15 Dec 2014
Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
There are a few access roads to the Rio Las Piedras which is the only way to the Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC), and on my way back we chose to…
15 Dec 2014
Veined White Skipper (Heliopetes arsalte)
There are a few access roads to the Rio Las Piedras which is the only way to the Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC), and on my way back we chose to…
15 Dec 2014
Orcus Checkered Skipper (Pyrgus orcus)
There are a few access roads to the Rio Las Piedras which is the only way to the Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC), and on my way back we chose to…
15 Dec 2014
Oil-Diggers (Centris)
This large and powerful species is out of reach for a human most of the time, except when it lands on one of the riverbanks to lick salts from the ground -…
15 Dec 2014
Oil-Diggers (Centris)
This large and powerful species is out of reach for a human most of the time, except when it lands on one of the riverbanks to lick salts from the ground -…
14 Dec 2014
Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)
The oxbow lake at the Amazon Research and Conservation Center is teaming with life, and is an excellent location to get up and close to the smooth-billed ani…
13 Dec 2014
Fireflies of Madre de Dios
I stayed many days deep in the Peruvian Amazon, in the biodiverse Madre de Dios region where life is abundant every second of every hour of the day and night.…
13 Dec 2014
Leonia crassa
Leonia crassa is a very peculiar tree - full of fruits growing from the trunk, not the tip of the branches. I only encountered this tree, which stands in the…
13 Dec 2014
ARCC insect 05 (Heteroptera)
Please help me identify it - leave a comment :-) -12.0465,-69.6785
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…