The limestone forest of Jambusan

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Oct. 5, 2008. It's a beautiful sunday morning to shoot insects & plants in the limestone outcrop of Jambusan.


The limestone outcrop:






Limestone boulders:




Jungle Mike in the limestone forest:





Everyone is busy looking for insects for photo shooting:




The hill paddy field:

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Hill paddy. (The rice is white-purple coloured)




unidentified species.





Assassin bug (Triatoma sp.)




Juvenile of a cricket





Rice bug (Leptocorisa acuta)





Stink bug

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Juvenile of stick insect.




Probably a crab spider.








Weevil





Pill millipede (2 cm long only)




When it is disturbed, it'll roll up its body to protect itself:

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A wasp.





Unidentified species of butterfly.




Cricket.




Green rhino snail, Rhinocochlis nasuta





Unidentified species of snail.




The "hairy" snail of Borneo : Cyclotus biciliatus

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Spotted-leaf beetle.




White spider waiting for its prey:




Caterpillar




Hairy caterpillar




Cup fungus (Cookeina sulcipes)

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Mushroom




fruits of rattan palm





introduced species....




Jewel orchid, Malaxis sp.





wild orchid, Eria sp. ??

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Arum (Amorphophallus brachyphyllus)




Unidentified species (flowers & fruits):




Inflorescence of a species of Piper.





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