A pair of mating grasshoppers. The 17,000 islands that comprise the nation of Indonesia stretch more than 3,000 miles along the equator, bridging Asia and Australasia with mind-boggling 250,000 species of insects. Indonesia tops the global charts for "endemism" or the number of species found here and nowhere else. (Photo by Bobby Worotikan / Pacific Press) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field ***