In mid-October, the world lost a great light: Andreas Kay, a wildlife photographer who celebrated the explosive biodiversity of insects, spiders, amphibians and other creatures in Ecuador’s teeming rainforest. Born in Köln, Germany, Kay was 56 and died from brain cancer.
Peer Into the Rainforest's Stunning Biodiversity
Wildlife photographer Andreas Kay took almost 30,000 images of Ecuador's insects and amphibians during his life.
By Troy Farah
Nov 22, 2019 5:40 PMNov 22, 2019 9:34 PM
Treehoppers, Tritropidia galeata, as photographed by Andreas Kay. He shared the image to his Facebook account shortly before his death. (Credit: Andreas Kay)
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