[Leica] Sally Lightfoots and Lava Lizards

Jayanand Govindaraj jayanand at gmail.com
Sun Dec 30 19:09:25 PST 2018


Douglas B,
Thanks for looking
Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 7:27 AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> Amazing looking crab, Jayanand, and I'd like to see your big toe beside
> one to get a sense of scale :-), but the pic of the crop is Predator as
> the grasshopper looks huge and quite a mouthful.
> Douglas
>
>
> On 27/12/2018 17:26, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> > Continuing our exploration of the fauna of Galapagos....
> >
> > Sally Lightfoot Crabs are the scavengers of the shoreline across the
> > islands in the Galapagos. I found them most photogenic, with their bright
> > colours standing out like a sore thumb whether on sand or basalt. As you
> > can see there is a bit of variation in the actual colours.
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181125-2439.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181125-2446.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181126-3777.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181129-6044.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181129-5821.jpg.html
> >
> > Lava Lizards, as their name suggests, are tiny predators of the rocky
> > basalt areas, hiding in the nooks and crannies and ambushing unsuspecting
> > insects.
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181126-3660.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181129-5693.jpg.html
> >
> > Please see LARGE
> >
> > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
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