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Noel Kempff Mercado National ParkBoliviaInsectsElateridaeColeoptera
Headlight Beetle (Pyrophorus nyctophanus)

26 Nov 2012

Headlight Beetle (Pyrophorus nyctophanus)

What an amazing sight! In the middle of the jungle in absolute darkness - a towering structure more than 2 metres tall - is dotted with countless tiny green…

by morten

Noel Kempff Mercado National ParkBoliviaFloridaLepidopteraPierinaeButterfliesPieridaeInsects
Pale Sulphur (Aphrissa statira)

25 Nov 2012

Pale Sulphur (Aphrissa statira)

Noel Kempff Mercado National Park has the river Paraguá as a natural border in the west, and on the shores of the river you'll see a large number of insect…

by morten

Tuichi RiverMadidiChalalanBoliviaButterfliesPieridaeInsectsLepidoptera
Great Orange tip (Anteos menippe)

22 Nov 2012

Great Orange tip (Anteos menippe)

Sometimes you can see quite large gatherings of this species on the riverbanks, and urine is particularly irresistible.

by morten

MadidiBoliviaChalalanMammalsCebidae
Black-capped capuchin (Cebus apella)

21 Nov 2012

Black-capped capuchin (Cebus apella)

I haven't been able to find any resource describing which of these two distinctly different facial patterns are male and female, but I assume the first one is…

by morten

MadidiBoliviaChalalanMammalsCebidae
Black-capped capuchin (Cebus apella)

21 Nov 2012

Black-capped capuchin (Cebus apella)

When a group of 20-30 monkeys rush through the canopy, it's like swarm of sounds and movements. You mostly see some feet, tails, or furry bodies jump in and…

by morten

MadidiBoliviaChalalanMammalsCebidae
Black-headed squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis)

20 Nov 2012

Black-headed squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis)

Most of the time you hear but don't see the monkeys, as they are in the canopy, high above you in a very sharp background - the sky. If you're lucky you get a…

by morten

MadidiBoliviaChalalanMammalsCebidae
Black-headed squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis)

20 Nov 2012

Black-headed squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis)

Even though I was in a canoe on the Chalalan lake, and these monkeys were moving through the trees next to the lake, it was very hard to get clear views and…

by morten

MadidiBoliviaChalalanMammalsCebidae
Black-capped capuchin (Cebus apella)

20 Nov 2012

Black-capped capuchin (Cebus apella)

Yum-yum! If the monkeys are busy eating, they can be quite difficult to spot, and only when they move you'll have an idea of their location by the branches…

by morten

MadidiBoliviaMammalsCuniculidae
Lowland paca (Cuniculus paca)

20 Nov 2012

Lowland paca (Cuniculus paca)

This was my first mammal sighting in the Madidi National Park, and was very promising as this was just a few hundred metres after crossing the park's border…

by morten