Pictures of west papua provincewest papua province

Orange and yellow flowers

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)

Deforestation in the Arfak mountains

Frog shadow seen through a sunlit leaf

Green katydid with a neon turquoise stripe

Multicolored katydid

Jungle lowland rainforest reaching the coast of New Guinea

River valley in the Arfak mountains

Schoenherr's blue weevil (Eupholus schoenherri - Curculionidae family) a spectacular blue and turquoise beetle from New Guinea

Northern Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus)

Red harvestman

Pink orange yellow violet katydid with spots and green eyes

Lowland rainforest in New Guinea

Rotational forest clearing for banana and other crops

Black and deep orange butterfly

Turquoise blue katydid larva

Stick insect

Bower built by a male Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) using blue colored objects to attract a female

Schoenherr's blue weevil (Eupholus schoenherri - Curculionidae family) a spectacular blue and turquoise beetle from New Guinea

Turquoise blue katydid larva

Katydid

Metallic blue green and orange beetle (Catascopus sp of the Carabidae family)

House gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) in New Guinea

Multicolored (red green yellow orange violet) fly

Green yellow and brown grasshopper

Black and yellow weevil

Red katydid with a green head and black antennae

Bird watching guide in New Guinea

Frog shadow seen through a sunlit leaf

Green Prasinohaemus skink eating an insect. Interesting fact: The oxygen carrying molecule in this lizard's blood is copper based rather than iron based (hence the Latin genus name). Its blood is green.

Rana grisea frog in New Guinea

Rainbow fly

Rainforest in the Arfak Mountains

Grasshopper with a green body blue antennae turquoise hind legs red front legs and a black head

Traditional wood and bark hut build by the Mouley clan

Green grasshopper with turquoise legs

New Guinea rainforest

Rainforest in the Arfak Mountains

Islands off Bird's Head northern New Guinea

Litoria tree frog in New Guinea

Armed clansmen in New Guinea

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)

Traditional Mouley hut in the Arfak highlands outside of Manokrawi

Armed Papuans

Schoenherr's blue weevil

Red-eyed fly

Green grasshopper with orange eyes

Deforestation in the Arfak mountains

Brown frog with neon green and blue markings (Litoria species)

Deforestation in the Arfak mountains

Rainforest in the Arfak Mountains

Cave in a New Guinea rainforest

Road in the Arfak mountains

Multicolored katydid

Red grasshawk dragonfly

Black white orange and yellow moth

Canopy tree

Orange white black and yellow orb spider

Blue green purple and red fly

Neon red and orange katydid nymph

Blue green purple and red fly

Neon green skipper butterfly

Black turquoise yellow orange brown and pink grasshopper

Red katydid with a green head and black antennae

Fly with yellow racing stripes and red eyes

Red and green katydid

Logging in New Guinea

Frog

Aerial view of a jungle river delta in New Guinea

Black and yellow weevil

Stunning orange butterfly with eyespots

Islands off Bird's Head northern New Guinea

Dumpy Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea)

Green katydid with black stripes

Vogelkop Bowerbird bower with red fruit and other items to attract females

Red daddylonglegs with black legs

Tree frog in New Guinea (Litoria torrent-breeding hylid)

Arfak cloud forest

Stick insect in the New Guinea rainforest

Coral reef and forest off the northern coast of New Guinea

Strange flying insect

Shield bug

Green walking stick

Aerial view of a Winding lowland rainforest river reaching the coast of New Guinea

Islands and reefs off the northern coast of New Guinea

Lowland river in West Papua

Brown frog with neon green and blue markings (Litoria species)

Arfak cloud forest

Eupholus schoenherri weevil

Orange assassin bug

Reefs and mangroves in New Guinea

Rumah Kaki Seribu (thousand feet house) a traditional hut in the highlands of West Papua New Guinea

Bright red-orange moth

Green fly

Black turquoise yellow orange brown and pink grasshopper

Sunlit leaves in the New Guinea rainforest

Violet grasshopper

Green katydid with red eyes

Eupholus schoenherri weevil a blue-green-turquoise beetle from New Guina

Red katydid with a green head and black antennae

Blue yellow and orange grasshopper (male) mating with a green and turquoise grasshopper (female)

Arrows in the hand of a Mouley

Orange moth with black and yellow polkadots

Orange-pink flower

Schoenherr's blue weevil

Spiny stick insect

Black-capped Lory (Lorius lory)

