Archive for 'Insects'

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 40

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 40

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 39

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 39

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 38

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 38

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 37

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 37

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 36

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 36

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 35

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 35

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 34

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 34

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 33

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 33

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 32

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 32

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 31

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 31

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 29

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 29

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 30

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 30

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 28

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 28

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Phrygionis polita

Phrygionis polita

Once again a moth with nature’s own Henna paint. It seems like metallic paint, as it’s elevated from the rest of the wing surface.

Eretris  sp

Eretris sp

Very wary and hard to get close to. Shot on the ridge behind Bellavista lodge, where the dirt road made it possible for several species of flowers to thrive, and thus several species of butterflies. Please help me classify it – leave a comment

Leptophobia species

Leptophobia species

I found this one alongside a dirt road on a ridge behind Bellavista lodge. A bright and open area receiving wind from the valleys below. Please help me classify it – leave a comment

Altinote ozomene

Altinote ozomene

I found this one alongside a dirt road on a ridge behind Bellavista lodge. A bright and open area receiving wind from the valleys below. Thanks to Kim Garwood for identification!

Tandayapa Cicada

Tandayapa Cicada

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 26

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 26

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 25

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 25

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 24

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 24

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 23

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 23

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 11

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 11

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 22

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 22

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 21

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 21

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 20

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 20

From a distance it looks like a flower fallen down from the canypy. Please help me classify it – leave a comment

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 19

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 19

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 18

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 18

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 17

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 17

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 16

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 16

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 15

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 15

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 14

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 14

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 13

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 13

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 12

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 12

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 10

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 10

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 09

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 09

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Tandayapa Bush-cricket 02 (Tettigoniidae)

Tandayapa Bush-cricket 02 (Tettigoniidae)

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 08

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 08

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 07

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 07

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 06

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 06

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Tandayapa Bush-cricket 01 (Tettigoniidae)

Tandayapa Bush-cricket 01 (Tettigoniidae)

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Tandayapa Snout beetle (Curculionidae)

Tandayapa Snout beetle (Curculionidae)

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 05

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 05

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 04

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 03

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 03

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 02

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 02

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Tandayapa Lepidoptera 01

Tandayapa Lepidoptera 01

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Erynnis ello

Erynnis ello

Most of the daytime (diurnal) butterflies were either hard to get close to, were restlessly fluttering around never to settle down more than a blink of an eye, or never opened their wings when resting. With only two days on Roraima, I simply didn’t have time to be patiently waiting for the right moment. When [...]

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