13 Dec 2014
Eumaeus minyas
I found many butterflies around the dark forest floor of the forest surrounding the Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC). Some so well camouflaged…
2 Dec 2014
South American Freshwater crab (Dilocarcinus pagei)
Quite far from any lake or river I encountered this South American freshwater crab (Dilocarcinus pagei) on one of the trails in the forest around SouthWild…
28 Nov 2014
Gray ministreak (Ministrymon azia)
Yet another interesting species I found on the many sandbanks - some locations I found them in groups like here. It's very small but beautiful genus in the…
28 Nov 2014
Pied Plover (Hoploxypterus cayanus)
On some of the sandbanks I saw pied plover (Hoploxypterus cayanus) chicks, like this one. At first I only noticed the adults, but As I noticed they were not…
27 Nov 2014
Pied Plover (Hoploxypterus cayanus)
Many of the larger sand banks were housing one or more pied plover (Hoploxypterus cayanus) families rearing their chicks. The chicks need to be able to fly…