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Blog Archives
Pretty Little Moth
15mm | January 21, 2011 | Finca La Isla, Limon Province, Costa Rica
This pretty little moth was sitting on a leaf, imitating a bird dropping perhaps. A tortricid?
Dorsal view
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Katydid
January 21, 2011 | Finca La Isla, Limon Province, Costa Rica
If not for the long antennae, this large katydid could easily be mistaken for a grasshopper.
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Owlfly
January 21, 2011 | Finca La Isla, Limon Province, Costa Rica
I rarely find owlflies (family Ascalaphidae, order Neuroptera). Even though this one was in an unphotogenic location, I couldn’t resist a few photos.
Dorsal view
This was a large one. The body was around 4cm long.
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Two Flies Sharing a Meal
January 21, 2011 | Finca La Isla, Limon Province, Costa Rica
These two flies are sharing a meal.
I can easily identify the larger one as a micropezid.
Micropezid
I’m not sure about the smaller one though.
Smaller fly
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Leafhoppers, displaying
4mm | January 21, 2011 | Finca La Isla, Limon Province, Costa Rica
Some leafhoppers (family Cicadellidae) spread their wings in the manner shown above, perhaps as part of some mating ritual.
Reference:
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Jumping Spider with Prey
January 21, 2011 | Finca La Isla, Limon Province, Costa Rica
This little salticid has captured a small fly of some sort.
White scales on the chelicerae almost look like a mustache.
Frontal view
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Another Micropezid
13mm (body) | January 21, 2011 | Finca La Isla, Limon Province, Costa Rica
Here’s another micropezid, waving its front legs like they are apt to do.
Frontal view
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Strawberry Poison Dart Frogs
January 21, 2011 | Finca La Isla, Limon Province, Costa Rica
The botanical garden is home to many of these colorful little strawberry poison dart frogs, Oophaga pumilio. Unfortunately, they seem to prefer hanging about in the plastic planters. Above, you can see some of the little fertilizer beads. Below, one was just inside the container.
Inside a plastic plant containerI would have been preferred a more natural setting.
Although they were easy to spot amongst the plantings, I would have preferred a more natural setting.
One more
As you might expect, the bright coloration is a warning to not touch these little frogs.
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Green and Black Poison Dart Frog
January 21, 2011 | Finca La Isla, Limon Province, Costa Rica
I spotted another of these relatively large frogs, Dendrobates auratus, in the botanical gardens. Unlike the one I spotted a few days before, this one wasn’t carrying a tadpole.
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Another Micropezid
January 21, 2011 | Finca La Isla, Limon Province, Costa Rica
This one looks a lot like the one I found ovipositing.
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