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 -…
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…
13 Dec 2014
Swamp Skimmer (Orthemis cultriformis)
Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC) is protecting primary rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon, and this is one of countless species of dragonflies I…