17 Oct 2018
Angolan giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis)
In Namibia's Etosha National Park, there are huge areas with hardly any vegetation at all, and finding giraffes and other large animals here is quite surreal…
4 Dec 2014
Queen (Danaus gilippus)
A truly amazing butterfly, and as I recall the only one of the species I encountered here at SouthWild Pantanal. Here it's visiting a plant growing alongside…
19 Nov 2013
Headlight Beetle (Pyrophorus nyctophanus)
This is such a little known annual display in Oct/Nov in some of the forests bordering the Cerrado in Brazil and Bolivia. Each light is a beetle larva…
26 Nov 2012
Headlight Beetle (Pyrophorus nyctophanus)
What an amazing sight! In the middle of the jungle in absolute darkness - a towering structure more than 2 metres tall - is dotted with countless tiny green…
25 Nov 2011
Giant glasswing (Methona confusa)
Thanks to Kim Garwood for identification! Ecuador-0.048717,-78.775198
25 Nov 2011
Clearwing (Greta genus)
Thanks to Kim Garwood for helping in identification! Ecuador-0.048717,-78.775198
25 Nov 2011
Menapis Tigerwing (Mechanitis menapis mantineus)
Thanks to Kim Garwood for identification! Ecuador-0.048717,-78.775198