Australasian Collection (#86)

Sand flathead (Thysanophyrys arenicola) are masters of disguise, blending in perfectly with the sandy background of
AUS-745 Sand or Broadhead flathead, master of camouflage in its sandy habitat. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia Thysanophrys arenicola Dr David Wachenfeld / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape

The striking colours and markings of the mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus)
AUS-752 Mandarinfish - one of the most highly prized species for home aquariums for its colours and markings. Aquarium shot

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AUS-785 Perentie / Goanna Northern Territory, Australia Varanus giganteus Frank Woerle / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

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AUS-784 Keelback - swallowing frog, Top End, Northern Territory, Australia Amphiesma mairii Frank Woerle / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Like all scorpionfish, the leaf scorpionfish (Taenianotus triacanthus) is a camouflage predator that has poisonous
AUS-734 Leaf scorpionfish; camouflage predator; has poisonous spines for defence. Ribbon Reef No. 10, Great Barrier Reef, Australia Taenianotus triacanthus Dr David Wachenfeld / Auscape / ardea.com

Marr's fusilier (Pterocaesio marri) feeds on plankton and is usually seen in large schools picking its food
AUS-691 Marrs fusilier feeds on plankton and is usually seen in large schools. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia Pterocaesio marri Dr David Wachenfeld / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please

Coral reef scene with pinnate batfish (Platax pinnatus) and other reef fish over a mixed community of hard
AUS-727 Coral reef scene of hard and soft corals with Pinnate batfish (Platax pinnatus). Ribbon Reef Number 10, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland

Seagrass (Halophila sp). John Brewer Reef, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia
AUS-715 Seagrass, a marine flowering plant. John Brewer Reef, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia Halophila sp

Black-spotted pufferfish (Arothron nigropunctatus) asleep on the reef at night
AUS-747 Black-spotted (Dog-faced) pufferfish asleep on the reef at night. Ribbon Reef Number 3, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland

Bulldog ant - workers attending brood in observation nest
AUS-503 Bulldog ant - workers attending brood in observation nest. Australia Myrmecia brevinoda Jim Frazier-Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display

Milk termite - queen and attendant king
AUS-533 Milk termite - queen and attendant king. Australia-wide Coptotermes acinaciformis Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Bulldog ant - worker laying a trophic egg, produced solely to feed the larvae. Trophe = nourishment
AUS-500 Bulldog ant - worker laying a trophic egg, produced solely to feed the larvae. Trophe = nourishment. Australia Myrmecia gulosa Jim Frazier-Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please

Bulldog ant - worker in observation nest
AUS-507 Bulldog ant - worker in observation nest. Australia Myrmecia gulosa Jim Frazier-Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Helena moth - female
AUS-497 Helena moth - female. Australia Opodiphthera helena Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Bulldog ant - mandibles, used with tenacity to seize and hold prey before stinging it, hence the common name
AUS-504 Bulldog ant - mandibles, used with tenacity to seize and hold prey before stinging it, hence the common name. Australia Myrmecia brevinoda Jim Frazier-Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com

Hercules moth - larva casting its skin. The white ribbon is the breathing tubes lining that has been pulled free
AUS-524 Hercules moth - larva casting its skin. The white ribbon is the breathing tubes lining that has been pulled free. Australia Coscinocera hercules Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape

Milk termite - damaged nest mound, with skink preying on termites
AUS-534 Milk termite - damaged nest mound, with skink preying on termites. Australia-wide Coptotermes acinaciformis Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal

Hercules moth - newly moulted larva
AUS-525 Hercules moth - newly moulted larva. Australia Coscinocera hercules Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Hercules moth - female newly emerged from cocoon
AUS-519 Hercules moth - female newly emerged from cocoon. Australia Coscinocera hercules Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Hercules moth - newly moulted larva eating its cast skin
AUS-526 Hercules moth - newly moulted larva eating its cast skin. Australia Coscinocera hercules Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Bulldog ant - larvae feeding on a caterpillar
AUS-505 Bulldog ant - larvae feeding on a caterpillar. Australia Myrmecia brevinoda Jim Frazier-Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

This commensal shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) leads its entire adult life on a sea star. Great Barrier Reef Australia
AUS-549 Commensal shrimp - lives its entire adult life on a sea star. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia Perclimenes imperator Dr David Wachenfeld / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape

Bulldog ant - queen showing wing muscles, in artificial nest chamber with workers
AUS-502 Bulldog ant - queen showing wing muscles, in artificial nest chamber with workers. Australia Myrmecia brevinoda Jim Frazier-Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints

Harvester termites - workers bringing grass to underground nest while soldiers keep watch
AUS-529 Harvester termites - workers bringing grass to underground nest while soldiers keep watch. Drier parts of mainland Australia Drepanotermes perniger Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape

