https://www.blogged.my https://www.blogged.my Malaysia's Blogging Community http://www.blogged.my/images/bloggedmybutton.gif https://www.blogged.my/ https://www.blogged.my/ping-905259-water-monitor-lizard-climbing-a-cocunut-tree.html Tue, 05 Aug 2025 12:48:00 +08 While primarily aquatic, Asian water monitors are also adept climbers and use trees for foraging, escaping predators, and sometimes even as a means of jumping into water to evade danger. Below is a shot clip showing a water monitor lizard climbing a tree https://www.blogged.my/ping-905259-water-monitor-lizard-climbing-a-cocunut-tree.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905258-sunda-frogmouth-series-2.html Sat, 01 Jan 2022 23:44:00 +08 This is the second time that a female Sunda Frogmouth Batrachostomus cornutus visited our family land to nest. The last visit was in 2009, see Borneo Frogmouth Owl Her mouth opens up when she feel threatened. See her chick under her chest Another close up. Perching on branch. Sunda Frogmouth... https://www.blogged.my/ping-905258-sunda-frogmouth-series-2.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905257-baby-swamp-eel.html Fri, 15 Jan 2021 14:07:00 +08 When my car porch got flooded, this snake like creature came along. Probably it came from the nearby swamp. Not sure if it has tiny front legs as I did not inspect it closely.It looks like an Asian Swamp Eel locally known as Belut .Could it be anAmphiuma or a Monopterus Albus https://www.blogged.my/ping-905257-baby-swamp-eel.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905256-water-lizard-biawak-air.html Thu, 23 Dec 2010 23:11:00 +08 Photo of a tropical monitor lizard. The specimen below is likely an Asian water monitor Varanus salvator salvator .Monitor lizards, also known as biawak or goannas, genus Varanus, are members of the family Varanidae.Photo taken at Kem Permai, Kuching. https://www.blogged.my/ping-905256-water-lizard-biawak-air.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905255-tropical-dove.html Sun, 05 Dec 2010 09:45:00 +08 Photo of a tropical dove relaxing during her morning sun bath. The bird in the photo look like a Bar shouldered Dove Geopilia humeralis or a Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata .The photo is shot with 24x digital zoom, so the photo quality is not pleasing. https://www.blogged.my/ping-905255-tropical-dove.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905254-red-powder-puff-flower-sensitive-briar.html Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:38:00 +08 Close up photo of tropical red Powder Puff Flower or Sensitive Briar. On a closer look, Powder Puff flower look like a Mimosa Pudica flower.Calliandra haematocephala is a fast growing shrub that can grow tall but also spreads wide. If desired it can be kept smaller by trimming. Interesting enough the leaves... https://www.blogged.my/ping-905254-red-powder-puff-flower-sensitive-briar.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905253-chilasa-clytia-butterfly.html Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:39:00 +08 Chilasa clytia, a common tropical butterfly found in Borneo. If not for the gloomy weather, the photo shoot would be perfect. The Chilasa clytia was just perching still on a flower and the air was still. A steady shot but lighting was a let down.About a foot away in normal macro mode not zero macro .I... https://www.blogged.my/ping-905253-chilasa-clytia-butterfly.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905252-dead-huntsman-spider.html Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:33:00 +08 Photo of a dead Huntsman spider.Recommended reading Wasp spider of Borneo Argiope bruennichi https://www.blogged.my/ping-905252-dead-huntsman-spider.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905251-borneo-red-ants.html Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:52:00 +08 Red ants or fire ants from Borneo.The bodies of fire ants, like all insects 039 bodies, are broken up into three sections the head, the thorax, and the abdomen, with three pairs of legs and a pair of antennae. Fire ants can be distinguished from other ants by their copper brown head and body with a darker... https://www.blogged.my/ping-905251-borneo-red-ants.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905250-setora-fletcheri-slug-caterpillar.html Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:30:00 +08 Photo of a maroon spiky Setora fletcheri slug caterpillar. The slug caterpillar 039 s decoration is not just for show. At any sign of danger, each cluster of spines blooms into a bristly sphere. Glands at the base of the spines produce venom rich in histamines liquid peril for any would be attacker.Setora... https://www.blogged.my/ping-905250-setora-fletcheri-slug-caterpillar.