Chinese New Year Celebration, Kuching 2015.

Chinese New Year Celebration through the eyes of a non-Chinese. (19 photos)

This year Chinese New Year fall on 19th February 2015. The year of the Goat. I had the oportunity to observe part of the celebration at a few Chinese temple along Carpenter and Wayang Street in Kuching, Sarawak.

The Lion Dance:

Lion Dance is a must. Despite there is actually no lion exist naturally in China, it's heroic outlook makes this animal respected and symbolised through the Lion Dance. The Lion dance started during the Han Dynasti. Basically there are two types of Lion Dance, the Northern and the Southern.


The Lion Dance, Kuching 2015
Fujifilm X20

Macro > Stink / Shield Bug.

Stink / Shield Bug or Tessaratomidae from Malaysia. (9 photos)

Tessaratomidae is a family of True Bugs. It contains about 240 species of large bugs divided into 3 sub-families and 56 genera.

Tessaratomids resemble large Stink Bugs (family Pentatomidae) and are sometimes quite colourful. Most Tessaratomids are Old World with only 3 species known from Neotropics. Some members from Tessaratomidae exhibits maternal care of eggs and offspring. The defensive chemicals of certain species can cause significant damage if they come into contact with human skin, they may also cause temporary blindness.

All species are exclusively plant eaters, some of major economic importance as agricultural pests. A few species also consumed as human food in some countries.

Source: Wikipedia

Nymph of Pycanum rubens, Bintulu 2015

1/200 sec, f/22, ISO 200
Nikon D90, Tamron SP 90, Nissin MF-18

Macro > Tortoise Beetle.

Tortoise Beetle of Malaysia. (10 photos)

The Cassidinae (tortoise or leaf-mining beetles) are a Sub-family of the Leaf Beetles, or Chrysomelidae. It includes both the former subfamily "Hispinae" (Leaf-mining Beetles), as well as the former more narrowly defined subfamily Cassidinae (family as Tortoise Beetles) which are now split into several tribes that include the tribe Cassidini, and in all include over 125 genera. The traditional separation of the two groups was based essentially on the habitats of the larvae and the general shapes of the adults. The name Cassidinae for the merged subfamily is considered to have priority.

Source: Wikipedia.

Tortoise Beetle, Bintulu 2013
Nikon D90, Tamron SP90, Nissin MF-18
1/200 sec, f/22, ISO 200