Max Anderson
@maxando.bsky.social
PhD 🦋 Ecologist with a particular interest in butterflies and their early life stages. Currently traveling the world.
This Green Dragontail has to be up there with one of the most ostentatious butterflies here in Borneo. The transparent sections of the forewing, and those tails!
June 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This Green Dragontail has to be up there with one of the most ostentatious butterflies here in Borneo. The transparent sections of the forewing, and those tails!
Super excited to find the incredibly rare, Allotinus brooksi in Sabah, Borneo!
Over 110 years after this impressive butterfly was first discovered and collected in Sarawak, it was spotted for the first time in 2021, here in Sabah!
Over 110 years after this impressive butterfly was first discovered and collected in Sarawak, it was spotted for the first time in 2021, here in Sabah!
June 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Super excited to find the incredibly rare, Allotinus brooksi in Sabah, Borneo!
Over 110 years after this impressive butterfly was first discovered and collected in Sarawak, it was spotted for the first time in 2021, here in Sabah!
Over 110 years after this impressive butterfly was first discovered and collected in Sarawak, it was spotted for the first time in 2021, here in Sabah!
They have a really cool behaviour where they use a specialised organ (osmeterium) for defending themselves against predators or pests. They arch backwards and extend the osmeterium to deter the pest.
December 7, 2024 at 8:30 AM
They have a really cool behaviour where they use a specialised organ (osmeterium) for defending themselves against predators or pests. They arch backwards and extend the osmeterium to deter the pest.