i love and enjoy the nature , if you ask me is the lifes important or my pictures more important .. I will choose lifes for sure … and hope everyone do love, enjoy and protect them …
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more caterpillar
Caterpillar stand up …
Front Page for Malaysia Magazine Aperture
my “big small eye” spider been published as front page Aperture magazine (Malaysia)
beside picture sharing some tips for both MACRO and landscape too for both July-Aug 2012.
my original image
a capture when I have my practical session with my MACRO workshop …
Cute Weevil | liewwk …
one of the best model for macro photographer .. weevil, they move slow, cute, and play “death” game with us …
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– very cute weevil, with long neck (male) .. but some with short neck too and very tiny + skittish insect
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– can see the pollen ..
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– one of the cute one
more Weevil
wet Insects with dews …… just like today morning weather …
raining morning and if I am at some where I can find some bugs sure I will go our to look for some with dews on their face … look cool 😀
and if you are lucky …
Rove Beetle … dangerous ! ? …
a beetle that I meet few years back and found it again last year … but last year I saw it kill a wasp (too fast but saw a dead wasp after this beelte land on the same leaf )
make me check more on this beetle
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Family: Staphylinidae
from the government link … it stated
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The haemolymph in the beetle’s entire body (except the wings) contains the most poisonous animal contact toxin in the world called ‘pederin’ (C24 H43 O9 N) named in 1953. It is 12 times more poisonous than cobra venom ! Dried and stored rove beetle for 8 years still retained it’s toxicity !
from http://www.mpsp.gov.my/english/bulletin/RoveBeetle.htm
additional info
http://orcaquest-diary.blogspot.com/2009/04/beware-of-rove-beetle-poisonous-insect.html
http://www.alloexpat.com/malaysia_expat_forum/rove-beetle-invasion-warning-t22963.html
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The “Glue” Assassin
went a reserve jungle with my friends and family … and have a quick macro hunting … found a weird assassin bug where it stay close to tress with sticky (white, brown) liquid … and it’s “hand” change from tiny to bigger claw (just look like crab claw) .. not sure what they want to do that .. and if possible I will re-visit and see whether it use for food hunting ? (other insect stuck on the sticky liquid just can go away easily)
have a close view on it’s “claw”
first time I meet this …. and more Assassin bug click
an interesting firefly ….
a bug that really make my day, we had a short night outing in a reserve jungle within KL …. within 2 hours .. we found few interesting model e.g. Spotted Litter Frog… , juvenile Spiny Turtle, Lovi’s Reed Snake & Marbled Forest Gecko
a nothing special while you see it at picture …..
have a look how interesting is this firefly
I didn;t able to capture it’s head due to the environment … and would love to see it again
thanks Andy Paul for the ID
adult larviform female of a firefly from the lamprigera spp.
Bee Collection
Bee one of my favor object for MACRO photography .. as bee seldom stop for rest to it is a big challenge to capture it
1. very 1st bee found on my MACRO training ground
2. common honey bee that just need little patient
3. 1st time saw it
4. another Bee in flight
5. a green bee from US
6. one of the cutest bee ever met … I call it “fat” bee
7. call it green eye bee just same like #1
more bee collection click here
Ant-Mimic Spider fight for a “girl”
I witness a ant-mimic male guide or seem protect the female .. I was observe it (~10-15min) hope for something interesting happen among the male A (with tag) and female
but suddenly another male (Male B) turn up and try to fight with the male (it happen so fast (<1-2s) and they end up at this position …
after the Male A got kill, male B look at the female for a while outside the web … but the female just run away …. (even before I can try to give her a close up shot)
some of my Ant-mimic spider collection
http://liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=326
and was with my update lighting setup
New Collection – the Ant-mimic Jumping spider
I was there (drive ~20km) for a robberfly which I met one day before (and I don;t have my macro gears with me)…
but accidentally found this Ant-mimic for me .. never see this type … and not only new found but I witness an amazing moment … the both male fight for something !!!!!… (will share the other picture to show what it fight for later … need to little stack work on that)
and the moment they fight …
not a most beautiful ant-mimic that I saw before but this is a beautiful one too …
few types of Ant-mimic collection
1. An ant mimic spider of the genus myrmarachne that mimic Tetraponera rufonigra ant
2. … Ant-mimic crab | Amyciaea lineatipes having prey …
3. Ant-mimic jumping spider | 蟻蛛 (male)
4. very common black myrmarachne
Spider collection by liewwk
