
Mating golden roaches:

A portly fellow, this brown egg frog (Ctenophryne geayi) buries itself in the leaf litter and is a voracious predator of ants and termites:

Mating longhorn beetles displaying aposematic colouration:

A hunting centipede (Scolopendra sp.) on the forest floor:

While excavating a cordyceps I disturbed this centipede mother. Over several minutes, she excavated a new chamber and slowly moved her young to the new site in batches.

Translucent green crab spider:

Another species (Epicadis heterogaster) with cockroach prey:

A marine toad (Bufo marinus) with mosquito (7 shot pano):


Normally one would expect this froglet to quickly fall prey to this snake. However, under the circumstances, the act of taking the photo modified the natural behaviour and caused sufficient stress that normal predatory response was disrupted. As a photographer, it's always worth questioning one's own impact upon the scene. As a viewer it's also incumbent to ask oneself if the scene is truly natural, or whether it has been physically or digitally manipulated.

Thanks for looking and commenting,
Paul