Prikkperikum (Hypericum perforatum)

Prikkperikum (Hypericum perforatum)

Denne vakre prikkperikumengen har nå blomstret en stund og det er færre knopper å se på blomsterstandene. Det kan godt hende det er noen firkantperikum…


Socotra Crotalaria Moth (Utetheisa lotrix ssp. socotrensis)

Socotra Crotalaria Moth (Utetheisa lotrix ssp. socotrensis)

At around 800 meter elevation and up the Euryops arabicus were in bloom and thus a lot of insects gathered to eat from the huge number of flowers. This was one…


Pantanal Cicada 01

Pantanal Cicada 01

To my ears there was only one species of Cicada playing - this one. I found them everywhere - high and low like here on the trunk of a tree just a couple of…


Prikkperikum (Hypericum perforatum) UV

Prikkperikum (Hypericum perforatum) UV

Som mange gule blomster (slik vi ser de) er også prikkperikum (Hypericum perforatum) mørk i sentrum i UV lys - pollenknappene er også mørk, og danner dermed en…


Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)

Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)

With so much easy pickings during the dry season, I saw plenty of anhingas! It's a time of plenty, but soon the water level will rise and the food will…


Tidevannsiskrystaller

Tidevannsiskrystaller

Disse flotte krystallene oppstår kun i tidevannsbeltet, og hver gang vannet trekker seg tilbake utvikler krystallene seg. Dette er som så mange ting i naturen…


Madidi cicada 02

Madidi cicada 02

Please help me identify it - leave a comment. Madidi cicada 02


Madidi Cicada 01

Madidi Cicada 01

Halfway to Chalalan we stopped for lunch on the bank of the Tuichi River, and this was the first and only sight I had of this incredible insect.…


Rock Valley (Valle de las Rocas) & Southern viscacha (Lagidium viscacia)

Rock Valley (Valle de las Rocas) & Southern viscacha (Lagidium viscacia)

In a garden of rock formations resembling many different animals I was baffled to suddenly stand in front of this Viscacha monitoring my movements.


Southern viscacha (Lagidium viscacia)

Southern viscacha (Lagidium viscacia)

If it doesn't move, the southern viscacha (Lagidium viscacia) is near impossible to see. The color is so similar to the rocks, sand and shrubs, that it's only…