27 Nov 2010
Ello Sphinx (Erinnyis ello)
Most of the daytime (diurnal) butterflies were either hard to get close to, were restlessly fluttering around never to settle down more than a blink of an eye,…
27 Nov 2010
Bladderwort (Utricularia sp)
I thought this belonged to the carnivorous sundews (Drosera roraimae), but none of these flowers sprung up from any visible host! I did find it among sundews,…
26 Nov 2010
Bladderwort (Utricularia quelchii)
Here on Roraima I found the flowering bladderwort (Utricularia quelchii) to be quite inaccessible in contradiction to the Utricularia humboldtii on the open…
25 Nov 2010
Vanessa myrinna
Vanessa myrinna was the third and most common of three species of butterflies that were seen around the path to and from Roraima. It was seen on the path or…
25 Nov 2010
Bladderwort (Utricularia humboldtii)
Bladderwort (Utricularia humboldtii) is a beautiful flower from a rather deadly plant! The bladders are in fact traps to catch various organisms, and when the…
25 Nov 2010
Hesperiidae
This was the second of three species of butterflies that were seen around the path to and from Roraima. It had the strange abillity to curl the wings downwards…
25 Nov 2010
West Indian Buckeye (Junonia evarete)
On the open grassland that is the savanna (Sabana), there are few birds and a lot of insects - ants and termites in particular. Only a select few butterflies…
24 Nov 2010
Octauius Swordtail (Chorinea octauius)
In one of the few areas the Pyro indians (Pemon) had not eradicated the forest by fire, I saw this incredible octauius swordtail (Chorinea octauius) by the…
23 Nov 2010
Bladderwort (Utricularia sp)
This tiny flower was growing close to the river (it's under water in the rainy season) behind Kamoiran lodge.