Landslide or washout in the Arfak mountains rainforest

Reefs and mangroves in New Guinea

Magnificent Bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) [male]

Multicolored katydid

Green grasshopper with red eyes

Emergent tree in the montane forest of the Arfak mountains

Green katydid with black stripes

Eupholus schoenherri weevil a blue-green-turquoise beetle from New Guina

Red grasshawk dragonfly

Swidden agriculture in New Guinea

Arfak forest at 7,000 feet

Yellow grasshawk dragonfly

Tropical forest in New Guinea

Islands off Bird's Head northern New Guinea

Cabin in the Arfak mountains

Rainforest in the Arfak Mountains

Black orange and turquoise stink bug

Orange and yellow flowers

Stick insect

Orange and brown cricket

Orange and yellow flowers

Green spider with bright orange markings

Islands off Bird's Head northern New Guinea

Orange and yellow flowers

Butterfly feeding on flowers

Islands off Bird's Head northern New Guinea

Forest guides in the Arfak mountains

Metallic blue green and orange beetle (Catascopus sp of the Carabidae family)

Black weevil with orange legs

Assassin bug

Forest guides in the Arfak mountains

Spotted tree frog in New Guinea (Litoria species)

Red black and white butterfly in New Guinea

Green caterpillar with dark brown markings and yellow horns

Spider

Stink bug in New Guinea

Traditional Mouley hut in the Arfak highlands outside of Manokrawi

River valley in the Arfak mountains

Tricolored Lory (Lorius lory)

Pink orange yellow violet katydid with spots and green eyes

Green fly

Deforestation outside of Manokwari

Red katydid with a green head and black antennae

Deforestation near Mokwam West Papua

Red katydid with a green head and black antennae

Mating grasshoppers

Green lizard eating an insect

Multicolored katydid

Orange leaf on a fern in New Guinea

Black yellow and orange 'daddy longlegs' or harvestman

Deforestation in the Arfak mountains

Multicolored shield bug

Fly with blue legs

Leaf-like moth

Rainforest eucalyptus in New Guinea

Forest clearing in the Arfak mountains

Black white orange and yellow moth

Green katydid with black stripes

Spiny orb-weaver spider (Gasteracantha sp)

Islands and reefs off the northern coast of New Guinea

River valley in the Arfak mountains

Landslide or washout in the Arfak mountains rainforest

Blue green purple and red fly

Green mantis

Northern Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus)

Birdwatching guide in the forest of the Arfak Mountains

Blue green purple and red fly

Prasinohaemus sp. skink

Bower built by a male Brown Gardener (Amblyornis inornatus)

Brown frog with neon green and blue markings (Litoria species)

Turquoise blue katydid larva

Rainforest canopy in the Arfak Mountains

Mouley man near Syou

Lowland jungle in New Guinea

Landslide or washout in the Arfak mountains rainforest

Spiny stick insect

Unknown lizard

Multicolored shield bug

Yellow grasshawk dragonfly

Traditional hut in the Arfak mountains

Islands and reefs off the northern coast of New Guinea

Green katydid with a neon turquoise stripe

Green katydid with red legs

Aerial view of a jungle river delta in New Guinea

Metallic blue green and orange beetle (Catascopus sp of the Carabidae family)

Northern Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus)

Katydid

Orange assassin bug

Beige grasshopper

Blue and turquoise beetle from New Guinea

Mouley family in Syou

Schoenherr's blue weevil (Eupholus schoenherri - Curculionidae family)

Mouley man collecting pitcher plants

Eupholus schoenherri weevil a blue-green-turquoise beetle from New Guina

Rainforest canopy in the Arfak Mountains

House gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) in New Guinea

Aerial view of a jungle river delta in New Guinea

Islands off Bird's Head northern New Guinea

Vogelkop Bowerbird bower with red fruit and other items to attract females

Gecko (Gekko monarchus) in New Guinea

Islands off Bird's Head northern New Guinea

Orange spider with black legs

Stick insect

Metallic blue green and orange beetle (Catascopus sp of the Carabidae family)

Tiny green spider

Multicolored metallic beetle with a broad white band

Leaf-like moth

Small gray toad in New Guinea

Turquoise blue katydid larva

Green katydid

Blyth's Hornbills (Rhyticeros plicatus); local name: kokomo

Lowland rainforest in New Guinea

Orange wasp

Turquoise blue katydid larva

Pile of logs in the New Guinea rainforest
west papua province