Nature Picture Library Wants List 2014-2015
This list is a compilation of wants lists compiled over the last year, and focuses on popular or in demand subjects which we don’t hold or on which we need new coverage.
We encourage existing contributors to include items from the wants list in their submissions, and potential new contributors should check if they have coverage on these subjects, but contact us via email first before submitting.
Ongoing need for the following for calendars (striking images, clean and beautiful!)
Big Cats
Whales & Dolphins
Penguins
Wildflowers
National Parks – US particularly
Mountains
New Zealand landscapes
German landscapes
UK scenics – meandering paths
August 2015
Green turtle ( Chelonia mydas ) – sequence of at least 3 images showing egg hatching
(other marine turtle species also useful)
July 2015
Sea slug ( Jorunna parva) nicknamed “sea bunny” due to resemblance to rabbit
Landscapes of Loch Lomond and North York Moors
Strong landscapes of UK National Parks generally
Gelsemium elegans (poisonous plant native to India and China)
Palythoa toxica (poisonous zoanthid native to Hawaii)
Yachts with fireworks or Christmas lights – must reproduce at large size
Sucker footed bat (Myzopoda aurita), showing suction-cup feet
Sequence of images showing retreat of ice (e.g. glacier) over time.
June 2015
Megascolides australis, Giant Gippsland earthworm (Australia)
May 2015
Images of a certain area taken over several decades (or years), where a significant change of the landscape is obvious. Could be images of receding ice/glaciers, expanding deserts, flooded areas, etc. Dates and exact location should be provided.
April 2015
Any pangolin species, photographed in the wild.
(Ant species)
Cardiocondyla pirata
Martialis heureka
Ampulex dementor

Eoperipatus totoros
Campsicnemus popeye
Dreadnoughtus schrani
Dendropsophus Ozzyi
Jaggermevyx naida
Alvniconcha strummeri
Sphinx Moth species - Hemeroplanes ornatus
March 2015
Caspian seal (Pusa caspica) – we have no pictures at all of this endangered species.
African plants:
Moabi or African pearwood tree (Baillonella toxisperma) – endemic to Congo basin
African teak (Pericopsis elata)
Manniophyton africanum – useful/medicinal plant
Southern double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus, formerly Nectarinia chalybea) feeding
Tarzan chameleon (Calumma tarzan) endemic to Alaotra-Mangoro region of Madagascar
Queen Alexandra’s birdwing butterfly – largest in world (
Ornithoptera alexandrae ) native to New Guinea – any images of live butterfly or larva
New Guinea Crocodile (Crocodylus novaeguineae)
Noisy scrub-bird (Atrichornis clamosus) – endangered, SW Australia only
Woolly spider monkey ( Brachyteles arachnoides ) preferably in the wild
Northern muriqui ( Brachyteles hypoxanthus ) also preferably in the wild
Blonde capuchin monkey ( Sapajus flavius ) from Atlantic Forest of Brazil
Black-faced lion tamarin ( Leontopithecus caissara ) critically endangered from same region
Red-tailed amazon parrot ( Amazona brasiliensis )
Brazilian rosewood ( Dalbergia nigra ) – endangered tree from Atlantic Forest
Pau-Brazil tree ( Caesalpinia echinata )
Jucara palm from Atlantic Forest ( Euterpe edulis )
Valdivian Forests of Chile
Monito del monte ( Dromiciops gliroides ) small marsupial
Chilean cat, Guigna or Kodkod ( Leopardus guigna ) – small wild cat
Northern Great Plains
Strong shots of prairie dog colonies with lots of burrows or animals showing
Caribbean
Splendid toadfish ( Sanopus splendidus )
Graysby ( Cephalopholis cruentata/cruentatus)
Black spiny sea urchin ( Diadema antillarum ) in Caribbean region
February 2015
Shark species – live images of adult shark underwater
Mitsukurina owstoni Goblin shark
Heterodontus japonicus
Squatina japonica
Cirrhigaleus barbifer
Dalatias licha
Isistius plutodus
Somniosus pacificus
Japanese bullhead shark
Japanese angelshark
Mandarin dogfish
Kitefin shark
Largetooth cookiecutter shark
Pacific sleeper shark

