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  • Ecuador Poison Frog (Ameerega bilinguis). The bright colouration warns that the forg is toxic if consumed. Such warning colouration is know as aposematism. Yasuní National Park, Amazonian Ecuador. January.
    AH_Ecuador Poison Frog (Ameerega bil...jpg
  • Gibellula sp. fungus (Cordycipitaceae family) erupting from its spider host. The spores will spread to other hosts from the fruiting bodies. Mindo cloud forest, Ecuador. January. Focus-stacked image.
    AH_Spider with Gibellula fungus Ecua...jpg
  • Cordyceps fungus erupting from its host, a moth. The spores will spread to other hosts from the fruiting bodies. Kapari cloud forest, Chocó, Pacific slope, Ecuador. January. Focus-stacked image.
    AH_Moth with Cordyceps Fungus- Ecuad...jpg
  • Cordyceps fungus erupting from its host, a Skipper butterfly (Hesperiidae). The spores will spread to other hosts from the fruiting bodies. Kapari cloud forest, Chocó, Pacific slope, Ecuador. January. Focus-stacked image.
    AH_Hesperiidae Cordyceps Fungus- Ecu...jpg
  • Ecuadorian Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri cassiquiarensis macrodon), along a tributary of the Napo River. Yasuni National Park, Amazonia, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Ecuadorian Squirrel Monkey Saimir...jpg
  • Northern Caiman Lizard (Dracaena guianensis) juvenile. Yasuni National Park, Amazonia, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Northern Caiman Lizard Dracaena g...jpg
  • Froghopper (Cercopoidea) in cloud forest, Mindo, upper Pacific slope, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Froghopper Cercopoidea Ecuador_98...jpg
  • Plate-billed Mountain Toucan (Andigena laminirostris). Cloud forest near Mindo, upper Pacific slope, Ecuador. January. (wild bird at feeding station)
    AH_Plate-billed Mountain Toucan (And...jpg
  • Cranaid Harvestman (Family Cranaidae). Despite appearances, this is the rear end of the harvestman. The eye-like markings may be incidental rather than to deter predators. Kapari cloud forest, Chocó, Pacific slope, Ecuador. Canon 100mm Macro Lens, canon r5, diffused flash.
    AH_Cranaid Harvestman (Cranaidae) - ...jpg
  • Velvet Worm (Peripatidae). Yasuní National Park, Amazonian Ecuador. January.
    AH_Velvet Worm (Peripatidae) Ecuador...jpg
  • Cloud forest, Mindo, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Cloud Forest Mindo Ecuador_1091.jpg
  • Slime mould (myxomycetes) fruiting bodies on decaying wood, Mindo cloud forest, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Slime Mould Cloud Forest Ecuador_...jpg
  • Ant-mimic Jumping spider (Salticidae) with prey that it has just pounced on. Mindo cloud forest, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Ant-mimic Jumping spider Salticid...jpg
  • Ant-mimic Jumping spider (Salticidae). Mindo cloud forest, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Ant-mimic Jumping spider Salticid...jpg
  • Ant-mimic Jumping spider (Salticidae) with prey that it has just pounced on. Mindo cloud forest, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Ant-mimic Jumping spider Salticid...jpg
  • Rear foot of Equatorial Anole (Anolis aequatorialis). Mindo Cloud Forest, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Rear leg of Equatorial Anole (Ano...jpg
  • Pretzel Slime Mould (Hemitrichia serpula) growing on a decaying palm stump. Mindo cloud forst, Ecuador. January. Focus stacked image.
    AH_Pretzel Slime Mould (Hemitrichia ...jpg
  • Eye of Equatorial Anole (Anolis aequatorialis). Mindo Cloud Forest, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Eye of Equatorial Anole (Anolis a...jpg
  • Cordyceps fungus erupting from its host, a Skipper butterfly (Hesperiidae). The spores will spread to other hosts from the fruiting bodies. Kapari cloud forest, Chocó, Pacific slope, Ecuador. January. Focus-stacked image.
    AH_Hesperiidae Cordyceps Fungus- Ecu...jpg
  • Cordyceps fungus erupting from its wasp host. The spores will spread to other hosts from the fruiting bodies. Kapari cloud forest, Chocó, Pacific slope, Ecuador. January. Focus-stacked image.
    AH_Wasp with Cordyceps Fungus- Ecuad...jpg
  • Cordyceps fungus fruiting bodies erupting from a fly. The spores will spread to other hosts, that are killed in the process. Mindo Cloud Forest, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Cordyceps Infested Fly - Ecuador_...jpg
  • Cordyceps fungus erupting from its wasp host. The spores will spread to other hosts from the fruiting bodies. Kapari cloud forest, Chocó, Pacific slope, Ecuador. January. Focus-stacked image.
