Photo Essay

Orthopteroid Insects in the Muller Range, Papua New Guinea

Abstract

In mid-September 2009 I had the privilege of accompanying a group from Conservation International into the Muller Range, Western Province, Papua New Guinea. This is located in the “Karst District”, a region of karst topography, which of course, would mean a limestone substrate topped with about a foot of topsoil. The fauna was fantastic but not easy to see. One had to wander about at night with a torch and be very alert. None of these katydids or crickets were heard or recorded in the field. But there are some things we can say about them based on related species and our knowledge of the behaviour of rainforest orthopterans.