Natural History Notes

tropical fruit fruit invasive species hemiptera lizard spider Agamids animal camouflage arachnid butterfly mammals nest adaptation antenna camouflage cuckoo insect camouflage insect mouthparts insect parts migrant birds poisonous plant predator reptile pictures snakes traditional medicine Cattle Egret Lepidoptera Melastomataceae ants bird behaviour bird nest biting mouthparts cicada damselfly doves draco lizard egret flying dragon fungi ginger gliding lizards grasshopper heron insect adaptation invasive trees mangrove forest mangroves moth otter proboscis rainforest plants shrike simple eyes sucking mouthparts vivipary waterbird African Tulip Tree Ardea purpurea Asian fruits Asplenium Baya Weaver Beehive Ginger Bird's Nest Fern Black Bat Flower Black-naped Oriole Blattodea Bougainvillea Brown Shrike Butorides striatus Calotes versicolor Carica papaya Cat's Eye Fruit Cat's Whiskers Catclaw Mimosa Ceasarweed Centropus sinensis Cinnamon Bittern Clidemia hirta Colubridae Common Myna Congo Jute Coral swirl Dicranopteris linearis Dilleneaceae Dillenia Diptera Dollarbird Durians Durio zibethinus Dusky Langur Dusky Leaf Monkey Egretta garzetta Eurylaimidae Ficus Formicidae Garcinia mangostana Giant False Sensitive Mimosa Green Crested Lizard Ground Orchids Halcyon smyrnensis Hesperiidae Indian Rhododendron Indian mulberry Javan Myna Koster's Curse Lanius Lantana camara Little Egret Little Heron Macaranga tree Madagascar periwinkle Melastoma malabathricum Mimosa diplotricha Mimosa invisa Mimosa pigra Mimosa pudica Morinda citrifolia Nephelium lappaceum Odonates Oecophylla Orchidae Oriental Roller Plantain Squirrel Plumed Egret Pterophoridae Rafflesia Rambutan Rambutan tree Rosy periwinkle Rubiaceae Sensitive Plant Shrubby Simpoh Spathodea campanulata Spathoglottis plicata Stachytarpheta Striped Bronzeback Tacca chantrieri Urena lobata Varanus Water Hyacinth White-breasted Kingfisher White-breasted Waterhen White-throated Kingfisher Zingiber amphibians aphids aquatic plant asssassin bug banana flower banana musa barbet barn swallow bee bee flowers behaviour bird call bird foraging bird pollinated flowers bittern broadbills bufonidae bug bulbul bulbul pictures butcher bird castor bean castor oil caterpillar cauliflorous cauliflory chemoreception clavate antenna cockroach colubrid compound eyes costus speciosus crab spider crane fly cricket crow pheasant crypsis detrivore dove call dove song dragonfly ecdysis egret or heron epiphyte essential oil etlingera exoskeleton of an insect falconet fern fern plant ferns fiddler crab figs firefly fishtail palm fly frog gardening gastropod gerridae ginger flower greater coucal harvestmen hibiscus horticulture huntsman spider hydrophyte hymenoptera image of birds incomplete metamorphosis insect growth insect life cycle insect nymph insect vision introduced species jackfruit jacobson's organ jumping spider katydid kingfisher ladybug lampyridae langur larvae leafbird leafhopper leguminosae lilac long-tailed shrike longan lynx spider macaque malkoha malvaceae mango mango cultivars mangosteen mangrove ecosystem mangrove trees meliponines millipede mimicry molting molting lizard monitor lizard moulting process mudskipper mushroom mutualism nectar nephila non-venomous snake noni nonnative alien species nonnative species nonvenomous snakes nursery web spider ocelli ommatidia orb weaver orb weaving spider orchid oriole orthoptera ovipositor painted bronzeback palms papaya papaya fruit parasitic plant parasitoid passiflora passion flower passion vine pawpaw pectinate antenna pest pest birds pet birds pigeons pioneer species plant fiber plume pollination pollinators porterweed praying mantis preening primate prinia puddling pycnonotus rails rainforest lizard ranidae raptor red-tailed rat snake reduviidae resin robber fly root shrubs skinks skipper snail snakeweed spider web spores squirrel suboscines succession sunning symbiotic relationship tiger shrike toad tortoise beetle tree snake treehopper tropical rainforest urban birds venomous snake vipers wasp water strider weaver ants weaver bird white white egrets wings wolf spider zingiberaceae zygodactyl feet