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15th December 2009  Tuesday

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We has American Breakfast at Rm7.00 per person. Hot drink is Rm 1.80

 
   
Moths are lovely flying creature.
They are not hyperactive like butterflies, they do not sting like a bee,
they are clean unlike a dirty house fly,
they do not carry disease like mosquitos,
they do not fly away from you like birds. They are ........ the most adorable flying creature God created for my life.		  
 
   
  The most pretty moth we came across is this White Moth. Looks similar to the family  SATURNIIDAE.

 

As far as the eye can see there are tea shrubs on the hillsides.

SABAH TEA GARDEN

Longhouse Room is Rm100.00. Each room has 3 beds.

We stay one night in Sabah Tea Garden. Tomorrow 16-12-2009 After breakfast in Sabah Tea Garden we will check out to continue journey to Mimpian Jadi Resort by the seaside at Tuaran
 
Field record from this afternoon: A pale yellowish-orange ant on graph paper, Sabah Tea Gardena pale yellowish-orange ant, about 17 mm, walking on a tree bark at Sabah Tea Garden at 4:44 pm, measured on graph paper and put back on the tree. Subfamily Formicinae, probably Camponotus — record page.
Huntsman Spider No: 1

A female. 16mm body length

 Huntsman Spider No: 2

A female 20mm body length

 Huntsman Spider No: 3

A male. 14mm body length
These 3 huntsman spiders are great discovery for us. Huntsman are common spiders. For couple of years we saw several exoskeletons of this family of spiders in Tawau but never had a chance to see a real one. Thinking that Huntsman spiders are lowland spiders we did not expected to see one in this mountain trip.

To our great excitement, Xing saw for the first time several of them in the bathroom of Sabah Tea Garden at night when he went for bath. This is a great reward for our trip. Our family Spider Catalogue is finally updated with this long awaited mysteries spider.

Bottom view of Huntsman Spider #3

This is a male as can be identified from its thick petipulf.

Male abdomen is relatively thinner and smaller compare with the female.

Front view of Huntsman Spider #2

This is a female as identified from her slim petipulf.

At 20mm. She is the largest among the 3 spiders.

Measurement of Huntsman Spider #1

Huntsman spider no: 1 we found is 16mm.

It is a female.
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