Grouse locust (Tetrigidae, 5 mm long) among the grass. It was so small that I could frame it without any grass in the shot.
Tiny 2 mm long ants with grubs in between the bricks. I did not see the queen but I saw the millipede below among the ants. Not sure if they have some relationship.
Very tiny millipede, about 4-6 mm long. It was nested among the grubs of the ants above. Bob ('tasmilli' on flickr) has kindly IDed it as Pyrgodesmidae (Polydesmida), and has shared that "a range of different types of millipedes live in ant nests around the world". He also shared that Sergei Golovatch wrote in a 2009 review that "only a few species live *only* in ant nests ('obligate myrmecophiles'), and these were all tropical Pyrgodesmidae." So there is a chance that this millipede is one of those myrmecophiles. Another instance of a different millipede in an ants nest here. Bob is also currently building a polydesmid website.
Many of these 4 mm long darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) on the bark of the mango tree.
Tiny cockroach nymph digging itself into the ground. It had a smooth front and matt rear.
Many of these tiny snails on the ground and low-lying rocks/stumps, I wonder what they are.
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