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Tag Archives: insect
A Morning at the Beeches
Beech bark is busy with bugs. In just three hours staring at the bark of a few beeches to observe the traffic, here is what I encountered. Given that there are more species of beetles in the world than any … Continue reading
One morning in my backyard milkweed patch
Milkweed is home to a lot more than monarch caterpillars. Here is a sampling of what I found yesterday morning in my small patch of Common Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, growing in a narrow strip on the side of our house. … Continue reading
Copalinga: Moth Mania
As promised at the end of my butterfly post, I am presenting a small selection of the countless moths of Copalinga Reserve of the Jocotoco Foundation. We heard many oohs and ahs when people came to look at the moths … Continue reading
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Tagged Copalinga, Ecuador, insect, Jocotoco Conservation Foundation, Lepidoptera, moth, Prov. Zamora-Chinchipe
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Copalinga
Copalinga, a delightful ecolodge, sits above the Rio Bombuscaro near the eastern base of the Andes in southern Ecuador. The lodge is owned and run by Catherine and Boudewijn, who built it after moving there from Belgium in 1998. Debbie … Continue reading
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Tagged bird, Bombuscaro, conservation, Copalinga, ecolodge, Euphonia, hummingbird, insect, Jocotoco Conservation Foundation, Jocotoco Foundation, machaca
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Butterflies in Dry Forest
With increasing rain, the butterflies seem to be on the rise in the dry forest of the Jorupe Reserve of the Jocotoco Foundation on the southern border of Ecuador. Help! Someone tell me what this butterfly is.
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Tagged butterflies, butterfly, dry forest, Ecuador, insect, Jocotoco Conservation Foundation, Jorupe, Reserve
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Adirondack Apparitions
Paddling on an Adirondack wilderness lake brings revelations: At first they looked like tadpoles, but at closer inspection, I could see fins. The school circled, split and reunited, always staying in shallow water, presumably out of reach of hungry bass. … Continue reading
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Tagged Adirondacks, apparition, bullhead, caddisfly, camouflage, catfish, insect, orchid, spider
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