Images Dated 2019 May

Stick insect, (Ctenomorpha chronus)

Stick insect, (Ctenomorpha chronus), resembling the twig of a eucalypt, can grow to 18 cm. Parthenogenetic, able to produce offspring without mating. The babies will all be female and genetically identical to each other and the mother. Tasmania, Australia

Australia Insects, Camouflage, Cryptic Coloration, Disguise, Insects, Parthenogenetic, Phasmatodea, Phasmatodia, Phasmid, Phasmids, Stick Insects

Grauer's gorillas (Gorilla beringei graueri)

Grauer's gorillas (Gorilla beringei graueri), mother and infant on the slope of Mount Karisimbi, a dormant volcano 4507 m high. Grauer's gorillas used to be known as Eastern lowland gorillas. Little is known of them, not even a good estimate of their numbers but they occur in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, areas that have suffered much social disruption and warfare. Mount Karisimbi, Ruhengeri, Northern Province, Rwanda

Confused flour beetles (Tribolium confusum)

Confused flour beetles (Tribolium confusum), infesting a store of grain. They are a serious pest of grain stored in warehouses, food stores, silos and home larders, not only for their feeding but because of their faecal pellets, stinking secretions and the fact that they encourage mould to grow. Japan