Australia Collection (page 98)

Paper wasp - vertically-layered nest
AUS-425 Paper wasp - vertically-layered nest. Australia-wide especially in warm north and east Ropalidia sp Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display

Bivouac or Dolly ants - Nesting in soil or in trees, these ants forage in columns
AUS-414 Bivouac or Dolly ants - Nesting in soil or in trees, these ants forage in columns. Australia-wide except Northern Territory Dolichoderus sp

Honeypot or Furnace ants - repletes suspended in nest storing honey for the colony in lean times
AUS-412 Honeypot or Furnace ants - repletes suspended in nest storing honey for the colony in lean times. Central Australia Melophorus sp

Drummer ants - warning off possible predators by banging their abdomens against their nest and adjacent leaves
AUS-403 Drummer ants - warning off possible predators by banging their abdomens against their nest and adjacent leaves. Tropical Australia Polyrhachis sp

Dinosaur or Fossil ant - the worlds most primitive ant, recorded in 1931 then lost until 1977; rarely seen
AUS-401 Dinosaur or Fossil ant - the worlds most primitive ant, recorded in 1931 then lost until 1977; rarely seen. South Australia South Australia Nothomyrmecia macrops Densey Clyne / Auscape

A Beauty ant - can secrete an orange-coloured viscous repellent fluid that will deter even small mammal predators
AUS-420 A Beauty ant - can secrete an orange-coloured viscous repellent fluid that will deter even small mammal predators

Southern purple azure butterfly - male that was guarded as a larva by Camponotus ants in exchange for sweet secretions
AUS-411 Southern purple azure butterfly - male that was guarded as a larva by Camponotus ants in exchange for sweet secretions

Sugar ants - site of nest below tree bearing mistletoe, food plant of a symbiotic butterfly larva (Ogyris genoveva)
AUS-409 Sugar ants - site of nest below tree bearing mistletoe, food plant of a symbiotic butterfly larva (Ogyris genoveva). Australia Camponotus sp

Southern meat or Gravel ants - clearly defined trail leading from nest to food sources
AUS-407 Southern meat or Gravel ants - clearly defined trail leading from nest to food sources. Australia Iridomyrmex purpurea Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are

Genoveva butterfly - female that was guarded as a larva by Camponotus ants in exchange for sweet secretions
AUS-410 Genoveva butterfly - female that was guarded as a larva by Camponotus ants in exchange for sweet secretions. Australia Ogyris genoveva Jim Frazier-Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape

Meat / Tyrant ants - milking scale insects for their sweet secretions
AUS-404 Meat / Tyrant ants - milking scale insects for their sweet secretions. Australia-wide Iridomyrmex sp. Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal

Common mud-dauber wasp - nest cell opened to show paralysed spiders provided as food for the larvae
AUS-422 Common mud-dauber wasp - nest cell opened to show paralysed spiders provided as food for the larvae. New South Wales

Nest of Southern meat or Gravel ants. A large mound nest of these ferocious ants may be one of many over a wide area
AUS-406 Nest of Southern meat or Gravel ants. A large mound nest of these ferocious ants may be one of many over a wide area

Meat / Tyrant ants - drinking nectar from flower of Angophora
AUS-405 Meat / Tyrant ants - drinking nectar from flower of Angophora Angophora hispida Iridomyrmex sp. Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display

Golden-bodied ant - easily recognised by its golden sheen. The spines on the thorax are probably for defence
AUS-402 Golden-bodied ant - easily recognised by its golden sheen. The spines on the thorax are probably for defence. Australia Polyrhachis ammon Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please

Honeypot ant - replete
AUS-388 Honeypot ant - replete. Central Australia Camponotus sp Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Green tree or Weaver ants - attending larva of lycaenid Oak-blue butterfly (Arhopala sp. )
AUS-391 Green tree or Weaver ants - attending larva of lycaenid Oak-blue butterfly (Arhopala sp.). Tropical Australia Oecophylla smaragdina virescens Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please

Green tree or Weaver ants - defending their arboreal nest
AUS-381 Green tree or Weaver ants - defending their arboreal nest. Tropical Australia Oecophylla smaragdina virescens Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for

An ant-mimicking bug - found in weaver ants territory; juvenile
AUS-398 An ant-mimicking bug - found in weaver ants territory; juvenile. Tropical Australia Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Order

Green tree or Weaver ants - fertile queen with workers and eggs
AUS-384 Green tree or Weaver ants - fertile queen with workers and eggs. Tropical Australia Oecophylla smaragdina virescens Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for

Green tree or Weaver ants - winged queen attended by workers
AUS-382 Green tree or Weaver ants - winged queen attended by workers. Tropical Australia Oecophylla smaragdina virescens Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for

Sugar ants - accompanying larvae of lycaenid butterfly (Ogyrus genoveva) up a tree to mistletoe, their food plant
AUS-390 Sugar ants - accompanying larvae of lycaenid butterfly (Ogyrus genoveva) up a tree to mistletoe, their food plant. Australia-wide Camponotus sp

A sugar ant - carrying a live sister ant in phenomenon known as portage (both ants are healthy!)
AUS-392 A sugar ant - carrying a live sister ant in phenomenon known as portage (both ants are healthy!). Australia-wide Camponotus sp

Valentine ants - guarding pupa of Mangrove ant-blue butterfly (Acrodipsas illidgei) in exchange for sweet secretions
AUS-386 Valentine ants - guarding pupa of Mangrove ant-blue butterfly (Acrodipsas illidgei) in exchange for sweet secretions. Australia Crematogaster sp

