Red Weevil-like Insect

A tropical red Weevil-like insect.


A red Weevil-like insect carry food (a seed).



A red Weevil-like insect carry food (a seed).

More hi-res photo on my Flickr Insect gallery.

Live video of the red Weevil-like insect from my YouTube gallery.



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Moths and Butterflies, Series #2

Butterfly with white spots perched on tapioca leaves. This is a cropped photo.



The original photo of the white spotted butterfly caught in the mid-morning sun ray.

Distance from subject: approximately 10 feet
Zoom: 12x
Photo taken: Dec 16, 2007

For more bigger and high-resolution photos, check out my gallery of Butterflies and Moths.

Previous posts
* Moths and Butterflies, Series #1

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Moths and Butterflies, Series #1

Butterflies are extremely difficult to shoot. They fly away at a slight breeze. Moths on the other hand, sit still but you can't have macro shot if you approached it too near.

For this post, I present 4 types of subject (3 moths and a butterfly).


Yellow moth perched on padi leaves. This is a cropped photo.


The same yellow moth shot from normal range.


Another yellow moth resting under shade of the padi leaves.


Grey moth perched on some leaves.



Black and gray butterfly looking for nectar among at the Ixora flowers. The butterfly species is Papilio Polymnestor (Blue Mormon) and is commonly found in deep forests.

For more bigger and high-resolution photos, check out my gallery of Butterflies and Moths.

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Adventure of two monkeys (Macaca fascicularis)

Photo of monkeys mating.

Introducing monkey #1


Introducing monkey #2


Monkeys caught in the act


Photo shot at Genting Highlands.

For hi-res photo, click Monkey Gallery

Adventure of two flies (Fi and Fo)

Introducing Fly #1 (Fi)


Introducing Fly #2 (Fo)



Fi and Fo caught in the compromising act.

( click for large image)



More explicit images of Fi and Fo

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Tiny mushroom - Toad stool - Fungi, Series 3

This tiny mushroom grow on dead stick on the damp jungle floor. Not sure the exact species or scientific name but it is similar to a toad stool mushroom.

Close up shoot (macro) without flash.

Click Tiny Mushroom larger picture.

Related posts:
* Tropical Wild Mushroom, Fungi
* Tropical Wild Mushroom, Fungi, Series 2

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Tropical Chameleon - Green crested lizard - earth lion

Chameleons (family Chamaeleonidae) are squamates that belong to one of the best-known lizard families. The name "chameleon" means "Earth lion" and is derived from the Greek words chamai (on the ground, on the earth) and leon (lion).

The chameleon in this post is known as Green Crested Lizard (Bronchocela Cristatella).


Chameleon changing of colour

Some chameleon species are able to change their skin colour, which has made them one of the most famous lizard families. Changing colour is an expression of the physical and physiological condition of the lizard. The colour also plays an important part in communication.

Despite popular belief, chameleons cannot change colour to their surroundings. Chameleons are naturally coloured for their surroundings as a camouflage.

Chameleons have specialized cells, collectively called chromatophores, that lie in layers under their transparent outer skin. The cells in the upper layer, called xanthophores and erythrophores, contain yellow and red pigments respectively. Below these is another layer of cells called iridophores or guanophores, and they contain the colourless crystalline substance guanine. These reflect, among others, the blue part of incident light. If the upper layer of chromatophores appears mainly yellow, the reflected light becomes green (blue plus yellow). A layer of dark melanin containing melanophores is situated even deeper under the reflective iridophores. The melanophores influence the 'lightness' of the reflected light. All these different pigment cells can rapidly relocate their pigments, thereby influencing the colour of the chameleon.


Click Chameleon gallery for more hi-res photos of chameleon (earth lion).

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