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905249-baccaurea-angulata-belimbing-merah.html Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:54:00 +08 Baccaurea angulata is a tropical wild fruit indigenous to Borneo. Baccaurea angulata is also known locally as Belimbing Merah, Belimbing Bukit, Gerumin Bereh Bidayuh , Tampoi Merah, Uchong Iban or Belimbing hutan.Elsewhere, this fruit is also called as Embaling Sabah , Embaling bobou Brunei and Asem... https://www.blogged.my/ping-905249-baccaurea-angulata-belimbing-merah.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905248-yellow-black-polka-dot-caterpillar.html Wed, 06 Oct 2010 01:23:00 +08 A photo of tiny yellow caterpillar will black dots.Note Photo was cropped.Recommended reading Photo collection of Tropical caterpillars https://www.blogged.my/ping-905248-yellow-black-polka-dot-caterpillar.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905247-macadamia-integrifolia-nuts.html Mon, 04 Oct 2010 21:50:00 +08 I get to hold a box of Macadamia Integrifolia Nuts, freshly flown from Hawaii. Would you believe it Macadamia Integrifolia Nuts in Malaysia. And no, the nuts will not be roasted but destined to a nursery. Hawaii is the largest producer of Macadamia nuts.Macadamia nuts Macadamia integrifolia are dry... https://www.blogged.my/ping-905247-macadamia-integrifolia-nuts.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905246-agarwood-aquilaria-crassna-saplings.html Sat, 02 Oct 2010 01:13:00 +08 Young Agarwood saplings between 3 to 4 inches in height and about one month old. The Agarwood species is of Aquilaria crassna, a resinous heartwood, used for perfume and incense. The resin is produced by the tree in response to infection by a parasitic ascomycetous mould, Phaeoacremonium parasitica, a... https://www.blogged.my/ping-905246-agarwood-aquilaria-crassna-saplings.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905245-kelpie-and-german-shepperd-puppy-faceoff.html Thu, 30 Sep 2010 23:36:00 +08 A local Kelpie faceoff with a German Shepperd puppy. Neither want to lose. The ancestors of the Kelpie were simply black dogs, called Colleys or Collies. The word quot collie quot has the same root as quot coal quot and quot collier ship quot . Some of these collies were imported to Australia for stock work in the early 1800s,... https://www.blogged.my/ping-905245-kelpie-and-german-shepperd-puppy-faceoff.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905244-blind-cat.html Sun, 12 Sep 2010 13:10:00 +08 Photo of a white blind cat. The blind cat belongs to my neighbor and they called the cat, Snowy. A blank stare. The cat use hearing to locate noises. Recommended viewing Orange Kitten Two cats and a string Newborn Kittens https://www.blogged.my/ping-905244-blind-cat.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905243-yellow-spiky-caterpillar-series-20.html Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:05:00 +08 A close up photo of a small pale yellow spiky caterpillar with an alien face or is it Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle face , perched on a mango leave. This specimen look like my previous luminous green Euclea delphinii catepillar. Here 039 s the YouTube video clip of the above caterpillar Recommended... https://www.blogged.my/ping-905243-yellow-spiky-caterpillar-series-20.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905242-paper-wasp-foraging-dimocarpus-malesianus-fruit-flowers.html Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:32:00 +08 Photo of Paper Wasp foraging among the Dimocarpus longan malesianus fruit flowers. https://www.blogged.my/ping-905242-paper-wasp-foraging-dimocarpus-malesianus-fruit-flowers.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905241-orange-kitten.html Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:00:00 +08 Local orange kitten spotted escaping from her cage to take a sun bath. The orange kitten looks scruffy and she should be given a water bath instead. By the way, the kitten belongs to my neighbor. Recommended reading Newborn Kittens Two cats and a string Mix Breed Siamese Cats Napping https://www.blogged.my/ping-905241-orange-kitten.html https://www.blogged.my/ping-905240-four-angled-bean-flower.html Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:40:00 +08 Photos of four angled bean or a winged bean flower. The Winged bean Psophocarpus tetragonolobus , also known as the Goa bean kacang botol in Malaysia and Asparagus Pea and Winged Pea Lotus tetragonolobus , is a tropical legume plant native to Papua New Guinea. It grows abundantly in hot, humid... https://www.blogged.my/ping-905240-four-angled-bean-flower.html