Pristophorus sp. Saw shark
Cephaloscyllium umbratile Blotchy swellshark
Pseudotriakis acrales
Mustelus griseus
False catshark
Spotless smooth-hound
Triakis scyllium
Negaprion acutidens
Banded houndshark
Sharptooth lemon shark (1 pic)
Erect-crested penguin (Eudyptes sclateri)
Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)
Little penguin (Eudyptula minor) groups, coming ashore at night
Macaroni penguin colonies (Eudyptes chrysolophus)
January 2015
Cuban bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) especially in display flight or showing size comparison (world’s smallest bird)
Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) carrying its young in its mouth
Wolverine Frog (also known as hairy frog or horror frog) - Trichobatrachus robustus bombardier beetle pistol shrimp immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii)
Deep sea species: Psychrolutes phrictus (Blob sculpin),Shinkaia crosnieri (Squat lobster),
Careproctus rastrinus (Salmon snailfish), Galeus nipponensis (Broadfin sawtail catshark),
Mitsukurina owstoni (Goblin shark)
December 2014
Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus)
Underwater images from Sri Lanka (including images with divers)
Herald petrel, Pterodroma heraldica
The Amazon River (Amazonas itself, not tributaries)
THE TAPAJÓS RIVER BASIN, Brazil
Juruena National Park, Brazil
Dams / hydroelectric power in the Amazon
November 2014
Large-clawed or Israeli gold scorpion (Scorpio maurus)
Homosexual behaviour in animals
Green belt land
September 2014
Rainforest destruction by burning, fires out of control in rainforest areas, smoke/smog caused by such fires (verticals and horizontals, recent images). Also need strong recent dramatic drought images from all parts of the world.
Intensive cattle grazing on land cleared from rainforest.
Images to convey methane trapped in Arctic permafrost.
Tailorbird nest or building nest showing how it sows the leaves together.
July 2014

Royal Splinter Crane Fly (Gnophomyia elsneri). A UK BAP priority species.
Gigantopithecus blacki – extinct ape
June 2014
Dye murex (Bolinus/Haustellum brandaris)
Candiru or toothpick fish (Vandellia cirrhosa) parasitic fish from Amazon and Orinoco basins
May 2014
Goblin shark
Frilled shark
German landscapes
German coasts
New Zealand landscapes
Emperor penguins
Calendar friendly sea turtles
American songbirds (available to US clients)
Mountain lion / puma
February – April 2014
Bottlenose dolphin or other dolphin species giving birth
Parmaturus pilosus Salamander catshark
Hemitriakis japanica Japanese gray shark/Japanese topeshark
Oxynotus japonicus Japanese roughshark
Cirrhoscyllium japonicum Kamohara saddle carpetshark
Mustelus griseus Spotless smooth-hound
Carcharhinus dussumieri Widemouth Blackspot Shark
Halaelurus buergeri Blackspotted Catshark
Squalus mitsukurii Shortspine spurdog / shortspine dogfish
Mustelus manazo Starspotted smooth-hound
Pseudocarcharias kamoharai Crocodile shark
Somniosus pacificus Pacific Sleeper Shark
Centroscymnus owstonii Roughhskin dogfish
Centrophorus acus (syn. Centrophorus steindachneri) Steindachner's Dogfish / Needle Dogfish
Etmopterus lucifer Blackbelly lanternshark
Scyliorhinus tokubee Izu catshark
Proscyllium venustum (syn. Proscyllium habereri) Graceful catshark
Rhinochimaera pacifica Knifenose Chimaera
Rhizoprionodon acutus Milk shark
Cirrhoscyllium expolitum Barbelthroat Carpetshark
Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus Daggernose Shark
Loxodon macrorhinus Jordan's Blue Dogshark
Poroderma pantherinum Leopard catshark

