In a light gap off a trail on Osa, fast growing Cecropia thrive with their symbiotic ant colonies.
Tag Archives: Insects
Banded Antennae
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Perched on a leaf drooping over Rio Saltito, this cricket’s peculiar banded antennae caught my eye. On the inside of an adjacent leaf, I discovered a small spider as well. |
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Aquatic Lepidoptera
The group Bernald and I led in La Selva collected aquatic insects from several stream sites that varied in total discharge and water velocity (essentially a riffle-pool macroinvertebrate community study). One of the coolest finds was this aquatic Lepidopteran larva in the genus Petrophila (Pyralidae), particularly since I had never seen any aquatic insect larva in this insect Order. Interestingly, many aquatic lepidopteran larva are shredders/herbivores of Typha.
Another Skipper (Hesperidae)
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This skipper was in the bathroom at RBAMB, fluttering towards the lights. Similar to the moth posted here, the irradescent blue wings are striking. I encountered what is likely a Hesperid larva in RBAMB, also posted previously. |
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Not enough photographs
RBAMB is full of interesting insect, and, of course, I didn’t take nearly enough photographs of them. Perhaps I can use that as an excuse not to go back.
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Clear-winged moth
Zygopterans
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The one on the left approached about 6 inches in length… maybe a Pseudostigmatidae.
Saturniid eggs
I think these are Saturniidae eggs.
Army ants in La Selva
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A caterpillar
I first though this glob on the underside of a leaf was an egg mass from a frog, maybe a centrolenid. I took a picture, and it appears that there is a caterpillar in the center. Is it alive?