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Photography (mainly macro)

All photos by Russell Bonduriansky

Animals on Pandanus sp. and Benstonea sp. plants in far-north Queensland

Pandanus sp.

      

Pandanus sp.
    

Pandanus sp.
    

Pandanus sp. grove
       

Megacrania batesii female from an all-female population

    

Megacrania batesii female (near Cow Bay) with a green ant biting her abdomen
    
Megacrania batesii female with a biting midge on her thorax and green ants aggregating around her abdomen
    

Megacrania batesii female with an engorged biting midge (Forcipomyia sp.?) on her thorax

    
Megacrania batesii females with guarding males in a mixed-sex population
    
Megacrania batesii hatchlings
    
Megacrania batesii female nymph
    
Megacrania batesii female near her fresh exoskeleton
    
Megacrania batesii female yellow mutant guarded by wild-type male (UNSW Sydney)

    

Stick insect (Sipyloidea sp.)

    

Stick insect (Acrophylla sp.)

    

Ant nest built into the groove of a Benstonea leaf
    
Ants dismembering a cockroach
    
Green ants attacking a cockroach
    
Benstonea sp. fruit
    
Pandanus sp. fruit
    
Pandanus sp. flower
    
Pandanus sp. flower with native bees
    
Drosophila on Pandanus sp. fruit keys
    
Telostylinus lineolatus (Neriidae) and native Drosophila on Pandanus sp. fruit key
                         
Chloropid fly
    
Asilid fly feeding on a native bee
    
Paper wasp nest on Pandanus sp. leaf
    
Paper wasps on Pandanus sp. leaf

    

Katydid
    
Katydid (Ingrischagraecia iterika) hiding in the goove of a Pandanus sp. leaf
    
Katydid (Ingrischagraecia iterika) hiding in the goove of a Pandanus sp. leaf
    
Katydid (Ingrischagraecia iterika) hiding in the goove of a Pandanus sp. leaf
    
 
Katydid (Mastigaphoides tuberculatus)
    
Katydid (Mastigaphoides tuberculatus)
    
Katydid (Mastigaphoides tuberculatus)
    
Katydid (Phricta sp.)
    

Cricket (Cardiodactylus novaeguineae)

    

Cricket (Cardiodactylus novaeguineae) eating a small flower

    

Male and female crickets (Cardiodactylus novaeguineae) facing off

    

Cricket (Cardiodactylus novaeguineae) aggregation

    

Cricket nymph

    
 
 Raspy cricket (Gryllacrididae)
    

Grasshopper

    

Grasshopper nymph

    
Cerambycid beetle (Enchoptera sp.)
    

Cerambycid beetle

    

 
Curculionid beetle (Pachyrhynchus sp.)

    

Dragonfly
    

Cockroach (Macrocerca sp.?)

                       
Moth (Dysphania numana)
    
 Moth
    

 Moth

    

 Mantis (Hierodula sp.?)

    

 
 Jumping spider (Canama sp.)

    

 Jumping spider

    

 Jumping spider eating another spider

    

Spider (Tetragnatha sp.)

    

Spider (Tetragnatha sp.)

              
Spider (Dolomedes sp.?)

    

 

Huntsman spider (Holconia immanis)

    

Huntsman spider (Holconia immanis)

    

 

Huntsman spider (Holconia immanis)

    

Huntsman spider

    

 

Huntsman spider (Holconia immanis)

    

Huntsman spider moulting (note exoskeleton at the top right)

                  
Huntsman spider
    

Huntsman spider hatchlings in nest between Pandanus sp. leaves

    

Centipede

    

Crab

    

Gekko

    

Gecko

    

White-lipped tree frog (Nyctimystes infrafrenatus)

    

White-lipped tree frog (Nyctimystes infrafrenatus) with mosquitoes on head and back

    

Tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulatus)

    

Slug