    AH_Wasp with Cordyceps Fungus- Ecuad...jpg
  • Cordyceps fungus erupting from its host, a cricket (possibly Eneopterinae). The spores will spread to other hosts from the fruiting bodies. Kapari cloud forest, Chocó, Pacific slope, Ecuador. January. Focus-stacked image.
    AH_Cricket with Cordyceps Fungus- Ec...jpg
  • Ecuador Hermit Crab / Pacific Hermit Crab (Coenobita compressus) on sandy beach, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, May.
    AH_Ecuador Hermit Crab Coenobita com...jpg
  • Violet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini). Cloud forest near Mindo, upper Pacific slope, Ecuador. January. (wild bird at feeding station)
    AH_Violet-purple Coronet Boissonneau...jpg
  • Long-jawed Orbweaver (Tetragnathidae) Cloud forest near Guango, upper Amazon slope, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Long-jawed Orbweaver Tetragnathid...jpg
  • Jumping Spider (Salticidae) in silk retreat withing a fern leaf. Cloud forest near Guango, upper Amazon slope, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Jumping Spider Salticidae Ecuador...jpg
  • Jumping Spider (Salticidae) in silk retreat withing a fern leaf. Cloud forest near Guango, upper Amazon slope, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Jumping Spider Salticidae Ecuador...jpg
  • Tiger Moth (Arctiidae), Chocó forest at 900 metres altitude, western Andean slope, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Tiger Moth (Arctiidae) blue Choco...jpg
  • Conehead Katydid (Panacanthus varius) nymph. This predatory species secures its prey with its powerful, spiny legs. It is even able to tackle small amphibians. Cloud forest, Mindo, Pacific slope, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Conehead Katydid (Panacanthus var...jpg
  • Jumping Stick / Stick Grasshopper (family Proscopiidae). These grasshoppers have excellent camouflage, resembling stick insects (Phasmida), and are also able to jump to esscape predators. (Yasuní National Park, Amazonian Ecuador. January.
    AH_Jumping Stick (Proscopiidae) Ecua...jpg
  • Treehopper (Alchisme grossa) Mindo cloud forest, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Treehopper (Alchisme grossa) Ecua...jpg
  • Pretzel Slime Mould (Hemitrichia serpula) growing on a decaying palm stump. Mindo cloud forst, Ecuador. January. Focus stacked image.
    AH_Pretzel Slime Mould (Hemitrichia ...jpg
  • Cordyceps fungus erupting from its host, a moth. The spores will spread to other hosts from the fruiting bodies. Amazonian Ecuador. January. Focus-stacked image.
    AH_Moth with Cordyceps Fungus- Ecuad...jpg
  • Gibellula sp. fungus (Cordycipitaceae family) erupting from its spider host. The spores will spread to other hosts from the fruiting bodies. Mindo cloud forest, Ecuador. January. Focus-stacked image.
    AH_Spider with Gibellula fungus Ecua...jpg
  • Spider killed by an Entomopathogenic fungus (Ophiocordycipitaceae, possibly Purpureocillium sp.). The spores will spread to other hosts from the fruiting bodies. Amazonian Ecuador. January.
    AH_Spider with Cordyceps fungus Ecua...jpg
  • Cordyceps fungus erupting from its host, a cricket (possibly Eneopterinae). The spores will spread to other hosts from the fruiting bodies. Kapari cloud forest, Chocó, Pacific slope, Ecuador. January. Focus-stacked image.
    AH_Cricket with Cordyceps Fungus- Ec...jpg
  • Gibellula pulchra fungus (Cordycipitaceae family) erupting from its spider host. The spores will spread to other hosts from the fruiting bodies. Kapari cloud forest, Chocó, Pacific slope, Ecuador. January. Focus-stacked image.
    AH_Spider with Cordyceps fungus Ecua...jpg
  • Southern Mealy Amazon Parrots (Amazona farinosa) gathering near a clay lick. Yasuni National Park, Amazonia, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Southern Mealy Amazon Parrots Ama...jpg
  • Red Cracker (Hamadryas amphinome) high up in forest canopy on a tree trunk, viewed from a canopy tower. Yasuní National Park, Amazonian Ecuador. January.
    AH_Red Cracker (Hamadryas amphinome)...jpg
  • Violet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini). Cloud forest near Mindo, upper Pacific slope, Ecuador. January. (wild bird at feeding station)
    AH_Violet-purple Coronet Boissonneau...jpg
  • Tachinid Fly (Tachinidae) resting in a dead leaf. Cloud forest near Guango, upper Amazon slope, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Tachinid Fly Tachinidae Ecuador_6...jpg
  • Harvestman (Opiliones) with very large raptorial pedipalps with which it captures prey. Yasuní National Park, Amazonian Ecuador. January.
