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Len Webb Ecological Images Collection

Images Arranged by Subject Category

Fauna

Fauna -- Birds
Fauna -- Crocodiles
Fauna -- Crustaceans
Fauna -- Echidnas
Fauna -- Frogs
Fauna -- Habitat
Fauna -- Insects
Fauna -- Kangaroos
Fauna -- Lizards
Fauna -- Pigs
Fauna -- Seed Dispersal
Fauna -- Spiders

Fauna -- Birds

A pile of bustard feathers: a familiar sight along creeks near roads in this savanna country, despite this bird's protected and heritage status.
Armstrong Creek just west of Flinders River and west of Normanton, Queensland, June 1970.

Bower Bird playground.
Near Coen, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, 1954.

Cassowary (male) and chicks in a suburban setting, no longer seen around towns such as Cairns.
Freshwater, Cairns, Queensland, May 1973.

Cassowary (male) and chicks in a suburban setting, no longer seen around towns such as Cairns.
Freshwater, Cairns, Queensland, May 1973.

Cassowary (male) in a suburban setting, no longer seen around towns such as Cairns.
Freshwater, Cairns, Queensland, May 1973.

Cassowary chicks in a suburban setting, no longer seen around towns such as Cairns.
Freshwater, Cairns, Queensland, May 1973.

Male bower bird's display area: shells on floor of scrub.
Harry L'Estrange's property near Tara, Queensland, August 1969.

Male bower bird's display area: shells on floor of scrub.
Harry L'Estrange's property near Tara, Queensland, August 1969.

Rainbow Lorikeets.
Coen, Queensland, 1954.

Savanna on rich blacksoil plains south of the Gulf of Carpentaria, brolgas or "native companions" (Grus rubicundus) in middle distance.
South of Burketown, Queensland, June 1970.

Wedge-tail Eagle strung up on a farmer's fence along country road to remind the passersby that this is an enemy of primary production. Fortunately such ignorance is a self-limiting disease.
Near Boonah, Queensland, November 1956.

Fauna -- Crocodiles (Freshwater)

Freshwater crocodile.
Near Coen, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, 1950s.

Fauna -- Crustaceans

Soldier crabs in favourite mangrove habitat.
Brunswick River, New South Wales, 1950s.

Fauna -- Echidnas

Spiny ant-eater or echidna, curled up in defensive position when found trespassing on a road in a remote area.
Captain Billy Landing, Heathlands, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, July 1975.

Spiny ant-eater or echidna, curled up in defensive position when found trespassing on a road in a remote area.
Captain Billy Landing, Heathlands, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, July 1975.

The spiny ant-eater or echidna shown in Image 19-96, burrowing into an adjacent sandhill.
Captain Billy Landing, Heathlands, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, July 1975.

Fauna -- Frogs

Tropical frogs.
Near Coen, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, 1954.

Fauna -- Habitat

Para Grass "headland" on sugar-cane farms: favourite habitat for Melomys littoralis, marsupial rat which "ring-barks" cane stems.
South of Cairns, Queensland, November 1973.

Fauna -- Insect Damage

Insect damage of Macaranga tanarius.
Bloomfield River, Queensland, 1969.

Insect damage, by larval stage stripping leaves of Buddah (Eremophila mitchellii).
St. George area, Queensland, 1959.

Fauna -- Insects

"Magnetic" termite mounds.
Silver Plains Station, east of Coen, Queensland, November 1969.

Giant cockroach.
Chillagoe, Queensland, 1960s.

Tropical wasp nest.
Locality uncertain, Queensland, 1954?.

Fauna -- Kangaroos

Kangaroo casualty, common on inland country roads in open woodlands, especially when blinded by motorcar headlights at night.
Western inland, Queensland, June 1976.

Fauna -- Lizards

Lizard/skink.
Near Coen, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, 1954.

Lizard/skink.
Near Coen, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, 1954.

Lizard/skink.
Near Coen, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, 1954.

Lizard/skink.
Near Coen, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, 1954.

Fauna -- Pigs

Feral pigs.
Silver Plains, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, ca. 1954.

Fauna -- Seed Dispersal

Germinating rainforest tree seedlings in Cassowary dung.
Tully to Mission Beach Road, Queensland, October 1973.

Germinating rainforest tree seedlings in Cassowary dung.
Tully to Mission Beach Road, Queensland, October 1973.

Germinating rainforest tree seedlings in Cassowary dung.
Tully to Mission Beach Road, Queensland, October 1973.

Germinating rainforest tree seedlings in Cassowary dung.
Tully to Mission Beach Road, Queensland, October 1973.

Seedlings clustered on Cassowary droppings on track in tropical lowland rainforest.
Mission Beach, Far North Queensland, October 1973.

Fauna -- Spiders

Habitat of tropical spider.
Near Coen, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, 1954.

Tropical spider living in ground.
Near Coen, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, 1954.


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