花生大蟋 (Tarbinskiellus portentosus)
A heavyweight cricket on the grey concrete It sat on the bare concrete in the late June heat of Medog, so still that I nearly …
皮氏粉猎蝽 (Platerus pilcheri)
A banded assassin on white netting Against the white mesh of a drying net, the pattern was impossible to miss: a long insect banded in …
Paraxantia rubripes
A bright green katydid with red feet The wooden floor was wet from the morning rain, with metal strips running through it, and in the …
Lucanus lunifer franciscae
A black giant on rain-soaked timber The plank was dark with damp, studded with tiny water droplets, and on it sat a beetle so black …
两点赤锯锹甲藏东南亚种 (Prosopocoilus astacoides kachinensis)
The lobster-jawed stag beetle On a wet wooden board with green vegetation blurring behind it, the beetle looked almost cheerful: a warm orange-yellow body, a …
刘鹏宇深山锹甲 (Lucanus liupengyui)
A dark giant of the wet forest floor The ground was wet and rough, the kind of surface that blends into the forest floor, and …
林芝湍蛙 (Amolops nyingchiensis)
A torrent frog taking a rest between rains It was the water droplets that caught my eye first, scattered over gravel and dark earth, and …
毛足菱猎蝽 (Isyndus pilosipes)
A hairy-legged hunter on white mesh The white netting was stretched taut, and on it sat a hunter: dark brown, with a patterned back of …
齐硕蝇象 (Hyllus qishuoi)
A furry face on the wall On a pale wall against the darker wood behind it, the spider was easy to spot: large for a …
齐硕蝇象 (Hyllus qishuoi)
A patient spider inside a metal pipe The metal pipe lay at the edge of things, its mouth open to the blurred green of the …
米氏姬兜 (Xylotrupes mniszechi mniszechi)
A rhinoceros beetle resting on the path On the 27th of June, near the end of a long day in Medog, I almost stepped on …
砂缘锯锹 (Prosopocoilus laterotarsus)
A deep red stag beetle on a stone wall Medog, 27 June. This stag beetle was resting on rough rock at the foot of a …