Helena moth larva - abdominal legs, with hooks for clinging to rough bark, and suction discs for smooth bark
AUS-489 Helena moth larva - abdominal legs, with hooks for clinging to rough bark, and suction discs for smooth bark. Australia Opodiphthera helena Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please

Helena moth - emerging from a hole scratched in the softened cocoon wall by projections on the moths shoulder
AUS-495 Helena moth - emerging from a hole scratched in the softened cocoon wall by projections on the moths shoulder Australia Opodiphthera helena Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please

Giant northern termite - in exposed feeding gallery in a tree limb
AUS-530 Giant northern termite - in exposed feeding gallery in a tree limb. Tropical Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia Mastotermes darwiniensis Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape

This harlequin shrimp (Hymenocera picta) is feeding on a sea star (Fromia sp). Great Barrier Reef Australia
AUS-547 Harlequin shrimp - feeding on a sea star (Fromia sp.). Aquarium shot. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia Hymenocera picta Dr David Wachenfeld / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape

Helena moth - female unfolding wings after emerging from the cocoon
AUS-492 Helena moth - female unfolding wings after emerging from the cocoon. Australia Opodiphthera helena Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display

Hercules moth - larvae and a cast skin
AUS-523 Hercules moth - larvae and a cast skin. Australia Coscinocera hercules Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Milk termite - producing milky fluid in defence
AUS-528 Milk termite - producing milky fluid in defence. Australia-wide Coptoterme acinaciformes Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Caption The striking colours and markings of the mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus)
AUS-548 Mandarinfish, one of the most highly prized species for home aquariums. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland

Helena moth - female, top view
AUS-493 Helena moth - female, top view Australia Opodiphthera helena Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Nosy termites - worker and soldier each being ridden by a Jockey beetle (Australoptochtus phoreticus) inquiline
AUS-531 Nosy termites - worker and soldier each being ridden by a Jockey beetle (Australoptochtus phoreticus) inquiline. Australia Nasutitermes walkeri Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape

Bulldog ant - offering trophic egg to larva. Trophe = nourishment; trophic eggs are laid solely to feed the larvae
AUS-501 Bulldog ant - offering trophic egg to larva. Trophe = nourishment; trophic eggs are laid solely to feed the larvae

Jack Jumper - one of several smaller bulldog ants that can move rapidly by jumping
AUS-506 Jack Jumper - one of several smaller bulldog ants that can move rapidly by jumping. Australia Myrmecia nigrocincta Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for

Larvae of Jockey beetle - inquiline carried by Nosy termites (Nasutitermes walkeri) to be fed by other termites
AUS-532 Larvae of Jockey beetle - inquiline carried by Nosy termites (Nasutitermes walkeri) to be fed by other termites. Australia Australoptochus phoreticus Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com

Helena moth - rear end and claspers of a larva
AUS-496 Helena moth - rear end and claspers of a larva. Australia Opodiphthera helena Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Emperor gum moth - larva, hanging upside down to maximise camouflage
AUS-494 Emperor gum moth - larva, hanging upside down to maximise camouflage. Australia Opodiphthera eucalypti Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal

Bulldog ant - Male and female fall to the ground after their mating flight
AUS-499 Bulldog ant - Male and female fall to the ground after their mating flight. Australia Myrmecia brevinoda Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal

Emperor gum moth - young larvae
AUS-491 Emperor gum moth - young larvae. Australia Opodiphthera eucalypti Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Hercules moth - male, resting on a larval food plant (Omalanthus populifolius)
AUS-521 Hercules moth - male, resting on a larval food plant (Omalanthus populifolius). Australia Coscinocera hercules Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for

Flower wasps - mating. During a pre-nuptial flight the male (larger) feeds the wingless female by mouth with nectar
AUS-440 Flower wasps - mating. During a pre-nuptial flight the male (larger) feeds the wingless female by mouth with nectar. Australia Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com fam

Bird-dropping spider - with egg-sac
AUS-452 Bird-dropping spider - with egg-sac. Australia Celaenia excavata Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Mountain grasshopper - female moulting to adult stage
AUS-462 Mountain grasshopper - female moulting to adult stage. New South Wales, Australia Acripeza reticulata Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal

Common garden katydid - nymph showing ears on front legs
AUS-470 Common garden katydid - nymph showing ears on front legs. Australia Cacdicia simplex Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Goliath stick insect - female eating moulted leg after ecdysis or moulting. Females can reach 20 cm
AUS-483 Goliath stick insect - female eating moulted leg after ecdysis or moulting. Females can reach 20 cm. Northern Australia Eurycnema goliath Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please

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