Photo Sampler of Tropical Invertebrates

[Antonsrkn]

So here is a small selection of invertebrate images I have accumulated over the past year and a half or so. I was lucky to work in Borneo and then immediately after that worked on a project in Ecuador, all the photos are from those 2 places. Each photo has a more detailed description if you follow the link to flickr. But I'm happy to answer any additional questions about any of the images if anyone has any. Hope you enjoy and find atleast some of the material interesting.

Best,
Anton

Metamorphosis by Anton, on Flickr

Little crab endemic to one (not very tall) mountain top in Bornean Malaysia
Endemic Crab by Anton, on Flickr

Suspended by Anton, on Flickr

Halloween Spider by Anton, on Flickr

Green Spiral by Anton, on Flickr

A Big Meal by Anton, on Flickr

Little Lynx by Anton, on Flickr

Infamous terrestrial leeches, on some days I'd get 100s of these on me. Easy to see why, brush against this leaf and thats 3 already.
Three's Company by Anton, on Flickr

Danum Jungle Weevil by Anton, on Flickr

Green Mantid by Anton, on Flickr

Standing Guard by Anton, on Flickr

Proud Mother by Anton, on Flickr

Leaf Mantis by Anton, on Flickr

Parasitic fungi by Anton, on Flickr

Flower Mantis by Anton, on Flickr

Kinabalu Spider by Anton, on Flickr

Mystery Insect Shell by Anton, on Flickr

Mothra by Anton, on Flickr

Casting Nets by Anton, on Flickr

Ecdysis by Anton, on Flickr

Cordyceps Moth by Anton, on Flickr

Species of scorpion endemic to Mt. Kinabalu, described in 2012
Forest Scorpion by Anton, on Flickr

Gentle Giants by Anton, on Flickr

Banquet by Anton, on Flickr

Ecuadorian Mountain Moth by Anton, on Flickr

Midnight Snack by Anton, on Flickr

Dinner by Anton, on Flickr

Colorful Moth by Anton, on Flickr

Egg Buffet by Anton, on Flickr

Whopper Heterometrus by Anton, on Flickr

Greenery by Anton, on Flickr

Shieldbug Snack by Anton, on Flickr

Lift-off by Anton, on Flickr

Biggest leech species in the world
Giant Leech by Anton, on Flickr

Space Invader by Anton, on Flickr

Firework Butt by Anton, on Flickr

Menacing Moth. by Anton, on Flickr

Mystery Centipede by Anton, on Flickr

Banquet by Anton, on Flickr

Tropical Lantern Bug by Anton, on Flickr

Purple and Orange Cloud Forest Tarantula by Anton, on Flickr

Spider Cloud by Anton, on Flickr

Bornean Fulgorid by Anton, on Flickr

Halloween Spider by Anton, on Flickr

Glorious Gastropod by Anton, on Flickr

A parliament of flies by Anton, on Flickr

Badly Camouflaged by Anton, on Flickr

Antennae cleaning by Anton, on Flickr

[NACairns]

Great photos, you have come across some amazing inverts in your travels. I'm particularly impressed by your diversity of mantids and cordyceps fungus. I think my favourite is the jungle weevil. Those are disparate areas what were you doing that took you to both? Thanks for sharing these beautiful shots.
Best,
Nick

[Antonsrkn]

Thanks for taking a look! I agree mantids and cordyceps are always exciting to find, I saw a lot of both during the course of work when I didn't have my camera and never got a chance to get photos of but I did manage to run across my fair share of both when I'd go hiking after work. I was also very happy about the weevil, months in the jungle there and I only ever saw the one weevil like it.

So I was working as a field tech or whatever you want to call it in both locations. I was helping with my friends project in Borneo, we were doing a lot of camera trapping of mammalian frugivores in the jungle around there. Then it worked out so that before my field season in Borneo was over I was hired to assist on a conservation project dealing with the Endangered El Oro Parakeet; involving community outreach, monitoring of the birds nests, movement, etc... with the eventual goal of establishing a protected wildlife corridor in Ecuador.

Now i'm in NC doing grad work, my next fieldwork trip will be for my own project down to Peru! Can't wait!

[TravisK]

Wow, I loved this invert thread. Great work!

[Kelly Mc]

Fantastic voyage loved it!