Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning


September 10, 2014: Night shoot at Kampong Chantek

A wonderful evening with Joseph, Joanna, Jacqueline, James and Chris. Kampong Chantek - and into the jungle. Our team

James, Joanna, Jacqueline, Joseph, me and Chris

sep 10 jkwb 5437 james joanna jacqueline joseph frank chris

A clear demonstration of the difference between aged men (little flexibility) and youth - flexibility

sep 10 jkwb 5460 chris joanna jacqueline joseph james frank

A small frog with nice camouflage

sep 10 3995 frog

A spitting spider (Scytodes sp Scytodes pallida?>) having dinner. She catches prey by spiting solution that is a combination of venom and spider silk usually at a distance of 10 - 20 mm

sep 10 4007 spitting spider dinner Scytodes pallida

Spiderlings

sep 10 4034 spiderlings

Heteropoda davidbowie

Heteropoda davidbowie is a species of spider of the Heteropoda genus. It was discovered in Malaysia by Peter Jaeger and named after singer David Bowie to raise awareness of his discoveries and that many of these species are endangered.

Her face

sep 10 4036 heteropoda davidbowie

Another view. From the Telegraph

"Bowie was apparently selected for the honour because of his musical 
contribution to arachnid world - the 1972 concept album 
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
Peter Jaeger, the German spider expert who discovered the 
Heteropoda davidbowie, said that naming spiders after celebrities 
helped draw attention to the marginal status of many species as human activity 
destroys their habitats."

sep 10 4041 heteropoda davidbowie

From the top

sep 10 4046 heteropoda davidbowie

Different Coloration Heteropoda davidbowie

sep 10 4058 heteropodia davidbowie

A katydid laying eggs in the piece of wood she is biting

sep 10 4075 katydid laying eggs

A derbid planthopper

sep 10 4084 blue wing insect

A different something with babies to the right

sep 10 4095 many legs and babies

Spitting spider with egg sac - Scytodes pallida

sep 10 4103 spitting spider egg sac Scytodes thoracica

Spitting spider, Scytodes pallida with hairy head

sep 10 4108 spitting spider scytodes pallida

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C. Frank Starmer

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