A pair of grasshoppers of the type Chitarua sp.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 in the world. (Photo by Joppy Mudeng / Pacific Press) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field ***