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  • Baobab trees beside road {Adansonia grandidieri} Morondava, Madagascar
    Baobab trees1054097.tif
  • Baobab trees beside road {Adansonia grandidieri} Morondava, Madagascar
    1059027Baobab_trees.jpg
  • Baobab trees beside road {Adansonia grandidieri} Morondava, Madagascar
    1062131Baobab_trees.jpg
  • Baobab trees along road {Adansonia grandidieri} Morondava, Madagascar
    1062132Baobab_trees.jpg
  • Baobab trees beside road {Adansonia grandidieri} Morondava, Madagascar
    1062134Baobab_trees.jpg
  • Giraffe-necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa)<br />
Analamazoatra Special Reserve or Perinet. MADAGASCAR<br />
Only the males have this extraordinary neck like a mechanical digger. Females are more modestly proportioned.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA4005_Giraffe-necked_weevil.jpg
  • Baobab (Adansonia za) and rainbow.  Berenty Reserve, Southern MADAGASCAR<br />
Flowers between November and June<br />
HABITAT & DISTRIBUTION: West of Fort Dauphin up to Analalava. Prefers calcareous soils and is the only species in the spiny forest on limestone of the Mahafaly Plateau in the deep south.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR<br />
There are eight baobab species in the world. 6 are endemic to Madagascar, one from Africa and one from Australia. Baobabs probably evolved in Madagascar after Gondwanaland split and the Africa and Australian species must have arisen from colonising fruits floating across the Indian Ocean. In Madagascar the 6 species have evolved to fit their own niche within the dry forest zones. The 7th (African) species was introduced by Arab traders and is planted in some of the town in the north west.They are dryland plants and are 'drought survivors' and are able to store water from a sporadic downpour very efficiently within the soft, porous  wood of their big, fat trunks. They are quite fire resistant.
    MA4777_Baobab.jpg
  • Stick insect (Phasm achryoptera) FEMALE. +- 12 inches long. Eastern rain forest.<br />
MADAGASCAR<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA8167_Stick_insect.jpg
  • Comet moth or Saturnid moth (Argema mittrei) MALE on (Eugenia jambolana) plant which is originally from Asia and is now a host plant for this moth. Comet moths are from eastern highlands rainforest, south of Antananarivo<br />
MADAGASCAR.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR<br />
Bred commercially in captivity for the collector's market
    MA8414_Comet_moth.jpg
  • Giraffe Weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) only the males have this extraordinary neck like a mechanical digger, females are more modestly proportioned, Analamazoatra Special Reserve or Perinet, Madagascar
    Minden_00217620.jpg
  • Flatid Leaf Bug (Phromnia sp)<br />
East Madagascar<br />
Mantadia National Park<br />
MADAGASCAR
    20181024_Flatid_Leaf_Bug_49.tif
  • Comet orchid<br />
East Madagascar<br />
Mantadia National Park<br />
MADAGASCAR
    20181025_Comet_Orchid_143.tif
  • Tent Caterpillar (Borocera cajani) <br />
Ampijoroa<br />
Ankarafantsika Nature Reserve<br />
West Madagascar<br />
MADAGASCAR<br />
ENDEMIC
    20181107_Tent_Caterpillar_47.tif
  • Octopus tree (Didierea trollii)<br />
South Madagascar<br />
MADAGASCAR
    20181103_Octopus_tree_281.tif
  • Octopus tree (Didierea trollii)<br />
South Madagascar<br />
MADAGASCAR
    20181103_Octopus_tree_289.tif
  • Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium sp.)<br />
East Madagascar<br />
Mantadia National Park<br />
MADAGASCAR
    20181024_Slipper_Orchid_90.tif
  • Za Baobab (Adansonia za)<br />
Kirindy<br />
Near Morondava<br />
Southeastern Madagascar<br />
MADAGASCAR
    20181029_Za_Baobab_97.tif
  • Za Baobab (Adansonia za)<br />
Berenty<br />
South Madagascar<br />
MADAGASCAR
    20181104_Za_Baobab_106.tif
  • Madagascar ocotillo (Alluaudia procera)<br />
South Madagascar<br />
MADAGASCAR
    20181103_Madagascar_ocotillo_187.tif
  • Octopus tree (Didierea trollii)<br />
South Madagascar<br />
MADAGASCAR
    20181103_Octopus_tree_277.tif
  • Angraecum Orchid, Madagascar
    Angraecum Orchid1029681.jpg
  • Baobab in Sunset<br />
Adansonia grandidieri<br />
'Avenue of the Baobabs'<br />
Near Morondave, WEST MADAGASCAR
    SPX 376 Baobab in Sunset.tif
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