back from French Guyana

[LongDucDong]

What a paradise, in more ways than one. Absolutely stunning images, creatures and landscape.

I cant begin to tell you how jealous I am. :worship:

 

[tarcan]

Lelle,

April to July, big rainy season

mid july to mid november, big dry season

mid november to february, small rainy season

march, small dry season

more or less, apparently getting less accurate now

Take care

Martin

 

[Crotalus]

Thanks for the info Martin
Now i need to learn french

 

[tarcan]

Lelle,

It is so simple, you won't believe it, it's like a second language to me;P

Martin

 

[Crotalus]

LOL!
I just say "Viva la France" and all is good
Speaking of FG, I once suggested to a friend that he joined the french foreign legion and get stationed in FG so he could send me some animals.. He didnt like that idea much

 

[Jeremy Huff]

Hi Guys,

I see you stayed at Joep's. How are Joep, Marijka and Bernie? I collected 10 species of tarantulas in Joep's "backyard".

You can see photos (not to clear though) from my last trip to FG on our website scorpion.amnh.org under the fieldwork link.

Jeremy

 

[Wadew]

Great photo's ,thank you for sharing them! I think I will have to learn french as well
Wade

 

[Halgeir]

Really cool pictures guys.
Wish I could go on a trip like that. So eduacational!

Once again, great pictures!

 

[tarsier]

beautiful pics there!!! looks like a wonderful place to visit

 

[xgrafcorex]

thank you both for taking the time to upload all those photos! looks like you all had an amazing time out there.

what is this one? http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/attachment.php?attachmentid=59146&stc=1&d=1165015854

hard enough to see while looking right at it, much less spotting it amongst everything else out there....good eyes!!

 

[Mr_Baker4420]

i speak french, now who is buying my plane ticket?lol

 

[Doezsha]

Awsome pix, it looks like you had a blast

 

[Ythier]

but i seem to have missed the Scolopendra pictures :?

Yeah we didn't find any centipede this time

I see you stayed at Joep's. How are Joep, Marijka and Bernie? I collected 10 species of tarantulas in Joep's "backyard".

We didn't find many things in Joep's forest. The family seems to go well

what is this one? http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/attachment.php?attachmentid=59146&stc=1&d=1165015854

A very nice small hemipteran !

 

[Stefan2209]

Did you get an ID on the Phoneutria?

Hi,

getting slowly prepared for FG myself...

About that Phoneutria protecting her sac: most likely (once again) P. reidyi.

After checking next to all ressources of pictures of Phoneutria from FG most of many proved to be P. reidyi, which is the same for Peru...

I really wonder where those P. fera are gone?

Greetings,

Stefan

 

[johnharper]

Excellent pics really nice to see those wonderful animals in their natural enviroment. That skeleton tarantula is absolutely beautiful. What kind of spider was the one with the jelly looking eggs was it some kind of daddy long legs. Those black ants where they in mounds or was they nomadic?


John Campbell

 

[tarcan]

John,

The ants are nomads

The green thing, at first I thought it might be one, but now I do not think it was an opilionid, looks more like a spider.

Take care

Martin

 

[myrmecophile]

The big black ant looks like Dinoponera, The smaller reddish ants are Ectatomma ruidum near as I can tell. Of course the ant with leaf is an Atta species.

 

[pato_chacoana]

Martin,

Great pics!!! what a wonderful place to go!

Best regards,
Pato.

 

[tarascorpionman]

Wow

Wow i do so envy you

 

[evil_educator]

i enjoyed myself looking at those pics