24 Nov 2013
Lysimachia filiformis
The very last couple of kilometres of road to the plateau of Itatiaia National Park is blocked by the park entrance, and even though you can drive to the…
24 Nov 2013
Lysimachia filiformis
The very last couple of kilometres of road to the plateau of Itatiaia National Park is blocked by the park entrance, and even though you can drive to the…
15 Nov 2013
Euphorbia thymifolia
The soil on this part of Pantanal (between Corumbá and Miranda) is in many places fine sand - just like a desert or a beach. Just after a couple of hundred…
15 Nov 2013
Euphorbia hirta
This euphorbia hirta had one of the smallest flowers I encountered.
Native range is America.
14 Nov 2013
Dalechampia scandens
The dalechampia scandens I found grew in the edges of the grasslands, where low and dense brush dominated. Native range is tropics and subtropics.…
14 Nov 2013
Dalechampia scandens
The dalechampia scandens I found grew in the edges of the grasslands, where low and dense brush dominated.
Native range is tropics and subtropics.
11 Nov 2013
Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
During the dry season the water level is low and thus all remaining pools of water and rivers are packed with fish and other life forms. The river flowing…
10 Nov 2013
Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)
Once this was a river (or part of Iguaçu), but debris and silt from a great flood closed it off to form this lake. The lake is just a few metres away from the…
5 Jul 2013
Prakthettebladbille (Cryptocephalus sericeus)
Denne lille billen var intenst opptatt med å spise av kronbladene og pollenknappene til en blodstorkenebb. Til tross for at blomsten beveget seg raskt i alle…