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

Japanese yellow hornet (Vespa simillima xanthoptera)

Japanese yellow hornet (Vespa simillima xanthoptera) parasitised by a female twisted-wing parasite (Xenos moutoni), that is seldom seen as it lives its life inside its host. The end of the parasite is protruding from the hornet's abdominal segments. Males live only five hours or so and do not eat. Japan

Grauers 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