3 Feb 2023
Large Caltrops (Pedalium murex)
Large Caltrops (Pedalium murex) ia an introduced species to Socotra that spreads from gardens, and date groves. Native range is West Tropical Africa to Eritrea…
20 Jul 2021
Jordhumle (Bombus)
En Jordhumle (Bombus) henter mat fra en aksveronika (Veronica spicata). Når gressløken blomstret og farget store deler av Fyrsteilene lilla i begynnelsen av…
20 Jul 2021
Jordhumle (Bombus)
En Jordhumle (Bombus) henter mat fra en aksveronika (Veronica spicata). Humlene på Fyrsteilene har mange plantearter å velge mellom fra våren til sensommeren,…
14 Dec 2014
Catasetum orchid
How incredibly lucky I was that this orchid was in bloom when I came by! These flowers are in pristine condition, and I was totally amazed by their incredible…
14 Dec 2014
Catasetum orchid
This is the second species of this incredibly strange genus I found here at the Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC). Strange, not just by looks, but…
14 Dec 2014
Catasetum schunkei
Catasetum schunkei is a very unusual species of orchid in that it has male and female flowers. Here yous see what appears as two different species - the…
13 Dec 2014
Giant Red-winged Grasshopper (Tropidacris cristata)
The forest around the Amazon Research and Conservation Center is teaming with insects (ARCC), and on the base of a tree I found many attracted to sap coming…
12 Dec 2014
Ladder-tailed nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca)
Here in the Peruvian Amazon I found many nightjars around an oxbow lake at Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC), and this ladder-tailed nightjar…
10 Aug 2014
Torvmose 03
Vasketjernet er et lite myrvann noen titalls høydemetre opp og nord for Steinsjøen - godt inne i Hedmark. Der er det godt med myr på den ene siden og…
10 Aug 2014
Torvmose 02
Enkelte steder rundt Steinsjøen vokser det slike fantastiske hengende torvmosetepper som dette. Her er det også mange sporehus som snart vil åpne seg.