Wildlife Spotting

Hai Hazwan. Kawan awak tangkap ini dari sungai mana? Sungai Teraja ?

This thing is fierce!

It is not an Anomalocaris. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AnomalocarisDinoMcanb.jpg

what did your friend do with it ? Did he return it to water ??

I hope it is not a hoax!! I hate wasting my time with such things...

Still sticking by my original post Anomalocarid. Check out the supposedly extinct species with a simple google image search. There are examples of species being discovered that were thought to be extinct fairly regularly. This is out of my area of expertise as I am a wildlife biologist but freshwater wetlands and waterfowl are my specialty. But I have a good feeling about the Anomalocarids on this one unless it is a hoax.

Hoaxus fairytalii??? (hope not)

Hazwan, why have you not gotten any more information from your "friend"? It is begining to seem suspicious that there is no further detail coming forth. Did this actually come from a friend?

ok dud at this i think this a supposedly extinct species nobody can name this thing but try asking ashleyT maybe she can ID this thing. :)

Still no ID!? looking forward to an ID, very interesting, Hazwan.

and we decided it not a steel sculpture did we?

Well according to multiple sources it's not photo shopped.

so... I submitted it to a few photo shop sites just to double check on authenticity. Not that I don't believe something like this could exhist... I just wanna be sure. I also sent an e-mail to a few professors in the region that specialize in freshwater invertebrates and ecology.

I also search around a bit, but nothing similar has caught my eye. It's huge, bayucca! Look at that leaf in upper-left corner! And there's also a normal size leaf in the water - near the tail. And that fishing rod doesn't look small either...

I duplicate my last comment for Hazwan, hope he answers... @hazwan: we need some more information about the size!! Please, ask your friend to tell us about the size.

Me too ;-)...

Every once in a while I come back to this page and search around a bit. Still can't find an ID!

I would also want to know what this creature is!! :)

Maybe a rare Crustacea, because it was caught during fishing... About the size, it is large. You can see the fishing pole there...

Based on what Bayucca has posted, it seems to be closest to Duliticola. Size is still an issue though.

... we're sure this isn't photoshopped right?

@hazwan: we need some more information about the size!! Please, ask your friend to tell us about the size.

Isopoda?? http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/crustacea/Isopoda/Nerocila%20acuminata.htm Structures arenot bad, but size is too small.

The size looks really enormous, probably too large for a beetle larva. I found some families whose larvae have some similarities. But I never saw one with such a sickled tail. Lampyridae, Lycidae and Silphidae. Maybe it helps... http://www.flickr.com/photos/oleg_l/4675944460/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/25258027@N02/2554134040/in/set-72157604361795999 http://www.flickr.com/photos/birds_n_bugs/9298851779/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/25258027@N02/3267688770/ Nice collection of beetle larva: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25258027@N02/sets/72157604361795999/ Looking at the structures it might be a beetle larva, but looking at the size not really. Any Crustacea??

Maybe related to our Scyllaridae... http://www.fish.gov.au/reports/crustaceans/lobsters_and_bugs/Pages/balmain_bug.aspx

Do you know if your friend was fishing in fresh or salt water?

wow... It looks like the pole in the foreground is a Fishing pole which should help with relative size some. Seems to be really large, if it enjoys the water so much and was caught while fishing are we sure its not some type of crustacea?

Not likely - Anomalocarids have been extinct for around 400 million years.

I think that this may be some form of Anomalocaridid (family) not sure of the genus or species but resembles the characteristics of this family.

Looks like a Descendant of trilobite o_o

still no id? It is an interesting looking creature!

Please take pictures of the other side.

Very interesting spotting. I'm curious about the ID.

It certainly looks more like a beetle larva (Duliticola or similar) than anything else - three thoracic segments and about eight visible abdominal segments. The two long cerci/tails/whatever projecting at the back look odd and the head and presumably forelegs are also rather unusual. Understanding the size is critical. Is this a bucket? It looks like it should be 200mm long or more, which is enormous. Also, was it apparently happy to be in water (which may fit the "tails" and the forelegs) or did it seem to be a land animal out of its natural environment?

Lovely Pre-historic looking creature!? I hope you get an ID, it will be very interesting!!

We need all the information you have on this. How was dit caught, where was it caught, how long is it?

Possibly a species of Duliticola

Hazwan, I suggest you can upload this to www.whatsthatbug.com for identification.

Such a mysterious ancient-looking creature! I was about to suggest that it may be some kind of aquatic insect larva but I realized that this is far too large to be an insect. I think it is a species of Crustacean. It is great to have wonderful spottings from Brunei.

Moved to Arthropods.. I hope you find an ID for this animal. :)