Animals (fauna)

Insects and Allies

A female mantis pictured in the jungle of Eastern Arc Mountains (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Mantodea | Mantidae | Telomantis lamperti

f/29 | 1/60 sec | ISO 500

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Horned unknown stick insect, Eastern Arc (Tanzania, 2014)

Arthropoda | Insecta | Phasmida

f/22 | 1/60 sec | ISO 640

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Cotton Stainer bug (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Hemiptera | Pyrrhocoridae | Dysdercus sp.

f/9 | 1/125 sec | ISO 640

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Mantis male pictured at the field station (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Mantodea | Mantidae

f/22 | 1/60 sec | ISO 200

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A brown Mantis female from the Udzungwa jungle (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Mantodea | Mantidae

f/25 | 1/60 sec | ISO 500

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A brown Mantis female from the Udzungwa jungle (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Mantodea | Mantidae

f/29 | 1/60 sec | ISO 800

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Mantis male pictured in the jungle of Eastern Arc Mountains (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Mantodea | Mantidae

f/29 | 1/60 sec | ISO 400

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Nice Skipper Butterfly from Eastern Arc Mountains (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Lepidoptera | Hesperiidae

f/29 | 1/60 sec | ISO 640

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Some kind of bug (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Hemiptera | Alydidae | Riptortus sp.

f/16 | 1/60 sec | ISO 500

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Young green unknown stick insect from Eastern Arc (Tanzania, 2014)

Arthropoda | Insecta | Phasmida

f/22 | 1/60 sec | ISO 500

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A green Mantis female from the Udzungwa jungle (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Mantodea | Mantidae | Polyspilota sp.

f/25 | 1/60 sec | ISO 500

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Large wolf spider pictured near the field camp (Tanzania, 2014)

Arthropoda | Arachnida | Araneae | Lycosoidea

f/10 | 1/60 sec | ISO 640

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Beautiful jungle dragonfly (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Odonata

f/16 | 1/60 sec | ISO 200

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Convolvulus Hawkmoth from Eastern Arc Mountains (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Lepidoptera | Sphingidae | Agrius convolvuli

f/13 | 1/60 sec | ISO 504

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Nice green grasshopper from Eastern Arc Mountains (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Orthoptera | Tettigoniidae | Dioncomena sp.

f/25 | 1/60 sec | ISO 400

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A beautiful Giant African millipede from Eastern Arc (Tanzania, 2014)

Arthropoda | Insecta | Myriapoda

f/25 | 1/60 sec | ISO 500

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Dark horned unknown stick insect from Eastern Arc (Tanzania, 2014)

Arthropoda | Insecta | Phasmida

f/22 | 1/60 sec | ISO 320

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Mantis male pictured at the field station (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Mantodea | Mantidae

f/25 | 1/60 sec | ISO 200

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Close-up of a large rain spider pictured near the field camp (Tanzania, 2014)

Arthropoda | Arachnida | Araneae | Sparassidae | Palystes sp.

f/18 | 1/60 sec | ISO 400

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Beautiful blue jungle dragonfly (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Odonata

f/10 | 1/320 sec | ISO 400

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Large rain spider pictured near the field camp (Tanzania, 2014)

Arthropoda | Arachnida | Araneae | Sparassidae | Palystes sp.

f/18 | 1/60 sec | ISO 400

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Emerald moth from Eastern Arc Mountains (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Lepidoptera | Geometridae

f/22 | 1/60 sec | ISO 500

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Great looking male of Emerald moth from Eastern Arc Mountains (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Lepidoptera | Geometridae

f/20 | 1/60 sec | ISO 500

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Mating stick insects (unknown). Note the colour and size difference (male on top). Eastern Arc (Tanzania, 2014)

Arthropoda | Insecta | Phasmida

f/18 | 1/60 sec | ISO 400

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A group of Long-legged flies sticking together. Eastern Arc (Tanzania, 2014)

Arthropoda | Insecta | Diptera | Dolichopodidae

f/25 | 1/60 sec | ISO 640

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The underside of a classic orbweaver from the Udzungwa Mountains

Arthropoda | Arachnida | Araneae | Araneidae.

f/18 | 1/60 sec | ISO 400

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A nice little Hyllus spider found near the field camp (Tanzania 2014)

Arthropoda | Arachnida | Araneae | Salticidae | Hyllus argyrotoxus

f/11 | 1/200 sec | ISO 800

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Golden ant, Eastern Arc (Tanzania, 2014)

Arthropoda | Insecta | Hymenoptera | Formicidae | Polyrhachis militaris

f/25 | 1/60 sec | ISO 640

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Small Orange Acraea from Eastern Arc Mountains (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Lepidoptera | Nymphalidae | Acraea serena

f/22 | 1/60 sec | ISO 500

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An amazing looking Mantis male, almost alien like, pictured in the jungle of Eastern Arc Mountains (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Mantodea | Empusidae | Idolomorpha dentifrons

f/29 | 1/60 sec | ISO 400

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Large but beautiful wolf spider pictured near the field camp (Tanzania, 2014)

Arthropoda | Arachnida | Araneae | Lycosoidea

f/18 | 1/60 sec | ISO 200

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Planthopper from Eastern Arc Mountains (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Hemiptera | Fulgoridae | Zanna sp.

f/20 | 1/60 sec | ISO 500

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Golden ant of war, Eastern Arc (Tanzania, 2014)

Arthropoda | Insecta | Hymenoptera | Formicidae | Polyrhachis militaris

f/25 | 1/60 sec | ISO 640

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Emerging cicadas, Eastern Arc (Tanzania, 2014)

