Bold jumping spider (Phidippus audax), California (6-image handheld photo stack)
Mantis and wildfire-smoke-stained sun, California
Pill millipede, Belize
Owl butterfly caterpillars, Belize
Juvenile Giant Shield Bug sp. (Tessaratomidae), Malaysian Borneo
Striped Kukri (Oligodon octolineatus), Malaysian Borneo.
This small snake's name comes from its teeth, which are shaped like Nepalese kukri knives.
Moth-like planthopper laying eggs, Malaysian Borneo
Slender litter frog (Leptolalax fritinniens), Malaysian Borneo
Dragon snake (Xenodermus javanicus), Malaysian Borneo
File-eared treefrog (Polypedates otilophus), Malaysian Borneo
Juvenile Gonocephalus sp. lizard, found sleeping at night; Danum Valley, Borneo
Male giant carpenter bee (Xylocopa latipes) This is a male, so it cannot sting - but it "owned" this stick, and would fly sorties to chase birds, other bees, and photographers from its territory (Danum Valley, Borneo).
Fall lily pond, West Rosebud Road, Montana
Long-nosed leopard lizard (Gambelia wislizenii), Mojave Desert, California
This house wren flew to the post carrying a stick, but didn't add it to its nest - instead, it planted it like a flag and started singing. House wrens are small birds with big voices, and attitudes to match!
Flammulated owl chick, Colorado
Male cone-headed katydid, Peruvian Amazon
This is not a butterfly - it's a day-flying moth. Most people think of moths as drab, nocturnal insects, but many are beautifully colored and/or active during the day. (I think Hypocrita chalybea; Peruvian Amazon).
Female wandering spider (Ctenidae, possibly a stongly-venomous Phoneutria sp.), warning a photographer to back away from her egg sac.
Glasswing Butterfly (Tribe Ithomiini, possibly Oleria sp.), found sleeping in the forest at night (Peruvian Amazon).
Scarlet Macaw (Ara macau), Tambopata Research Center lodge, Peruvian Amazon
Bess Beetle - this is a teneral adult, meaning it has recently molted and its exoskeleton is still hardening and darkening to its final color, which will be a glossy black (Peruvian Amazon).
Sunrise over Peruvian Amazonia from the Rio Tambopata.
Lacewing eggs, Peruvian Amazon