Ice circles – circles which form on slow-moving rivers and lakes by rotation of current
(especially in North America and Scandinavia).
Extreme weather conditions of 2014 – very low temperatures in North America, heatwave in Australia, storms and floods in Europe (bold, dramatic images)
African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis) – West Africa from Senegal to Angola (IUCN red list vulnerable)
Kipunji or Highland mangabey (Rungwecebus kipunji) – Tanzania (discovered in 2003, critically endangered)
Amazon River in Brazil showing width and size (including towns on Amazon and mouth of Amazon).
All cycad species in the wild
Cape Verde – any wildlife or environmental coverage, especially related to sharks, rays, marine turtles or fisheries.
Female domesticated water buffalo
Deep-sea blobfish ( Psychrolutes phrictus)
Chinese giant salamander
Lyrebird displaying
X-Ray Tetra ( Pristella maxillaris )
Juan Fernández Firecrown (
Sephanoides fernandensis)
Pink Fairy Armadillo ( Chlamyphorus truncatus) or pichiciego
Emei moustache toad (Vibrissaphora boringii) showing spines
New images of naked mole rats
Flying squirrels from South East Asia
January 2014
The Sarcastic fringehead, Neoclinus blanchardi, especially with open mouth
Okapi, (Okapia johnstoni), looking for wild shots particularly but good captive shots also welcome.

Gnathamitermes tubiformans – desert termites – pictures of the termites and also the tubes structures they build around plants
Earthworm underground
The following cetaceans:
North Atlantic Right Whale
North Pacific Right Whale
Pygmy Right Whale
Omura’s Whale
Australian Snubfin Dolphin
Indian Humpbacked Dolphin
Atlantic Humpback Dolphin
Pygmy Sperm Whale
Arnoux’s Beaked Whale
Southern Bottlenose Whale
Indo-Pacific Beaked Whale
Sowerby’s Beaked Whale
Andrew’s Beaked Whale
Hubbs’ Beaked Whale
Blainville’s Beaked Whale
Gervais’ Beaked Whale
Ginkgo-Toothed Beaked Whale
Gray’s Beaked Whale
Hector’s Beaked Whale
Strap-Toothed Whale
True’s Beaked Whale

Perrin’s Beaked Whale
Pygmy Beaked Whale
Stejneger’s Beaked Whale
Sheperd’s Beaked Whale
Boto Franciscana
Indo-Pacific Finless Porpoise
Guitar Shark - Rhynchobatus djiddensis
Neocapritermes taracua –older worker termites explode when attacked
Alps – Landscapes
Paths – mystical and dreamy, leading away from viewer into image
German landscapes, beautiful scenery etc
Tropical beaches
Deep sea material
Blobfish, Psychrolutes marcidus
Snot-Flower Worm, bone-eating snot flower worm, zombie worm, Osedax mucofloris
Bloodybelly jellyfish, Lampocteis cruentiventer
Spookfish or Barreleye Spookfish, Macropinna microstoma
Deep Sea Sea-cucumber, Enypniastes eximia
Bristle Worm or Pompeii Worm, Alvinella pompejana
Vampire Squid, Vampyroteuthis infernalis
October 2013
Bumblebee bat Craseonycteris thonglongyai

