A horned katydid
Tag Archives: Animals
Cecropia and Ants
Upon disturbing the leaves, Azteca ants rush out to protect their host plant, which provide food and shelter for them. I’ve posted a little about Cecropia before here and here.
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Stonefly exuvia
The molt or exoskeleton left over after an aquatic stonefly emerged as an adult from a river in Las Alturas.
Brown, leaf-mimicking, katydid
Edit: Tip of the hat to Pat Lorch for communicating a likely sub-family (Phaneropterinae) and genus (Orophus) of this katydid. The white, flattened structures on the forelegs are tympana (eardrums).
Stream anole
A second species of stream anole, Norops aquaticus, found at Quebrada Cusigno at Las Cruces during a bat-catching trip. The other, which I’ve seen in RBAMB and Hitoy Cerere, is N. oxylophus. One cool distinguishing feature: N. aquaticus has greenish eyes, whereas N. oxylophus has coppery eyes.
Juvenile ground anole
A baby Norops polylepis
Lampyrid beetle
Ground anole of Las Cruces and Las Alturas
Emerald Glassfrog
Centrolenella prosoblepon
Salmon-bellied racer!
Mastigodryas melanolomus was my first snake sighting/catch in Las Cruces! I was beginning to get jealous of the snake reports from other mentors and students… But, on the way back from a sampling period today, two of my students, Mel and David, spotted this juvenile (it still has some blotches – adults are more solid) salmon-bellied racer.
