Nick Upton / Forest caterpillar hunter (Calosoma sycophanta) feeding on a Gypsy moth caterpillar (Lymantria dispar) it has killed in a Holm oak tree, Bacu Goloritze ravine, Baunei, Sardinia, Italy, May.
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Ingo Arndt / Tussock moth caterpillars mass together for defense. Comoe NP, Ivory Coast {Lymantriidae}. This behaviour tricks predators into thinking the caterpillars are a single, much larger, organism.
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Konrad Wothe / Red Tussock (Chionochloa rubra), South Island, New Zealand
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Tui De Roy / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) juveniles lounging in tussock grass, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands
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Bernard Castelein / Purple Moor-grass (Molinia caerulea) tussock in grassland, on misty morning. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. August 2019.
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Bernard Castelein / Cloudy sky reflected in water, Purple moor-grass (Molinia caerulea) tussocks inundated with water. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. March 2019.
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Bernard Castelein / Tussocks and trees reflected in water on misty morning. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. April 2018.
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Bernard Castelein / Deergrass (Trichophorum cespitosum) amongst Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix), heathland at dawn. Groot Schietveld, Wuustwezel, Belgium. June 2015.
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Nigel Cattlin / Pale tussock moth (Calliteara pudibunda) camouflaged on tree bark. Devon, England, UK. May.
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Mike Potts / Southern royal albatross (Diomedea epomophora) sub-adults, group displaying in tussock grassland. Campbell Island, New Zealand. February.
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Mike Potts / Southern royal albatross (Diomedea epomophora) sub-adults, group displaying in tussock grassland. Campbell Island, New Zealand. February.
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Mike Potts / Southern royal albatross (Diomedea epomophora) sub-adults, group displaying in tussock grassland. Campbell Island, New Zealand. February.