Rainforest on the slopes of Mt Kinabalu.
An incredible number of moth species took shelter under a roof at the hotel during bad weather. See the full album for some more.
I don't think I'd ever seen a leaf insect in the wild before. Also sheltering at the hotel from the bad weather.
Mt Kinabalu has the highest concentration of orchid species of anywhere in the world.
A tree snake.
An exceptionally large and beautifully coloured butterfly.
In the tropics, the high rainfall and year round warm temperatures have allowed life to become more elaborate. We have assassin bugs in Australia, but I've never seen a species this large or colourful. They use the spear on their noses to impale insects. This one has impaled an unfortunate beetle.
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