Aquarium fish (both home and commercial aquaria)
Obscure endangered species (especially in the wild), such as: zebra duiker ( Cephalophus zebra ) marbled polecat (Vormela peregusna)
Asian / Oriental small clawed otter ( Aonyx cinerea)
The kodkod ( Leopardus guigna ), also called guiña , the smallest cat in the
Americas
Examples of unusual reproductive processes (eg gynogenesis):
Poecilia formosa (Amazon guppy)
Ophryotrocha puerilis (polychaete worm)
Pseudocerus bifurcus (flatworm)
Snowdrops in snow (new material)
Britain in “Big Freeze” of 62/3– frozen rivers, huge snowdrifts
Blackcaps at a bird table
An image of the yew in Fortingall graveyard (considered Britain’s oldest tree)
Bradypus pygmaeus (Pygmy Three-toed Sloth)
Neofelis diardi
– Bornean / Diard’s clouded leopard
Pheasant chicks (with and without parent)
Violet click beetle (Limoniscus violaceus)
Deadwood habitat in a garden (UK if possible)
Enchanters Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana)
Arion hortensis - Garden slug /small striped slug /black field slug
Arion lusitanicus - Spanish /Portuguese slug
NEW images of… lynx (Lynx lynx) puma (Felis / Puma concolor) dolphins (all species) domestic cats not in studios meerkats
UK peatbogs and destruction of peat habitat – lowland and upland in different locations
Male and female polar bear together – esp courtship and mating
Male and female gorilla together
– esp courtship and mating
Harpy eagle in flight especially carrying monkey prey (
Harpia harpyja)

Pine Sawyer Beetle (Ergates spiculatus)
– adult, larva, bore holes in wood, closeup of jaws (North America)
South West Australia biodiversity hotspot, especially the tall Jarrah and Karri forests, birds or honey possums feeding on endemic plants and numbats in the wild.:
- Pitcher plant (Cephalotus follicularis, VU)
- Banksia plants
- Kangaroo paws (Anigozanthos spp.)
- Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata)
- Marri (E. calophylla)
- Karri (E. diversicolor)
- Carnaby's black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris, EN)
- Noisy scrub-bird (Atrichornis clamosus, VU)
- Honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus)
- Quokka (Setonix brachyurus, VU)
- Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus, VU)
- Gilbert’s potoroo (Potorous gilberti, CR)
- Western swamp turtle (Pseudemydura umbrina, CR)
- Yinnietharra rock dragon (Ctenophorus yinnietharra, VU)
- Lake Cronin snake (Echiopsis atriceps, VU)
- Turtle frog (Myobatrachus gouldii)
- Nicholl's toadlet (Metacrinia nichollsi)
- Sandhill frog (Arenophryne rotunda)
- Harlequin frog (Spicospina flammocaerulea, VU)
- Yellow-bellied frog (Geocrinia vitellina, VU)
Pyura chilensis (tunicate or sea squirt which is a popular delicacy in Chile)
The following biodiversity hotspots (landscapes, species in habitat and typical/endemic species):
Tropical Andes (montane forests, puna and paramo across Bolivia, Peru,
Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile and Ecuador)
Atlantic Forest of Brazil (also Selva Atlantica of Argentina and small part of
Paraguay)
Cerrado, Brazil (tropical savanna including wet savanna and gallery forests)
Guinean forests of West Africa from Sierra Leone to Cameroon
East African Coastal Forest from southern Somalia to southern Mozambique
Caucasus Mountains
Indo-Burmese region (Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and parts of India,
Bangladesh, China and Thailand)
New Caledonia
East Melanesia (Solomon Islands/Vanuatu)
Himalayas (China, India, Bhutan, Pakistan, Afghanistan)
Irano-Anatolian region (steppe, dry forest and mountains across Iran, Turkey,
Iraq, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Georgia and Azerbajan)
Galapagos - Strong horizontal images showing landscape, with or without wildlife

Kiwis – any species showing birds in the wild or in suitable NZ habitat
La Reunion island in Indian Ocean
– wildlife, landscapes, travel images.
Peacock spider (Maratus volans) from Australia – a tiny jumping spider. Also other peacock spider species.
Sea ducks (Merginae) underwater (eiders, scoters or sawbills).
April 2013
Images showing mathematical abilities of animals and especially scientific experiments into this area.
New images of the following species:
 Adelie Penguin
 Amur Leopards
 Asian Elephant
 Bengal Tiger
 Black Rhino
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Bottlenose Dolphin
 Giant Panda
Mountain Gorilla
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Orangutan
 Polar Bear
Snow Leopard
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Hawksbill Turtle
 Jaguar
Mexican wolves
 Candian lynx
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Arctic hare
 Horned puffin
American barn owl
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American river otter
 Brown pelican
Emerald hummingbird
 American crocodile
 Pacific seahorse (Hippocampus ingens)
 Darwin’s fox
 Black panther/melanistic jaguars
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Pygmy marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea)
 Meerkats
Okapi
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Honey badger
 Red panda
Pygmy elephant
 Indochinese tiger

