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Wow, I'm insanely jealous. Is that a jaguar you saw???
Peru Field Pics: If you have a slow connection don't open this. 200+ Pics!
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Yeah. Though I was there for the insects, that was one of the highlights of the trip.
Christoffer
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Incredible! You are so damn lucky :O And to catch a jaguar picture... WOW!
LOVED the pictures. Those dwarf macaws are so cute, i had one named lulu
She was the most gorgeous bird in the world i miss her now
LOVED the pictures. Those dwarf macaws are so cute, i had one named lulu
She was the most gorgeous bird in the world i miss her now 
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awesome trip. thanks for sharing the photos.
i liked the pepsis wasp.
and that water bug was huge.
moose
i liked the pepsis wasp.
and that water bug was huge.
moose
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wow, simply stunning, all of it!!! :clap:
thanks for sharing.
thanks for sharing.
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WHAT!?
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?!
Everything is SO BEAUTIFUL OH GOSH I'm dying over here. Things just kept getting more and more interesting and SOOOO GORGEOUS!
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?!
Everything is SO BEAUTIFUL OH GOSH I'm dying over here. Things just kept getting more and more interesting and SOOOO GORGEOUS!
Makes perfect sense, I forgot that this could be a possibility and I totally understand. In the past, when I made trips to collect tarantulas, I have very few pictures of these specimens since I did not want to loose them.Perhaps I should put a disclaimer next time warning that hands may be present in the photos.
If I were just sight seeing I would have tried to photograph them in natural settings as I prefer them that way as well. On this trip I was collecting for my research and I didn't want to risk losing the insect solely for the aesthetic quality of a photograph.
All the best
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So much to gush over and compliment on but seeing and photographing a jaguar in the wild, just. so. awesome!
MrJohn
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Awesome Photo Journal.
colorcham427
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I am so jealous! lol great shots man! hey, not sure if you saw many mantids? but did you and just didn't bother taking pix? I have a fever for mantids! lol
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We went during the dry season, but we did see plenty of mantids. The most common were bark mantids running up and down the trunks, but we saw some larger mantids that resembled walking sticks (Phasmatodea).
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Hello All,
How hard was to get permits to bring specimens??????? I love the pics of the phasmids and the proscopids, as well as the M acteon and the A longimanus. You got to love those Harlequin beetles.
regards
Francisco
How hard was to get permits to bring specimens??????? I love the pics of the phasmids and the proscopids, as well as the M acteon and the A longimanus. You got to love those Harlequin beetles.
regards
Francisco
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This is an old-ish thread, but did you collect some of these and bring them back? Or was it just for research there?
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These were brought back with us as dead specimens. We didn't have export permits to allow bringing back anything alive.
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Where in Peru were you?
My hubby & I stayed in the Colca canyon in the mountains (very high altitude), and it seemed oddly devoid of animal life. This was our honeymoon trip, though, so I didn't specifically go looking, but we hiked a bit & spent much of our time outdoors. I should note that this trip happened *before* I had a real interest in tarantulas (otherwise he wouldn't have married me,:laugh: jk...sort of ). Arequipa was the closest bigger city. The landscape was similar to that seen in the alpaca (or was it a llama?) pic. It was so quiet in the mountains--only a few insects (flies, gnats) & birds (looked similar to robins; one particular area had condors). We didn't see any small native mammals at all!!
I'm guessing you were in the rain-forest-y part of the country, lol...looks like it's teeming with life! Amazing pics. Thanks for sharing!
Oh, and I'm vegetarian, but Aaron tried whatever meat he could get. He had the same reaction you did--he said the guinea pig was disgusting & he wouldn't eat it again. We were in an awesome restaurant at the time. Must be an acquired taste?
Did you have a few pisco sours? We definitely enjoyed them... and there were some really delicious red/purple maize drinks that for the life of me I can't remember their name. The helado queso was amazing, too!
Lovely country--I would love to go back someday.
Jeni
My hubby & I stayed in the Colca canyon in the mountains (very high altitude), and it seemed oddly devoid of animal life. This was our honeymoon trip, though, so I didn't specifically go looking, but we hiked a bit & spent much of our time outdoors. I should note that this trip happened *before* I had a real interest in tarantulas (otherwise he wouldn't have married me,:laugh: jk...sort of ). Arequipa was the closest bigger city. The landscape was similar to that seen in the alpaca (or was it a llama?) pic. It was so quiet in the mountains--only a few insects (flies, gnats) & birds (looked similar to robins; one particular area had condors). We didn't see any small native mammals at all!!
I'm guessing you were in the rain-forest-y part of the country, lol...looks like it's teeming with life! Amazing pics. Thanks for sharing!
Oh, and I'm vegetarian, but Aaron tried whatever meat he could get. He had the same reaction you did--he said the guinea pig was disgusting & he wouldn't eat it again. We were in an awesome restaurant at the time. Must be an acquired taste?
Did you have a few pisco sours? We definitely enjoyed them... and there were some really delicious red/purple maize drinks that for the life of me I can't remember their name. The helado queso was amazing, too!
Lovely country--I would love to go back someday.
Jeni
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Same as Martin, amazing that you could spot a wild Jaguar ! Pretty impressive.Perhaps I should put a disclaimer next time warning that hands may be present in the photos.
If I were just sight seeing I would have tried to photograph them in natural settings as I prefer them that way as well. On this trip I was collecting for my research and I didn't want to risk losing the insect solely for the aesthetic quality of a photograph.
Just curious, what research are you doing?
Pato