Black ants around a nest beside the road north of Goulburn NSW, Australia
Nightlight
Glowing mushroom on Nusa Tupe Western Province, Solomon Islands. Species is probably Mycena chlorophos... not quite as fun a name as the related glowing species M. discobasis
Hurry
Scheuchzers woolgrass Eriophorum scheuchzeri late for work in the Engadine, Switzerland
Dragon
Weedy seadragon Phyllopteryx taeniolatus off Blackmans Bay Tasmania, Australia
Surprise
Nocturnally foraging ghost crab (Family: Ocypodidae) on Ramata Island, Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands
Fly spy
Small fly lingering on a white alp anemone Pulsatilla alpina in the Engadine, Switzerland
Red on purple
Biscuit star Pentagonaster dubeni on iridescent algaeDistromium flabellatum
Flatfish
Juvenile greenback flounder Rhomosolea tapirina at Cloudy Lagoon Tasmania, Australia
Skewered
Larvae of the alien New Zealand half-crab Petrolisthes elongatus in Derwent estuary Tasmania, Australia
Reclining octopus
Captive pale octopus Octopus pallidus Mercury Passage Tasmania, Australia
Hairy hunter
Extreme close-up of huntsman spider on Nusa Tupe, Western Province, Solomon Islands
Spike
Topview of ornamental cactus on Nusa Tupe, Western Province, Solomon Islands
Hopper
Small grasshopper on buttongrass in Walls of Jerusalem National Park Tasmania, Australia
Scribbles
Scribbles caused by larvae of the scribbly gum moth Ogmograptis scribula on the trunk of a white ash Eucalyptus fraxinoides
Moloch horridus
Thorny devil Moloch horridus somewhere on the road between Exmouth and Karratha in north western Australia
Plague
Spur-throated locust Austracris guttulosa on a metal fence in outback Northern Territory, Australia
Ellie the ferret
Inquisitive Ellie the ferret at Mountain River Tasmania, Australia
Techno frog
Tyler's Tree Frog Litoria tyleri on bathroom tiles in Hunter Valley NSW, Australia
Fragile air breather
Fragile air breather Salinator fragilis in the evening sun at Pipeclay Lagoon Tasmania, Australia