Spiny orb-weaver (Gasteracantha cancriformis)

Spiny orb-weaver (Gasteracantha cancriformis)

Today Lima with suburbs is huge and have claimed large land areas that were previously lagoons and wetlands made from rivers and springs fed by the Andes.…


Neoscona moreli

Neoscona moreli

Today Lima with suburbs is huge and have claimed large land areas that were previously lagoons and wetlands made from rivers and springs fed by the Andes.…


Silver Argiope (Argiope argentata)

Silver Argiope (Argiope argentata)

Today Lima with suburbs is huge and have claimed large land areas that were previously lagoons and wetlands made from rivers and springs fed by the Andes.…


Black-capped donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla)

Black-capped donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla)

Where there's water there's a black-capped donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla), and the oxbow lake at the Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC) is no…


ARCC spider 01

ARCC spider 01

Diversity in the virgin rainforest surrounding the amazon Research and Conservation Center is incredible, and I think if I only focused on spiders I would have…


Golden silk orb-weaver (Nephila sp)

Golden silk orb-weaver (Nephila sp)

The virgin forest surrounding the Amazon Research and Conservation Center is home to a large number for spider species, and this one was perhaps the most…


Curl-crested Jay (Cyanocorax cristatellus)

Curl-crested Jay (Cyanocorax cristatellus)

The only encounter with curl-crested Jay (Cyanocorax cristatellus) during my short stay inside Chapada dos Guimaraes National Park. Unfavourable background,…


Bolivian Salmon Pink Tarantula (Acanthoscurria chacoana)

Bolivian Salmon Pink Tarantula (Acanthoscurria chacoana)

Night time in Pantanal is as exciting as the daytime, and during my several night walks - mostly focusing on the huge number of frog species - I came across…


Bolivian Salmon Pink Tarantula (Acanthoscurria chacoana)

Veined treefrog (Trachycephalus venulosus)

Veined treefrog (Trachycephalus venulosus) is a large tree Just a few metres from the Cuiaba river in Porto Jofre housed an extended family of this species.…


Blodstorkenebb (Geranium sanguineum) UV

Blodstorkenebb (Geranium sanguineum) UV

For meg er fargen til blodstorkenebbens blomster helt uimotsåelig, men i UV lys ser det dramatisk annerledes ut. Her er det mørke nerver og senter av blomsten…