These invertebrate photographs were submitted to the Up Close and Spineless competition, and are on display at the Australian Museum from 18 October 2008. They include photographs of a huntsman spider catching a lift on a cow horn, a bright green scarab beetle, and a cute grasshopper…
Tiny giraffe
by Axl Gad, winner of the secondary school category of the competition.
The photo shows a giraffe-necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) from Madagascar
Scary hairy huntsman
by Alexia Zantides.
This was a winner in the primary school category
Grasshopper
by Greg West
Larvae parade
by Caroline Eng
Beautiful scarab
by Michael Richardson.
This was a winner in the primary school competition
Paper wasps
by Alice Heelan
Stilt flies
by Michael Williams.
Winner of the professional category
Keeping a watchful eye
by Adelaide Thompson.
Highly commended image of perga larvae with an ichneumonid wasp
