The sound of summer

Beijing, August 2014.

Eating scorpion, spider, centipede, and grasshopper

 

Beijing, August 2013.

Scorpian?

Biga, Batangas, Philippines, August 2010.

Smasched cockroach

Manila, March 2011.

Counting Scorpions

Kashgar, Xinjiang, August 2010.

Beach House Pet

No worries, Sam is still alive and kicking.

Biga, Batangas, July 2010.

Scorpion meal

Beijing, June 2010.

Hungry? Eat all you can.

Sheep penis? Water beetles? Silk worms?

Centipede? Scorpions? Bee cocoon?

Eat all you can imagine.

Beijing, June 2010.

Ants over Semarang

Flying ants seem to be harmless compared to what termites can do.

Semarang, Central Java, June 2009.

Returned home: First sighting

What a welcome after coming home from Central Java...

Jakarta, April 2009.

Mosquitoes best friend

Photo of a small but highly effective gecko, Jakarta, March 2008.

It hasn't met ...

... the stick insect hunter yet.

Photo from Jakarta, March 2008.

Butterfly: Bigger than Two Palms

After the termite attack (see below) it's time to show other fascinating facets of nature. One day nature surprised us with a giant butterfly in our garden in Alabang. The beauty was bigger than two palms and stayed with us for 6 hours.

Too bad, butterflies rarely come again …..

Photos from Alabang (south of Manila), Philippines (2002).

Termite Attack

On one day they fly!

We were sitting upstairs watching a movie and suddenly the TV and all lights were covered by termites.

I opened the door and ran down to the living room to switch on the lights there. Q switched off the lights upstairs and within seconds all termites found their new source of light.

Can you imagine the noise?

PS: We later left the house since the termites ate one book shelve, some parts of the staircase, a number of door frames and parts of the beautiful bamboo flooring.

Photo from 2003 (Alabang, Philippines)