Ladder-tailed nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca)

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…


Thoasa Sister (Adelpha thoasa)

Thoasa Sister (Adelpha thoasa)

Another species in the Adelpha genus! Some are very hard to identify as the patterns look very similar, but this thoasa sister (Adelpha thoasa) is of the easy…


Svart høstlibelle (Sympetrum danae)

Svart høstlibelle (Sympetrum danae)

Jeg var her i fjor på samme tid, men så da kun hanner, så jeg takker denne hunnen for sin kortvarige tilgjengelighet. Denne så jeg på vegetasjonen rundt…


Blodrød høstlibelle (Sympetrum sanguineum)

Blodrød høstlibelle (Sympetrum sanguineum)

I sumpomårdene rundt Gjersjøen er det særdeles mange vannymfer, men den mest iøynefallende av øyenstikkerne er kanskje blodrød høstlibelle (Sympetrum…


Orsilochus Daggerwing (Marpesia orsilochus)

Orsilochus Daggerwing (Marpesia orsilochus)

This orsilochus daggerwing (Marpesia orsilochus) was seemingly quite territorial, as I found it either on the ground or on the vegetation in the same area…


Blackish Nightjar (Caprimulgus nigrescens)

Blackish Nightjar (Caprimulgus nigrescens)

Nightjars are naturally hard to see as they're nocturnal, but you definitely hear them and if you use their sound you can often locate them with a flashlight.…


Svart høstlibelle (Sympetrum danae)

Svart høstlibelle (Sympetrum danae)

Sjølitjernet huser mange øyenstikkerarter, og en svart høstlibelle (Sympetrum danae) hadde tilhold i kjerringmyra nord for Sjølitjernet.


Mesentina Sister (Adelpha mesentina)

Mesentina Sister (Adelpha mesentina)

The diversity of butterflies here is staggering, and only when I got home did I see that what I briefly in the field thought of as the same species of Adelpha…


Mesentina Sister (Adelpha mesentina)

Mesentina Sister (Adelpha mesentina)

Identifying the Adelphas is not easy, and in Noel Kempff Mercado National Park they are so plentiful that your analytical skills are really put to the test.…


Mesentina Sister (Adelpha mesentina)

Mesentina Sister (Adelpha mesentina)

The diversity of butterflies here is staggering, and only when I got home did I see that what I briefly in the field thought of as the same species of Adelpha…