Malaysia Arthropods

Insects from Cameron Highlands

Arthropods encompass the largest group of wildlife in the world that includes insects, arachnids, crustaceans and other creatures based on an exoskeleton. The more popular of these arthropods both in common knowledge and captivity are insects and arachnids. In Peninsular Malaysia, the richest spot for such creatures lie in the Cameron Highlands. Some of the fascinating species found here include beetles, mantids, phasmids, butterflies and tarantulas that come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colours.


Tarantula from Cameron Highlands
Malaysian Reddish Brown

Coremiocnemis valida

Man-Face Beetle from Cameron Highlands
Man-Faced Beetle

Catacanthus incarnatus


Orchid Mantis

Hymenopus coronatus


Cameron Highlands Rajah Brooke Butterfly
Rajah Brooke Birdwing

Troides brookiana

Three-Horned Beetle from Cameron Highlands
Three-Horned Beetle

Chalcosoma Caucasus

Dead-Leaf Mantis from Cameron Highlands
Dead-Leaf Mantis

Deroplatys sp