 White-cheeked crested gibbon
 Douc langur
 Great hammerhead shark
 Tasmanian devil
Calendar subjects where we need fresh coverage annually:
Tigers (wild)
Wolves (wild)
Big cats (wild)
Butterflies
Dolphins
Elephants
Frogs
Hummingbirds
Owls
Pandas
Penguins
Polar Bears
Songbirds
Turtles
Cats and dogs (not in studio) – natural settings!!
Tropical beaches
Endangered Species
With the single species titles it’s useful to have a variety of life stages and behaviours too.
It is useful to have horizontal, vertical and images that will crop to square. Again, images must be of stand-out calendar quality.
Japanese giant hornet
Whales bearing scars of giant squid attacks(!)
GOLDEN-RUMPED ELEPHANT SHREW (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus)
RED-LEGGED SUN SQUIRREL (Heliosciurus rufobrachium)
GIANT FOREST SQUIRREL (Protoxerus stangeri)
ALPINE HYRAX (Procavia johnstoni mackinderi)
AFRICAN PIPISTRELLE, BANANA BAT (Pipistrellus nanus)
New Zealand landscapes
Terrestrial images of wildlife in Egypt
Songbirds male and female together – eg thrush, warbler, robin (at or away from nest)

Caledonian crow – Corvus moneduloides
Guano Island Peru – Colony
Common poorwill - Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Storks or Vultures defaecating on legs to lose heat by evaportation
Common swift nests
White throated swift- aeronauts saxatilis
Torpid hummingbirds
Passerine birds asleep on a perch
Grebes diving underwater
Kingfishers excavating nest holem
Comparison of puffins with paler beaks in winter
Electus parrot males and females
Turacos
Lammergier dust bathing in soil to get orange plumage
Barn owl pectinate claw,
Spruce grouse displays
Palm cockatoo drumming with stick display
Crested auklet pair
Kiwis (the bird)
Oilbirds at night and flying in cave
Humboldt Squid ( Dosidicus gigas) where several humboldt squids are swimming underwater.
Geese – Whiffling
Albatrosses stumbling on land
Tit, finches or woodpeckers flying – with wings folded back completely
American woodcock
Pets
- Elderly dogs/cats
- Overweight dog/cats
- People looking for dog at a rescue centre, interacting with dogs
- Choosing a puppy from a breeder, puppies with parent dog(s), people interacting with puppies
- Choosing a kitten from breeder
- Mixed breeds in natural setting, not studio (i.e. Labradoodle – intentional mixes rather than ‘mongrels’)
- Dogs and cats in home setting
– neutral/tastefully decorated homes if possible
Ibisbill ( Ibidorhyncha struthersii )
Photos of Pizzlys or Grolars - a cross between a polar bear and a grizzly/brown bear.
European Insect pest species:
 Asian longhorn beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)
 Blue mint beetle (Chrysolina coerulans)
 Box tree caterpillar (Cydalima perspectalis)

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Golden root mealybug (Chryseococcus arecae)
 Olive sucker (Euphyllura olivina)
 Spotted-wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii)
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Allium leaf miner ( Phytomyza gymnostoma )
 Blueberry gall midge (Dasineura oxycoccana)
 Cottony cushion scale (Icerya purchasi)
 Fuchsia gall mite ( Aculops fuchsiae)
 Green shield bug (Nezara viridula)
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Horse chestnut leaf miner ( Cameraria ohridella)
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Hydrangea scale (Pulvinaria hydrangeae)
 Western conifer seed bug ( Leptoglossus occidentalis)
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Wisteria scale (Eulecanium excrescens)
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Citrus longhorn beetle (Anoplophora chinensis)
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Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis)