Active ants 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
Small world Inverted view of the world beyond the waterdrop at La Ville Chevalier, France
Lovely lashes Eyelash frog Ceratobatrachus guentheri in the jungle of Kolombangara Island, Solomon Islands
Passing particles Austrobalanus imperator using its "feet" to catch passing particles below Terrigal Skillion, NSW Australia
Star flowers Desert flowers at Hastings Cave National Part, Western Australia
Skewered Larvae of the alien New Zealand half-crab Petrolisthes elongatus in Derwent estuary 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
Red on purple Biscuit star Pentagonaster dubeni on iridescent algae Distromium flabellatum
Flatfish Juvenile greenback flounder Rhomosolea tapirina at Cloudy Lagoon Tasmania, Australia
Techno frog Tyler's Tree Frog Litoria tyleri on bathroom tiles in Hunter Valley NSW, Australia
Nutty growth Seedling on the forest floor of Uepi Island, Solomon Islands
Reclining octopus Captive pale octopus Octopus pallidus Mercury Passage Tasmania, Australia
Hopper Small grasshopper on buttongrass in Walls of Jerusalem National Park Tasmania, Australia
Many hands Refections in water droplets on leaf in the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Hobart Australia
Fragile air breather Fragile air breather Salinator fragilis in the evening sun at Pipeclay Lagoon 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