Borneo

Fairy tale bugs

These are some of the magical things I saw in the Borneo jungle. One is called cotton bug. The other is the lantern bug. Guide Lan showed them to us at the Kinabatangan River.

Cotton Bug eggs. I would not have noticed, but Lan new.

Then Cotton Bug - potentially Flatidae - fully developed. Looks fluffy, can walk and jump. It is about 2cm. I learned later that it is actually a fungus growing on the bug, killing it eventually.

And then the lantern bug - Fulgoridae. A wonder. Especially in the night, when lighted with a torch, it looks amazing. About 4cm.

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