40 Stunning Photographs of Nature, Up Close and Personal
“The Signal” by Chien Lee
Third Place, “Insects”
A branch shows a beetle on the hunt, trailed by a long squiggly line of bioluminescent green glow
Photo: Chien Lee
Bioluminescence is abundant in the Bornean rainforest at night, a feature that becomes evident as soon as you turn off your headlamp, but few organisms emit a light as strong as Lamprigera beetles. During a night walk in the mountains of southern Sarawak, I found this large specimen crawling through low vegetation, presumably on the hunt for snails, their preferred prey.
Third Place, “Insects”
A branch shows a beetle on the hunt, trailed by a long squiggly line of bioluminescent green glow
Photo: Chien Lee
Bioluminescence is abundant in the Bornean rainforest at night, a feature that becomes evident as soon as you turn off your headlamp, but few organisms emit a light as strong as Lamprigera beetles. During a night walk in the mountains of southern Sarawak, I found this large specimen crawling through low vegetation, presumably on the hunt for snails, their preferred prey.
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15 July 2022
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