Up Close and Spineless

2005 exhibition photos

Primary school category

Crab
Fe-fi-fo-fum
Red Sea Star
A furry caterpillar tree
Sunlight on the spider
Microscopic spaceship

Secondary school category

Open house
Ladybug on prickly cactus
Mysterious mantis
Giant Burrowing Cockroach
Dragonfly
Midday snack
Spitfire larvae
Spiky and spineless

Open category

Waltz of the flowers
Who's watching whom?
Spiderlings
Chasing butterflies
Teddy bear bee
Afternoon crawl
A green leaf – Bladder Cicada
The brain
Fresh start
Beetle on flower
Butterfly and Tiger Lilies
Joseph's Coat Moth caterpillar
Close up of a star in a galaxy of water
Blue damselfly
Eye of ant
Robber Fly
Ghost crab eating butterfly
Golden Orb Weaver
Long-horned Grasshopper
Leaf bug
Bungy jumper
Aliens among us
Reef ballerina
In the office
Garden mantis
Giant cuttlefish
Babies' rooms
Wasps

Professional category

Squid
Rainforest longicorn beetle
Rainforest Christmas Beetle
White Cabbage Butterfly
Newly emerged dragonfly
Glass vessel
Mating damselflies
Mating Giant Cuttlefish
Orange butterfly
Robber fly with wasp

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