Here are more photos of invertebrates that I took on a trip to the Peruvian Amazon with Margarita Tours in January, 2010. Invertebrates were abundant and one of the highlights of the trip to me.
I posted background information as well as arachnid shots here:
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=174092
A pretty scarab:
Pleasing Fungus Beetle:
... maybe the same family, not certain:
Tiger Beetle:
Lampyrid juvenile. I was told that this insect hunted small snails. It had a tubular mandible and it would stab this into a snail to feed on its juices. Lovely.
Any ideas? I don't even recognize the order. I don't believe that it is a lepidopteran but I don't know what it is.
Grasshoppers with flattened bodies:
Dead-leaf Katydids: I loved their incredible patterns.
A good leaf-mimick Katydid:
A normal looking katydid that is undergoing ecdysis:
Monster Katydid. These were the largest insects that I have ever seen. Some of them were gigantic.
Pretty cricket:
Painted Grasshopper:
... another:
Aeroplane Grasshoppers: These grasshoppers would usually sit with the legs lowered laterally and theirs closed wings elevated. Quite unusual.
... love the eyes of this grasshopper:
... really weird, I think it to be an orthopteran:
Dead-leaf Mantis: It certainly looked like a cluster of dead leaves.
Another fast mantis:
Jumping Stick Insects: These are really bizarred orthopterans. I think that this pair is "grinning":
Stick Insect:
Wax-tailed Plant Hopper. These homopterans could fly, despite their strange growths.
Lantern Fly (homopteran):
Hemipterans:
Wasp nest that was built into the ground. It had a lip that was a few cms above the surface of the soil. I suppose that this helped to avoid flooding.
Damselfly:
Helicopter Damselfly: These were wonderful to see. They were big damsels that flew with a slow wingbeat. I usually could only see the yellow wingtips in the poor light of the forest interior. The remainder of the wings and body were almost invisible.
Millipedes:
Giant Snail:
Pygmy Kingfisher: We saw several of these and Ringed Kingfishers asleep on vegetation that hung over the water.
Red-headed Cardinal -- Common along the Rio Orosa.
These fruiting fungi make me think of "Avatar":
Wine-cup fungus:
Strange seed pods:
Unusual flowers:
Regards,
David
I posted background information as well as arachnid shots here:
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=174092
A pretty scarab:
Pleasing Fungus Beetle:
... maybe the same family, not certain:
Tiger Beetle:
Lampyrid juvenile. I was told that this insect hunted small snails. It had a tubular mandible and it would stab this into a snail to feed on its juices. Lovely.
Any ideas? I don't even recognize the order. I don't believe that it is a lepidopteran but I don't know what it is.
Grasshoppers with flattened bodies:
Dead-leaf Katydids: I loved their incredible patterns.
A good leaf-mimick Katydid:
A normal looking katydid that is undergoing ecdysis:
Monster Katydid. These were the largest insects that I have ever seen. Some of them were gigantic.
Pretty cricket:
Painted Grasshopper:
... another:
Aeroplane Grasshoppers: These grasshoppers would usually sit with the legs lowered laterally and theirs closed wings elevated. Quite unusual.
... love the eyes of this grasshopper:
... really weird, I think it to be an orthopteran:
Dead-leaf Mantis: It certainly looked like a cluster of dead leaves.
Another fast mantis:
Jumping Stick Insects: These are really bizarred orthopterans. I think that this pair is "grinning":
Stick Insect:
Wax-tailed Plant Hopper. These homopterans could fly, despite their strange growths.
Lantern Fly (homopteran):
Hemipterans:
Wasp nest that was built into the ground. It had a lip that was a few cms above the surface of the soil. I suppose that this helped to avoid flooding.
Damselfly:
Helicopter Damselfly: These were wonderful to see. They were big damsels that flew with a slow wingbeat. I usually could only see the yellow wingtips in the poor light of the forest interior. The remainder of the wings and body were almost invisible.
Millipedes:
Giant Snail:
Pygmy Kingfisher: We saw several of these and Ringed Kingfishers asleep on vegetation that hung over the water.
Red-headed Cardinal -- Common along the Rio Orosa.
These fruiting fungi make me think of "Avatar":
Wine-cup fungus:
Strange seed pods:
Unusual flowers:
Regards,
David
