The Sumatran forests are home to a wide variety of butterflies and other biological life. Here are some images that I captured on one occasion while I was in the Saweuk forest zone in the North Aceh district.

When you go on a journey to explore nature, you'll often find a lot of new things. In reality, these things aren't new; you just haven't seen them before. I just went for a nature walk in North Aceh's

Given how similar it looks to a dragonfly, some of you may have thought of one when you first saw this. But it's actually the black torrent dart, or Dysphaea ethela, a damselfly from the Euphaeidae family,

Saludos amigos amantes de capturar las maravillosas imágenes que nos regala la naturaleza. Hoy les comparto la captura fotográfica de un lindo insecto, el cual es conocido comúnmente en la zona como cerbatana.

This is a photo I took at the weekend using my smartphone camera, a photo of a spider I found in the grass guarding the nest containing its eggs. This spider makes a nest to store its eggs behind the leaves

These images were captured yesterday afternoon in North Aceh's hinterland. I was able to capture a big leafcutter bee (Megachile sp.) on my smartphone camera. This bee resembles the Texas leafcutter bee,

Here I share with the #AmazingNature community some macro images. These photos were taken at Lhokseumawe, Aceh, in the middle of June of this year. Prionyx parkeri belongs to the family Sphecidae. This

Robber fly (Michotamia aurata) kill an assassin bug The family Asilidae, which belongs to the order Diptera, is referred to as robber flies or assassin flies. The Asilidae family is widely distributed

In this post, I'd like to introduce a few spider species to the #AmazingNature community. These images were captured separately in several locations. Actually, it's difficult for me to identify the many

I noticed a female striped lynx spider in my garden a few days ago. According to the findings of a search on an entomology and nematology website, this species is known by the scientific name Oxyopes salticus

I've got some macro pictures to share with the #AmazingNature community. Most moths are nocturnal flier insects that are active at night, although some species are also active during the day. For those

Amata huebneri, commonly known as the wasp moth or tiger moth, is a species of flying moth that is a member of the subfamily Actiinae. Unlike most moths in the family Erebidae, which are nocturnal creatures,

In Aceh, few insects bear names derived from the native tongue. I noticed that only a few insect species are widely referred to in the local language. One of these is the Vespa tropica, locally known as

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, cannibalism is the human behavior or action of eating human flesh. Actually, I don't want to discuss it since it's too horrifying and revolting. Cannibalism is

All damselfly species of the family Calopterygidae ; the wolf spider of the family Lycosidae ; and the tiger beetle of the genus Cicindela are three types of insects that I often find in rocky river/tributary

Amata huebneri is a moth species that has a lot of habitat in Indonesia. I always spot them flying low or perched in the bushes along the path when I go for nature walks. Despite the fact that this kind

Have you ever seen a sweat bee's nest? What's the shape like? A sweat bee's nest is something I've never seen before. I only see them in small groups and in the afternoons, when they roost on the grass.

These photos were taken last Wednesday when I walked to Blang Kulam's twin waterfalls. I noticed a wide range of fascinating insects there, with Odonata being the most abundant. One of them is the stream

These pics were taken recently in North Aceh. This is a planthopper species (Leptocentrus taurus) in the family Membracidae, also known as the "eggplant horned planthopper." This kind of leafhopper

Look at how cute this little jumping spider is! It leaped quickly onto the fingers of my left hand, without any hesitation in the least. Is it possible that the 'jumper' did it on purpose to challenge