CategoriesArachnids Singapore Siler cf. semiglaucus – The beautiful brood snatcher Posted onMarch 11, 2022March 11, 2022 When you think of really really colorful jumping spiders, you might think of the Australian genus Maratus. These spiders are … Continue ReadingSiler cf. semiglaucus – The beautiful brood snatcher
CategoriesInsects Mantids and roaches Singapore Hierodula venosa – Praying or preying? Posted onMarch 4, 2022August 27, 2026 After one year blogging about bugs, I find it most difficult to write about animals with uncertain classification. There is … Continue ReadingHierodula venosa – Praying or preying?
CategoriesCrickets Singapore Elimaea (Elimaea) subcarinata – Bush cricket Nsenene Posted onFebruary 1, 2022January 28, 2022 A green cricket here, a source of income and food there. Photographer Jasper Doest recently won the Fritz Pölking Prize … Continue ReadingElimaea (Elimaea) subcarinata – Bush cricket Nsenene
CategoriesButterflies & moths Insects Singapore Attacus atlas – About superlatives Posted onSeptember 6, 2021August 27, 2026 You’ll forget everything you know about large caterpillars, once you see one of those! It is unreal, they look a … Continue ReadingAttacus atlas – About superlatives
CategoriesBees & Ants Insects Nicaragua Euglossa dilemma – Escaping from a toxic relationship? Posted onJuly 24, 2021August 27, 2026 A beautiful green bee found in Nicaragua, right on the wall of our beach hut! I guess it is the … Continue ReadingEuglossa dilemma – Escaping from a toxic relationship?
CategoriesButterflies & moths Insects Singapore Papilio polytes – Onkel Dittmeyer Posted onJune 16, 2021August 27, 2026 Written by Christine One morning, sipping my coffee, my eye fell on something sitting on my homegrown little orange tree. … Continue ReadingPapilio polytes – Onkel Dittmeyer
CategoriesBeetles Insects Singapore Neocollyris celebensis – Pretty black-sheep Posted onMay 31, 2021August 27, 2026 This was my first tiger beetle in Singapore! And what a beauty, blueish-green metallic from top to bottom, and with … Continue ReadingNeocollyris celebensis – Pretty black-sheep
CategoriesButterflies & moths Insects Singapore Saptha beryllitis – micro metal! Posted onMay 10, 2021August 27, 2026 Have you ever done 20000 of something? The guy who described this species of moth, Edward Meyrick, has. He is, … Continue ReadingSaptha beryllitis – micro metal!
CategoriesButterflies & moths Insects Singapore Graphium agamemnon – hiker’s nudibranch or yet another pest? Posted onFebruary 12, 2021August 27, 2026 Isn’t that a beautiful caterpillar? I just got the idea that caterpillars, with their incredible colors and variations of hairs … Continue ReadingGraphium agamemnon – hiker’s nudibranch or yet another pest?
CategoriesLizards Spain Podarcis pityusensis – Eisentraut’s finches Posted onJanuary 8, 2021December 7, 2025 Martin Eisentraut was a German zoologist and he shuffled these lizards from island to island almost hundred years ago. He … Continue ReadingPodarcis pityusensis – Eisentraut’s finches