    AH_Harvestman raptorial pedipalps Ec...jpg
  • Cloud forest, Mindo, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Cloud Forest Mindo Ecuador_1134.jpg
  • Mushrooms and a camouflaged Wolf Spider (Lycosidae). Mindo Cloud Forest, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Mushrooms and Wolf Spider - Mindo...jpg
  • Rear foot of Equatorial Anole (Anolis aequatorialis). Mindo Cloud Forest, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Rear leg of Equatorial Anole (Ano...jpg
  • Ophiocordyceps sp. fungus erupting from its spider host. The spores will spread to other hosts from the fruiting bodies. Kapari cloud forest, Amazonian Ecuador. January.
    AH_Spider with Ophiocordyceps sp. fu...jpg
  • Ecuador Hermit Crab / Pacific Hermit Crab {Coenobita compressus} on sandy beach, Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, May.
    AH_Ecuador Hermit Crab Pacific Hermi...jpg
  • Ecuador Hermit Crab / Pacific Hermit Crab {Coenobita compressus} photographed on a white background inmobile field studio. Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, May. Digital composite image, all hermit crabs photographed individually.
    AH_Ecuador Hermit Crab - Pacific Her...jpg
  • Ecuador Hermit Crab / Pacific Hermit Crab {Coenobita compressus} photographed on a white background inmobile field studio. Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, May.
    AH_Ecuador Hermit Crab - Pacific Her...jpg
  • Ecuador Hermit Crab / Pacific Hermit Crab {Coenobita compressus} photographed on a white background inmobile field studio. Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, May.
    AH_Ecuador Hermit Crab - Pacific Her...jpg
  • Ecuador Hermit Crab / Pacific Hermit Crab {Coenobita compressus} photographed on a white background inmobile field studio. Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, May.
    AH_Ecuador Hermit Crab - Pacific Her...jpg
  • Ecuador Hermit Crab / Pacific Hermit Crab {Coenobita compressus} photographed on a white background inmobile field studio. Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, May. Digital composite image, all hermit crabs photographed individually.
    AH_Ecuador Hermit Crab - Pacific Her...jpg
  • Jumping spider (family Salticidae) showing its large eyes that enable it to actively hunt prey by stalking it and then jumping on it, as opposed to using a web to entangle its victim like many other spider families do. Yasuní National Park, Amazonian Ecuador. January. Yasuní National Park, Amazonian Ecuador. January.
    AH_Jumping spider (family Salticidae...jpg
  • Andean / Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) feeding on high-elevation bromeliads on cliff face. Paramo habitat, Antisana National Park, Napo, Ecuador.
    AH_Andean Bear Spectacled Bear Trema...jpg
  • Pinktoe Tarantula (Avicularia avicularia), having just emerged at night from its retreat in a palm. Yasuní National Park, Amazonian Ecuador. January.
    AH_Pinktoe Tarantula (Avicularia avi...jpg
  • Pinktoe Tarantula (Avicularia avicularia), having just emerged at night from its retreat in a palm. Yasuní National Park, Amazonian Ecuador. January.
    AH_Pinktoe Tarantula (Avicularia avi...jpg
  • Centipede (Scolopendra sp.) female wrapping her legs around her newly-hatched young to guard them. Yasuní National Park, Amazonian Ecuador. January. Canon 100mm Macro Lens, canon r5, diffused flash.
    AH_Mother centipede protecting young...jpg
  • Prola Beauty butterfly caterpillars (Panacea prola), clustered together on a tree tunk to enhance their aposematism, the bright colouration that warns would-be predators that they are toxic to consume. They also bristle with irritating hairs, once again offering greater protection en masse. Yasuní National Park, Amazonian Ecuador. January. Focus-stacked image. Laowa 24mm f/14 2X Macro Probe, Canon r5.
    AH_Prola Beauty (Panacea prola) cate...jpg
  • Imbabura Tree Frog or Golden-nugget Tree Frog (Boana picturata), (formerly Hypsiboas picturatus), in forest understorey at night. Chocó forest, western Andean slope, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Imbabura Tree Frog Golden-nugget ...jpg
  • Imbabura Tree Frog or Golden-nugget Tree Frog (Boana picturata), (formerly Hypsiboas picturatus), in forest understorey at night. Chocó forest, western Andean slope, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Imbabura Tree Frog Golden-nugget ...jpg
  • Nasus of a soldier Nasute Termite (Nasutitermitinae). The distinctively-shaped heads of the soldiers terminate with a nozzle at the end of a nose-like structure, know as the nasus. A sticky secretion, produced in the frontal gland that occupies much of the bulbous head, is squirted through this tiny pore, immobilising raiding ants. Amazonian Ecuador. Scanning electron micrograph. Image is 0.24mm across in real life.
    AH_Nasus soldier Nasute Termite Nasu...jpg
  • Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) in a Cecropia tree. Yasuni National Park, Amazonia, Ecuador. January.
    AH_Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (...jpg
  • Praying mantis {Oxyopsis sp.}, close up of head. Photographed on a white background. Captive, orginating from lowland rainforest Ecuador.
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  • Praying mantis {Oxyopsis sp.}.  Photographed on a white background. Captive, orginating from lowland rainforest, Ecuador. website
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