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Wallace's giant bee (Megachile pluto) and nest on tree trunk. North Moluccas, Indonesia.T his is the only photo that is known to exist of this species (the world's largest bee) in the wild, in situ, a...

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90821799 Wallace's giant bee (Megachile pluto) and nest on tree trunk. North Moluccas, Indonesia.T his is the only photo that is known to exist of this species (the world's largest bee) in the wild, in situ, a...© Clay Bolt

Entomologist and bee expert Eli Wyman with the first rediscovered individual of Wallace's giant bee (Megachile pluto) Mollucas, Indonesia. January 2019

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90803924 Entomologist and bee expert Eli Wyman with the first rediscovered individual of Wallace's giant bee (Megachile pluto) Mollucas, Indonesia. January 2019© Clay Bolt

Entomologist examining a large female Megachile bee during the hunt to rediscover Wallace's giant bee (Megachile pluto) on the island of Ternate, North Moluccas, Indonesia. January 2019

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90803918 Entomologist examining a large female Megachile bee during the hunt to rediscover Wallace's giant bee (Megachile pluto) on the island of Ternate, North Moluccas, Indonesia. January 2019© Clay Bolt

Composite image of Wallace's giant bee (Megachile pluto) with European honey bee (Apis melifera). This is the world's largest bee, which is approximately 4 times larger than a European honey bee. One...

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90803915 Composite image of Wallace's giant bee (Megachile pluto) with European honey bee (Apis melifera). This is the world's largest bee, which is approximately 4 times larger than a European honey bee. One...© Clay Bolt

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90400970 Salmon-Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis) captive native to south Moluccas in eastern Indonesia© LYNN M. STONE / NPL

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90400969 Salmon-Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis) captive native to south Moluccas in eastern Indonesia© LYNN M. STONE / NPL

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00440821 Carambola (Averrhoa carambola) fruit from Moluccas and Sri Lanka© Jean-Paul Ferrero/ Auscape

Blue Starfish (Linckia laevigata) two adults, on bommie with sponge and fish, Ameth Point, Nusa Laut, Maluku Islands, Banda Sea, Indonesia - Colin Marshall/ FLPA

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80144253 Blue Starfish (Linckia laevigata) two adults, on bommie with sponge and fish, Ameth Point, Nusa Laut, Maluku Islands, Banda Sea, Indonesia© Colin Marshall / FLPA

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80100373 Rubbish drifting at surface of sea, Ambon Island, Maluku Islands, Banda Sea, Indonesia© Colin Marshall / FLPA

Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca) recovering from surgery to remove fishing hook in stomach, held by veterinary nurse. Captive, to be released on recovery. Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Gold...

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90839818 Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca) recovering from surgery to remove fishing hook in stomach, held by veterinary nurse. Captive, to be released on recovery. Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Gold...© Doug Gimesy

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90823357 Pygmy squid (Idiosepius sp.) swimming. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

Long exposure of a bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) in open water at night. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea..

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90823356 Long exposure of a bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) in open water at night. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea..© Alex Mustard

Grey bonnet snail (Phalium glaucum) female laying a large mass of orange eggs. This egg mass has been laid by several snails. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

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90823355 Grey bonnet snail (Phalium glaucum) female laying a large mass of orange eggs. This egg mass has been laid by several snails. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

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90823354 Moon snail (Gastropoda) egg mass. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

Pair of Emperor shrimp (Zenopontonia rex / Periclimenes imperator) female is the larger one, hitch a ride on a large nudibranch (Tambja luteolineata) and pick food from the seabed with their claws. Bi...

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90823353 Pair of Emperor shrimp (Zenopontonia rex / Periclimenes imperator) female is the larger one, hitch a ride on a large nudibranch (Tambja luteolineata) and pick food from the seabed with their claws. Bi...© Alex Mustard

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90823352 Starck's demoiselle (Chrysiptera starcki) swims above a coral reef. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

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90823351 Bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) at night. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

Bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) with a captured rabbitfish (Siganus sp.) in its arms, at night. ;Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

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90823350 Bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) with a captured rabbitfish (Siganus sp.) in its arms, at night. ;Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

Common seahorse (Hippocampus kuda) female gripping onto a piece of waterlogged wood with her prehensile tail. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

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90823349 Common seahorse (Hippocampus kuda) female gripping onto a piece of waterlogged wood with her prehensile tail. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

Western clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) poses with a large, dominant female behind. The clownfish in the foreground is probably a juvenile. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, M...

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90823348 Western clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) poses with a large, dominant female behind. The clownfish in the foreground is probably a juvenile. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, M...© Alex Mustard

Painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) hides amongst rope sponges on a coral reef. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

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90823347 Painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) hides amongst rope sponges on a coral reef. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

Portrait of a Giant frogfish (Antennarius commersoni) on a large Yellow elephant ear sponge (Ianthella basta) on a coral reef. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

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90823346 Portrait of a Giant frogfish (Antennarius commersoni) on a large Yellow elephant ear sponge (Ianthella basta) on a coral reef. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

Variety of plankton (zooplankton) are attracted by the light of a diver's torch, at night. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

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90823345 Variety of plankton (zooplankton) are attracted by the light of a diver's torch, at night. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

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90823321 RF - A portrait of a stargazer (Uranoscopus sulphureus) lying in ambush in the sand at night. North Sulawesi.© Alex Mustard

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90823320 RF - Portrait of an Orange painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) on an orange sponge. North Sulawesi.© Alex Mustard

Stomach contents of invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) are separated and laid out on sheets in order to identify them. Some of the contents seen here are the feet and feathers of a white ibi...

