Pictures of west papua province [last update 2011-12-25]

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Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2012. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

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Blue, yellow and orange grasshopper (male) mating with a green and turquoise grasshopper (female) Orange wasp Green grasshopper with turquoise legs Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea Lowland rainforest in New Guinea Biting fly in New Guinea Tree frog in New Guinea Red and orange insect Coastal settlement in New Guinea Brown stick insect Northern Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus) Magnificent Birds-of-paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) [male and females in courtship dance at lek] Vogelkop Bowerbird bower with red fruit and other items to attract females Transmigration area in West Papua Spiny stick insect in the New Guinea rainforest Pink, orange, yellow, violet katydid with spots and green eyes Orange wasp Black and yellow weevil Orange moth with black and yellow polkadots Arfak forest Red katydid with a green head and black legs White ghost-like lacewing insect (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) Red katydid with a green head and black antennae Orange-headed moth Arfak mountains Blue and black butterfly Vogelkop Bowerbird bower with red fruit and other items to attract females Vogelkop Bowerbird built with red fruit, black fungi, and brown seed pods Magnificent Birds-of-paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) [male and females in courtship dance at lek] Neon red and orange katydid nymph Mottled katydid Arfak forest, with Manokwari in the distance Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea Vogelkop Bowerbird bower with red fruit and other items to attract females Skipper butterfly Eupholus bennetti weevil, a blue-green-turquoise beetle from New Guina Brown moth Yellow and brown grasshopper Transpiration in the rainforest Spiny orb-weaver spider (Gasteracantha sp) Cabin in the Arfak mountains Felled rainforest tree Deforestation in the Arfak mountains Bright green katydid Islands and reefs off the northern coast of New Guinea west papua province: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13 | Page 14 | Page 15 | Page 16 | Page 17 | Page 18