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  • Chris Dahl...

    bunara_a.jpg Chris Dahl shooting a fishing line over a branch of a tall rainforest canopy tree. The line will be used to pull up a rope, climbed by collectors to sample insects in the forest canopy. image by oupblog_2009
  • Arrival of...

    cessnaplane.jpg Arrival of a Cessna plane is always of interest in a remote Papua New Guinean village. image by oupblog_2009
  • A villager...

    elmvillager.jpg A villager serving as security guard for ecological research team in Elem Village (Papua New Guinea). image by oupblog_2009
  • Research t...

    groupnagada_a.jpg Research team in Papua New Guinea, including V. Novotny (left), parataxonomoists and students, ready for field work. image by oupblog_2009
  • Parataxono...

    insectsorting.jpg Parataxonomist Kenneth Molem sorting thousands of moths, collected in Papua New Guinea rainforests. image by oupblog_2009
  • The interi...

    intheforest_a.jpg The interior of a lowland rainforest in Papua New Guinea, comprising more than 150 species of trees per hectare. image by oupblog_2009
  • Parataxono...

    johnlab_a.jpg Parataxonomist John Auga looking after caterpillars, one in each bottle, feeding on the foliage of rainforest trees. image by oupblog_2009
  • Parataxono...

    johnmouting2_a.jpg Parataxonomist John Auga mounting insects collected from rainforest trees in Papua New Guinea laboratory. image by oupblog_2009
  • Parataxono...

    marcuskela_a.jpg Parataxonomists Markus Manumbor and Brus Isua during daily feeding of caterpillars, one in each container, collected from rainforest trees. image by oupblog_2009
  • The team o...

    parataxteam.jpg The team of Papua New Guinean parataxonomists, i.e. villagers trained as research assistants for ecological studies, ready to depart for field work. image by oupblog_2009
  • Parataxono...

    singlerope_a.jpg Parataxonomists are training single rope climbing, a simple method providing access to rainforest canopy for those who do not mind dangling on a single rope 30 m above the ground. image by oupblog_2009
  • Opening ce...

    skylabopening.jpg Opening ceremony for a field insect laboratory in Mu, a village in Papua New Guinea highlands, complete with dancers adorned with birds of paradise feathers. image by oupblog_2009
  • Parataxono...

    willimicr_a.jpg Parataxonomist William Boen identifying one of thousands of insects found in a New Guinea rainforest. image by oupblog_2009
  • Biologist ...

    yvesfield_a.jpg Biologist Yves Basset checking insect collections made by field assistants in Ohu village (Papua New Guinea). image by oupblog_2009