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90817194 Stomach contents of invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) are separated and laid out on sheets in order to identify them. Some of the contents seen here are the feet and feathers of a white ibi...© Karine Aigner

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90817193 Stomach contents of invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) are separated and laid out on sheets in order to identify them. Some of the contents seen here are the feet and feathers of a white ibi...© Karine Aigner

Orange painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) fishing. Here the frogfish is illuminated by a snooted strobe and the packground sand lit with a red LED torch. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh S...

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90816689 Orange painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) fishing. Here the frogfish is illuminated by a snooted strobe and the packground sand lit with a red LED torch. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh S...© Alex Mustard

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90816688 Clark's anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) tends to its clutch of eggs. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti,) hiding in a seafan (Muricella sp.). Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.Cropped.

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90816687 Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti,) hiding in a seafan (Muricella sp.). Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.Cropped.© Alex Mustard

Mushroom coral (Fungia sp.) fluoresces a bright orange at depth. At this depth underwater there is no orange light left, pigments within the coral absorb blue light and emit it as orange light (the re...

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90816686 Mushroom coral (Fungia sp.) fluoresces a bright orange at depth. At this depth underwater there is no orange light left, pigments within the coral absorb blue light and emit it as orange light (the re...© Alex Mustard

Mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) swims over a sandy seabed in a shape considered by some to be a flounder impersonation. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

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90816685 Mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) swims over a sandy seabed in a shape considered by some to be a flounder impersonation. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

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90816684 Free swimming mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus). Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

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90816683 Free swimming mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus). Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

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90816682 Free swimming mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus). Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

Common seahorse (Hippocampus kuda). The dark patch beneath his snout is his brood pouch. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

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90816681 Common seahorse (Hippocampus kuda). The dark patch beneath his snout is his brood pouch. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

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90816680 Thorny seahorse (Hippocampus histrix) gripping onto a sponge. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

Pair of Western clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) spawning orange eggs on the rock beneath their Magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica) home on a coral reef. This photo shows the larger...

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90816679 Pair of Western clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) spawning orange eggs on the rock beneath their Magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica) home on a coral reef. This photo shows the larger...© Alex Mustard

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90816678 Mototi octopus (Amphioctopus mototi) swims across the seabed. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

Two female Common seahorses (Hippocampus kuda) fighting over territory on the seabed. The brief fight was preceeded by a ritualised, synchronised parade. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Stra...

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90816677 Two female Common seahorses (Hippocampus kuda) fighting over territory on the seabed. The brief fight was preceeded by a ritualised, synchronised parade. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Stra...© Alex Mustard

Common seahorse (Hippocampus kuda) female wrapping her prehensile tail around piece of wood on the seabed. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

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90816676 Common seahorse (Hippocampus kuda) female wrapping her prehensile tail around piece of wood on the seabed. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

Veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) shelters inside an old clam shell, with silver-sides in the water above. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

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90816675 Veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) shelters inside an old clam shell, with silver-sides in the water above. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

Whitemargin stargazer (Uranoscopus sulphureus) sets an ambush in the sand at night. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

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90816674 Whitemargin stargazer (Uranoscopus sulphureus) sets an ambush in the sand at night. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

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90816673 Long exposure of a bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) in open water at night. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

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90816672 Blue ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) moving across the seabed. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

Veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) emerging from its home in an old clam shell. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

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90816671 Veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) emerging from its home in an old clam shell. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

Group of five reef lizardifsh (Synodus variegatus) waiting in ambush. These were perched on the highest point of a coral reef attempting to catch schooling baitfish above. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indo...

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90816670 Group of five reef lizardifsh (Synodus variegatus) waiting in ambush. These were perched on the highest point of a coral reef attempting to catch schooling baitfish above. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indo...© Alex Mustard

Reef lizardifsh (Synodus variegatus) at a cleaning station, being cleaned by Holthuis anemone shrimps (Ancylomenes holthuisi). Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

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90816669 Reef lizardifsh (Synodus variegatus) at a cleaning station, being cleaned by Holthuis anemone shrimps (Ancylomenes holthuisi). Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

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90816668 Portrait of a colourful nudibranch (Chromodoris annae). Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

Wire coral goby (Bryaninops yongei) with what looks like a fungal infection covering its body on a wire coral (Cirripathes sp.). Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

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90816667 Wire coral goby (Bryaninops yongei) with what looks like a fungal infection covering its body on a wire coral (Cirripathes sp.). Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.© Alex Mustard

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