Sugar ants - guarding larvae and pupae of the butterfly Ogyrus genoveva in exchange for sweet secretions from
AUS-387 Sugar ants - guarding larvae and pupae of the butterfly Ogyrus genoveva in exchange for sweet secretions from the larvae

Green tree Weaver ants - males swarming prior to their mating flight
AUS-383 Green tree Weaver ants - males swarming prior to their mating flight. Tropical Australia Oecophylla smaragdina virescens Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are

Green tree or Weaver ant in attack mode: it will grip with mandibles, and spray acid from an anal nozzle
AUS-396 Green tree or Weaver ant in attack mode: it will grip with mandibles, and spray acid from an anal nozzle. Australia Oecophylla smaragdina virescens Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape

Green tree or Weaver ants - worker shuttling a silk-producing larva to make silk to mend the nest
AUS-380 Green tree or Weaver ants - worker shuttling a silk-producing larva to make silk to mend the nest. Tropical Australia Oecophylla smaragdina virescens Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com

Mangrove ant-blue butterfly - that was guarded as a larva by Camponotus ants in exchange for sweet secretions
AUS-389 Mangrove ant-blue butterfly - that was guarded as a larva by Camponotus ants in exchange for sweet secretions Australia Acrodipsas illidgei Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please

Green tree or Weaver ants - milking honeydew from protege butterfly larva (Hypolycaena phorbas)
AUS-394 Green tree or Weaver ants - milking honeydew from protege butterfly larva (Hypolycaena phorbas). Tropical Australia Oecophylla smaragdina virescens Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape

Green tree or Weaver ants - workers in mouth-to-mouth food exchange (trophallaxis)
AUS-395 Green tree or Weaver ants - workers in mouth-to-mouth food exchange (trophallaxis). Tropical Australia Oecophylla smaragdina virescens Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note

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AUS-317 Wattle seeds - in seed pods with red elaisomes (arils). Outback Australia Acacia sp. Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Chichester Range vieewed from Mount Herbert Milllstream-Chichester National Park, Pilbara Region
AUS-1916 Chichester Range - viewed from Mount Herbert Milllstream-Chichester National Park, Pilbara Region, Western Australia Jean Paul Ferrero / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints

Western Australia - Manning Gorge Gibb River Road, Kimberley region, Western Australia FKH00246
AUS-1886 Western Australia - Manning Gorge Gibb River Road, Kimberley region, Western Australia Fred Kamphues / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Western Australia - Hamersley Gorge Karijini National Park, Pilbara region, Western Australia JLR02765
AUS-1877 Western Australia - Hamersley Gorge Karijini National Park, Pilbara region, Western Australia Jean-Marc La Roque / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal

Lake Eyre North - dry salt lake that floods a few times each century and Jackboot Bay
AUS-1894 Lake Eyre North - dry salt lake that floods a few times each century and Jackboot Bay, along Hunt Peninsula (Elliot Price Conservation Park) fills with pink tinted water (algae)

Western Australia - Campsite at Red Bluff, the southernmost boundary of Ningaloo Marine Park, Quobba Station
AUS-1879 Western Australia - Campsite at Red Bluff, the southernmost boundary of Ningaloo Marine Park Quobba Station, Western Australia Suzanne Long / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that

Western Australia - broome camels on Cable beach at sunset with tourists orange shadow CAR00021
AUS-1864 Western Australia - broome camels on Cable beach at sunset with tourists orange shadow John Carnemolla / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Estuarine/Saltwater Crocodile - hatchlings Northern Territory, Australia. FWO00168
AUS-1796 Estuarine / Saltwater Crocodile - hatchlings Northern Territory, Australia. Crocodylus porosus Frank Woerle / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display

Estuarine/Saltwater Crocodile - baby breaking out of egg, hatchling at nest. Northern Territory, Australia FWO00236
AUS-1794 Estuarine / Saltwater Crocodile - baby breaking out of egg, hatchling at nest. Northern Territory, Australia Crocodylus porosus Frank Woerle / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that

Australian pot-bellied Seahorse - pair near pier pylon Pirates Bay, Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania, Australia TED00513
AUS-1774 Australian pot-bellied Seahorse - pair near pier pylon Pirates Bay, Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania, Australia Hippocampus abdominalis John Lewis / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that

Leafy Seadragon Rapid Bay, South Australia SND00808
AUS-1742 Leafy Seadragon Rapid Bay, South Australia Phycoduruseques Becca Saunders / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Southern Keeled Octopus Mount Dutton Bay, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia TED00183
AUS-1786 Southern Keeled Octopu Mount Dutton Bay, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia Octopus berrima John Lewis / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Short-head Seahorses - pair Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia TED00045
AUS-1771 Short-head Seahorses - pair Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia Hippocampus breviceps John Lewis / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display

Tasselled Anglerfish - showing fishing lure (Esca), Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia TED00134
AUS-1767 Tasselled Anglerfish - showing fishing lure (Esca), Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia Rhycherus filamentosus John Lewis / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are

Southern Keeled Octopus -) matching body colour to the gravel/sand Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula
AUS-1790 Southern Keeled Octopus - matching body colour to the gravel / sand Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia Octopus berrima John Lewis / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that

Tasselled Anglerfish - juvenile, Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia TED00172
AUS-1759 Tasselled Anglerfish - juvenile Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia Rhycherus filamentosus John Lewis / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display

Estaurine/Saltwater Crodocil - eggs in nest of with Wedge-tailed Eagle standing in grasses nearby (Aquila audax)
AUS-1791 Estaurine / Saltwater Crocodile - eggs in nest of with Wedge-tailed Eagle standing in grasses nearby (Aquila audax)

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