CHINESE INSECTS AND SPIDERS

Amateur macrophotography of an
Australian living in China.

(ALL BLOG IMAGES ARE MY OWN)
DEFINITION:

Sino- /ˈsʌɪnəʊ /
a combining form meaning “Chinese”,
as in Sino-Tibetan; Sinology.
Origin - from French; from Late Latin
Sīnae - the Chinese; from Late Greek
Sinai; from Arabic Sīn.

bug /bʌg/
1. (loosely) any insect or insect-like
invertebrate.
2. a person who has a great
enthusiasm for something; fan or
hobbyist.
Origin - ”insect,” 1620s (earliest
reference is to bedbugs), probably
from M.E. bugge; “person obsessed by
an idea” (e.g. firebug) is from 1841.

Sinobug /ˈsʌɪnəʊ bʌg/
an expat Australian in China with a
passion for entomological
photography.
Origin: Toowoomba, Queensland,
Australia; currently Pu’er, Yunnan, China

After five years in Beijing, I moved to
Pu'er (Simao), Yunnan in south-western
China in mid-2011. I won't deny that
part of the reason was to pursue my
photography passion.
Yunnan is reknowned as a flora and fauna mecca - China's Amazon. And indeed, everything (insect-wise) is bigger, brighter, more abundant and more bizarre than elsewhere.
I had always been interested in biology, zoology and the natural world with an emphasis on all things small, most notably the insects. Initially this took the form of killing and pinning specimens and thankfully (and more appeallingly) progressed to photography.

My full portfolio is viewable on Flickr as itchydogimages.....

I have a secondary blog, SINOPHILE (http://sinophilia.tumblr.com), which contains those things concerning my life in China that don't belong in SINOBUG, including my (non-insect/arachnid) photography, reblogs of things that interest me, things that should be shared and an avenue for me to respond to other bloggers and their posts (for better or for worse). (NB. This page has been dormant for some time.)