Tag: Wildlife | Christopher Harper

The Huntsman Spider

I found this Huntsman spider (4 in. leg span) on our wall this evening. After taking the photo, Stephen and I dispatched it....

I've photographed the Melanitis leda (Common Evening Brown) before. There were dozens fluttering around tonight....

I was surprised by how well this toad blends in with the concrete box I found him on tonight. Good camouflage....

Photographing a mid-day I noticed three different kinds of butterfly. This is the Gulf fritillary; not native to Guam....

I found this gecko behind our door knocker tonight. Like yesterday's creature, doing a decent job blending in....

There is a hermit crab with a broken shell near the center of the frame. He blends in well with the scenery....

When the rain stopped, I took three of the kids out to photograph at Adelup. Everyone took a picture of this praying mantis....

This skink was patiently waiting for ants to crawl along the bottom of the chain link fence behind our house....

These twin fawns have been hanging around my sister's house. We spotted them in the yard when we visited tonight....

The island rainbow skink is common on Guam. This one stopped to look at me as I was setting up another image at Adelup....

We see a (rather feisty) black drongo most mornings in the tree next to our parking space. Today I had a longer lens handy....

These Gulf fritillary butterflies are not native to Guam, but I have been seeing them all over the island lately....