The firmiana malayana or mata lembu, remains here in testimony to man's care-less-ness - its tree had since been felled. Let not the birds leave too.

Thursday, 9 April 2026

Blue-eared Kingfisher

 And then there were two, as expected when the frequency that the adult Blue-eared Kingfisher was seen to fly and fish along the river, that it was a matter of time before any juvenile was sighted.





The 'wear and tear' in parenthood.


The softness in freshness.




Wolf Spider



 Female wolf spider with white spherical egg sac (Pardosa sp)

Leaf-mimicking Katydid, specimen

 






A dried-up Giant Malaysian Katydid/bush cricket (Arachnacris corporalis)



Crane Fly

 



Crane fly (Hexatoma preposita)

Stilt-legged Fly

 



Stilt-legged fly (Micropezidae sp)

 

Pygmy Grasshopper

 


Pygmy grasshopper/groundhopper (Tetrigidae sp)

Monkey Grasshopper




Monkey grasshopper (Erianthus versicolor)