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Papua New Guinea Insects 40 images Created 11 Mar 2011

Tim went to Papua New Guinea to photograph Voytech Navotny's research on insect diversity in the rain forest. The story was published in NG Czech Republic in December 2006. The tear sheet can be viewed on Tim's portfolio website.
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  • Closeup view of a butterfly's head, eyes, and proboscis..
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  • A weevil in the genus Eupholus.
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  • A close-up longhorn beetle.
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  • A caterpillar travelling along the edge of a leaf on its host plant..
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  • A leaf-rolling type caterillar using its silk to roll a leaf for shelter.
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  • Entomologist Vojtech Novotny hunting for caterpillars in the rain forest...
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  • Researchers working with moth specimens outside the field lab at Mu Village.
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  • A weevil in the genus Eupholus.
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  • Beetle in the genus Choresine, family Melyridae, which is the source of batrachotoxin found in the poisonous Pitohui and Ifrita birds in New Guinea.
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  • A young praying mantis on a green leaf.
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  • The feet of a large caterpillar on the backside of a green leaf.
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  • A weevil on a leaf.
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  • A katydid on a green leaf.
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  • A large weevil on a tree fern frond..
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  • Research staff members (parataxonomists) working with collections of moths (lepidoptera) collected from the rain forests of Papua New Guinea.  This lab is the headquarters of the New Guinea Binatang Research Project in Medang.
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  • Research staff members (parataxonomists) working with collections of moths (lepidoptera) collected from the rain forests of Papua New Guinea.  This lab is the headquarters of the New Guinea Binatang Research Project in Medang.
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  • Research staff members (parataxonomists) working with collections of moths (lepidoptera) collected from the rain forests of Papua New Guinea.  This lab is the headquarters of the New Guinea Binatang Research Project in Medang.
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  • Research staff members (parataxonomists) working with collections of moths (lepidoptera) collected from the rain forests of Papua New Guinea.  This lab is the headquarters of the New Guinea Binatang Research Project in Medang.
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  • Parataxonomists at Ohu Bush Lab monitor hanging plastic bags containing caterpillars and food plants for moths collected from the rain forest.
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  • Parataxonomists at Ohu Bush Lab monitor hanging plastic bags containing caterpillars and food plants for moths collected from the rain forest.
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  • A close-up of a weevil in the genus Eupholus on a leaf..
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  • A leaf-rolling type caterillar using its silk to roll a leaf for shelter.
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  • Detail of a box of moth specimens collected in the rain forest of Papua New Guinea.
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  • Detail of a box of moth specimens collected in the rain forest of Papua New Guinea.
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  • Detail of a box of moth specimens collected in the rain forest of Papua New Guinea.
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  • A researcher (local parataxonomist) examining a caterpillar in the rain forest..
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  • A researcher (local parataxonomist) hunting for caterpillars in the rain forest collects a specimen.
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  • A close-up of a weevil on a leaf.
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  • A close-up of a longhorn beetle.
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  • Two copulating beetles on a green leaf.
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  • Villagers collecting giant longhorn beetle larvae to eat after cooking.  The larvae live in rotting tree trunks..
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  • Villagers collecting giant longhorn beetle larvae to eat after cooking.  The larvae live in rotting tree trunks..
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  • Part of the insect reference collection from the rain forest around Mu Village, Chimbu.
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  • Moth and caterpillar of the same species on its host plant leaf.
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  • Pinned specimens of moths from the rain forest in Chmbu Province.
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  • Pinned specimens of moths from the rain forest in Chmbu Province.
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  • Close shot of a head of a caterpillar with the eggs of a parasite attached to it..
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  • A grasshopper on a green leaf near the field lab in Mu Village..
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  • Entomologist Vojtech Novotny examining a large caterpillar..
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  • A caterpillar travelling along the edge of a green leaf on its host plant..
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