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 Red-horned Sea-stars are 200mm or more across and their patterns are like fingerprints - no two are alike. All are combinations of red, cream and black and are often exquisite. This example from Cobourg Marine Park, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. (one of three examples) N64.17s |
 Soft coral Alcyonaria on a reef rock in Coral Bay, Cobourg Marine Park, Top End, Northern Territory, Australia, at low tide. When inundated by the tide it will fan out and filter the water for plankton. N63.16s |
 Wingless Grasshopper of Acridoidea, short-horned grasshoppers, which can be very numerous, & destructive of vegetation when densities are high. This tropical species in lowland rainforest understorey, Edmund Kennedy National Park, Australia. Q1.23 |
 Lacewing (Neuroptera) at rest with raised abdomen posture characterstic of some families, in filtered sunlight of native cypress pine foliage, inland Australian woodland. Lacewings are predatory insects useful in ecological pestcontrol. S102.19 |
 Brightly coloured Eupholus weevil, Yapen Island, Irian Jaya. The diversity of tropical rainforest life in the Indonesian islands, such as this species of beetle collected by Alfred Russell Wallace, led him to father the scientific study of biogeography. I74.7s |
 Ventral view of a breeding female Red-back Spider Latrodectus hasselti, a deadly poisonous spider from Australia which is a geographic variant of the American Black Widow. Antivenene was developed in 1956. Re-moving rubbish from a home’s yard will reduce numbers. CQ24.4s |
 Cockchafer beetle Anoplognathus fallen from the canopy of eucalypt forest, Australia. Prevalent at Christmas time (December/January - austral summer), they blunder noisily into artificial lights at night, and therefore known as "Christmas beetles". L2.2s |
 Termitariums of the Magnetic Termite Amitermes meridionalis dominate the landscape in open forested plains of Litchfield National Park, Australia. Such structures provide floodfree protection and microclimate control for soft-bodied termites. N58.4s |
 Seldom seen land crab Cardisoma sp., found in a few isolated colonies around the Indo-Pacific region, which aestivates underground in the dry season. Mature male (identified by enlarged claw) 200mm across carapace, from a recently discovered colony on Cobourg Peninsula (Gurig National Park), Arnhem Land, Australia, a Ramsar Wetland. N47.18s. |
 Trepang, Beche-de-Mer or Sea Cucumber Holothuria leucospilota is an edible echinoderm of tropical waters which was and is the basis of an industry eg. northern Australia in 1800's using blackbirded indigenous labour and much violence.N91.19s |
 Large female Golden Orb-weaving Spider Nephila sp.. The very strong golden web is capable of holding large, strong grasshoppers, locusts and cicadas. Nth Qld., Australia. Q2.13 |
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