Hatchling leaf insects start out quite dark before their green colouration takes over after a few days. Pictured here is a hatchling a few hours old, one a few days old, and a juvenile female. Cryptophyllium limogesi “Thac Krong Kmar” #leafinsect#leafbug#stickbug

Hatchling leaf insects start out quite dark before their green colouration takes over after a few days. Pictured here is a hatchling a few hours old, one a few days old, and a juvenile female. Cryptophyllium limogesi “Thac Krong Kmar” #leafinsect#leafbug#stickbug

I've wanted these fish for as long as i can remember, years and years, and recently i was lucky enough to be able to get some. Channa pulchra, the Peacock Snakehead. #fish#aquarium#fishtank#channa#snakehead

Lamprima adolphinae, a stunning iridescent Stag beetle from New Guinea. #beetle#insect#bug#macro#nature#wildlife

Teleutias aduncus, a small katydid with a lot of character. #katydid#cricket#grasshopper#insect#bug#macro#nature

For this #FossilFriday#fossils#plesiosaur#crocodile#reptile

This Yellow Orchid mantis is finally adult, and what a beauty she is. #orchid#mantis#orchidmantis#insect#wildlife#nature#macro#photography#prayingmantis#helviacardinalis

Nesonotus reticulatus are a species of large omnivorous katydid from Gaudeloupe. #insect#wildlife#nature#bug#macro

A very young Varanus niloticus, the infamous Nile monitor. #herps#lizard#gecko#reptile#monitor

When a stick insect hatches it is referred to as being in it's 1st stadium, or 1st instar. This Hermagoras foliopeda "waigeo island" has moulted once, so now she is 2nd instar. #stickbug#stickinsect#phasmid#exoticpet#insects