX SPIDER (Oxyopes javanus)

    LYNX SPIDER (Oxyopes javanus) 猞猁蜘蛛
    • dixonlau
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    • borneo insect lynx spider macro malaysia oxyopes javanus sarawak stay home tropical 猞猁蜘蛛
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Invertebrates
  15. orange tip (male)

    orange tip (male)

    Taken in my garden...
    • Robin59
    • Media item
    • butterfly insect orange tip insect orange tip butterfly
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  16. Podontia affinis

    Podontia affinis

    STAY HOME, STAY FOCUS *Correction Updated* It should be Podontia affinis.
    • dixonlau
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    • asia asian lady beetle beetle borneo insect ladybug macro malaysia sarawak tropical
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Invertebrates
  17. Generalist Predator

    Generalist Predator

    Meal of the day, a spider caught a beetle and not letting it go. Not sure what spider it is, it can't be Lynx spider as its legs were too bold and big.
    • dixonlau
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    • asia beetle insect macro malaysia predator prey sarawak spider wildlife
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Invertebrates
  18. Podontia affinis *Correction*

    Podontia affinis *Correction*

    STAY HOME, STAY FOCUS What you can do while staying at home? Spending sometime at home backyard doing macro photography & videography. *Correction update* It should be Podontia affinis instead previously identified as Harmonia axyridis
    • dixonlau
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    • asian lady beetle beetle borneo insect ladybug macro malaysia podontia affinis video videography
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Invertebrates
  19. Diplacodes trivialis Dragonfly

    Diplacodes trivialis Dragonfly

    Natural overcast sunlight, no wind, this allows me to shoot at very low shutter speed.
    • dixonlau
    • Media item
    • a7riii backyard borneo diplacodes trivialis dragonfly insect macro malaysia natural tropical
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Invertebrates
  20. Lynx Spider (Oxyopidae)

    Lynx Spider (Oxyopidae)

    Macro shot of Lynx Spider (Oxyopidae) at home backyard with wireless flash
    • dixonlau
    • Media item
    • backyard borneo insect laowa lynx spider macro malaysia oxyopidae spider tropical
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Invertebrates
  21. Spotted Grass Dart Butterfly (taractrocera ardonia lamia)

    Spotted Grass Dart Butterfly (taractrocera ardonia lamia)

    Wireless flash allow me to position the angle of the light to whichever position I want. This angle makes the subject more dimensional. Home backyard macro
    • dixonlau
    • Media item
    • a7riii borneo butterfly godox insect laowa macro malaysia spotted grass dart taractrocera ardonia lamia
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Invertebrates
  22. Asian Ant Mantis

    Asian Ant Mantis

    The tiniest mantis I've ever seen and it is right at my home backyard.
    • dixonlau
    • Media item
    • asian ant mantis borneo insect macro macro photography malaysia mantis odontomantis planiceps rainforest tropical
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Invertebrates
  23. Asian Ant Mantis

    Asian Ant Mantis

    The tiniest mantis I've ever seen and it is right at my home backyard.
    • dixonlau
    • Media item
    • asian ant mantis borneo forest insect macro malaysia mantis odontomantis planiceps rainforest tropical
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Invertebrates
  24. Asian Ant Mantis

    Asian Ant Mantis

    The tiniest mantis I've ever seen and it is right at my home backyard. It is called Asian Ant Mantis (Odontomantis planiceps). It is documented to be between 1.4cm - 2cm but this one I photographed looks like 1cm or less. 🤔 Perhaps next time I will try to shoot with a ruler 🙂 Attempted to...
    • dixonlau
    • Media item
    • asian ant mantis borneo insect macro macro photography malaysia mantis odontomantis planiceps rainforest tropical
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Invertebrates
  25. Grasshopper

    Grasshopper

    Very difficult to take macro shot of a grasshopper. They will always either fly away or turn around whenever I tried to get close to them.
    • dixonlau
    • Media item
    • backyard borneo grasshopper insect macro macrophotograhy malaysia rainforest stayhome tropical
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Invertebrates
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