Arthropoda | Insecta | Hemiptera | Cicadoidea

f/22 | 1/60 sec | ISO 500

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Emerging cicadas, Eastern Arc (Tanzania, 2014)

Arthropoda | Insecta | Hemiptera | Cicadoidea

f/25 | 1/60 sec | ISO 500

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Beautiful Black Wood Spider from Cat Ba Island (Vietnam, 2020)

Arthropoda | Arachnida | Araneae | Araneidae | Nephila kuhlii

f/9.5 | 1/60 sec | ISO 635

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A large harvestmen (Vietnam, 2020)

Arthropoda | Arachnida | Opiliones

f/11 | 1/60 sec | ISO 800

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A Large Assyrian butterfly from Cat Ba National Park (Vietnam, 2020)

Arthropoda | Insecta | Lepidoptera | Nymphalidae | Terinos atlita

f/13 | 1/45 sec | ISO 800

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A Wolf Spider from Cat Ba Island (Vietnam, 2020)

Arthropoda | Arachnida | Araneae | Lycosidae | Hippasa sp.

f/22 | 1/60 sec | ISO 504

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A beautiful butterfly larvae (Vietnam, 2020)

Arthropoda | Insecta | Lepidoptera

f/16 | 1/60 sec | ISO 500

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A Giant Huntsman Spider from Cat Ba Island (Vietnam, 2020)

Arthropoda | Arachnida | Araneae | Sparassidae | Heteropoda sp.

f/13 | 1/250 sec | ISO 100

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A Giant Huntsman Spider from Cat Ba Island (Vietnam, 2020)

Arthropoda | Arachnida | Araneae | Sparassidae | Heteropoda sp.

f/19 | 1/250 sec | ISO 100

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A lovely yellow / golden Broad-nosed Weevils from Cat Ba Island (Vietnam, 2020)

Arthropoda | Insecta | Coleoptera | Curculionidae | Hypomeces sp.

f/27 | 1/90 sec | ISO 100

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A Long-Horned beetle from Cat Ba Island (Vietnam, 2020)

Arthropoda | Insecta | Coleoptera | Cerambycidae

f/13 | 1/125 sec | ISO 200

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Lizards and Amphibians

Beautiful striped Round-eyed gecko only known from Udzungwa Mountains (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Chordata | Reptilia | Squamata | Sauria | Cnemaspis uzungwae

f/29 | 1/60 sec | ISO 500

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Amazing smiling Ruby-eyed Tree frog from Eastern Arc (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Chordata | Amphibia | Anura | Arthroleptidae | Leptopelis uluguruensis

f/25 | 1/60 sec | ISO 500

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Female individual of the endemic Moyers pygmy chameleon from the Udzungwa Mountains (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Chordata | Reptilia | Squamata | Chamaeleonidae | Rhampholeon moyeri

f/29 | 1/60 sec | ISO 400

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House Gecko close to the field station (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Chordata | Reptilia | Squamata | Gekkonidae | Hemidactylus sp.

f/20 | 1/60 sec | ISO 640

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House Gecko close to the field station (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Chordata | Reptilia | Squamata | Gekkonidae | Hemidactylus sp.

f/20 | 1/80 sec | ISO 640

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Bearded pygmy chameleon from the Udzungwa Mountains (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Chordata | Reptilia | Squamata | Chamaeleonidae | Rieppeleon brevicaudatus

f/32 | 1/60 sec | ISO 500

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Somewhat stunned Big-eyed frog from Eastern Arc (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Chordata | Amphibia | Anura | Arthroleptidae | Leptopelis sp.

f/22 | 1/60 sec | ISO 640

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Small screeching frog from the jungle of Eastern Arc (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Chordata | Amphibia | Anura | Arthroleptidae | Arthroleptis sp.

f/25 | 1/60 sec | ISO 400

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Female (top) and male (bottom) the endemic Moyers pygmy chameleon from the Udzungwa Mountains (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Chordata | Reptilia | Squamata | Chamaeleonidae | Rhampholeon moyeri

f/14 | 1/60 sec | ISO 400

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Nice green male of Moyers pygmy chameleon from the Udzungwa Mountains (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Chordata | Reptilia | Squamata | Chamaeleonidae | Rhampholeon moyeri

f/20 | 1/60 sec | ISO 400

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Bearded pygmy chameleon from the Udzungwa Mountains (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Chordata | Reptilia | Squamata | Chamaeleonidae | Rieppeleon brevicaudatus

f/22 | 1/60 sec | ISO 400

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A threatened frog from Eastern Arc (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Chordata | Amphibia | Anura | Petropedetidae | Arthroleptides yakusini

f/20 | 1/60 sec | ISO 500

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Small Dwarf Squeaker frog from Eastern Arc (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Chordata | Amphibia | Anura | Arthroleptidae | Arthroleptis xenodactyloides

f/29 | 1/60 sec | ISO 800

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Young bearded pygmy chameleon from the Udzungwa Mountains (Tanzania, 2014)

Animalia | Chordata | Reptilia | Squamata | Chamaeleonidae | Rieppeleon brevicaudatus

f/29 | 1/60 sec | ISO 400

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A Vietnam False Bloodsucker from Cat Ba National Park (Vietnam, 2020)

Chordata | Reptilia | Squamata | Agamidae | Pseudocalotes brevipes

f/8 | 1/60 sec | ISO 252

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Asian Common Toad (Vietnam, 2020)

Chordata | Amphibia | Anura | Bufonidae | Duttaphrynus melanostictus

f/27 | 1/150 sec | ISO 200

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A Changeable Lizard (Vietnam, 2020)

Chordata | Reptilia | Squamata | Agamidae | Calotes versicolor

f/19 | 1/250 sec | ISO 100

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