2 Feb 2015
African migrant (Catopsilia florella)
This was the first of many species of butterflies I encountered on Socotra, and here I found at least 6 males of Catopsilia florella. I find the male rather…
2 Feb 2015
African migrant (Catopsilia florella)
The female of the species I encountered around the mangrove forest on Shuab beach of west Socotra.
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 one was perched in plain…
1 Dec 2014
Eurema agave
Sitting on an inflorescense on a sandbank of the river Cuiaba upriver from Porto Jofre.
19 Nov 2013
Eurema sp.
On the path close to the new rooms at Cristalino Jungle Logde there was a large asteraceae bush in bloom, and naturally I found many wonderful species there.…
19 Nov 2013
Leucadia White (Melete leucadia)
This individual was infrequently accompanied by the beautiful Orsilochus Daggerwing which too was sucking up salts from the sand. This the beginning of the…
18 Nov 2013
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.…
12 Nov 2013
Elathea Yellow (Eurema elathea)
A small sandbank not far from the pier of Fazenda San Fransico was crowded with a great number of butterflies, and I was fortunate to disembark and get some…
12 Nov 2013
Leuce Yellow (Pyrisitia leuce)
A small sandbank not far from the pier of Fazenda San Fransico was crowded with a great number of butterflies, and I was fortunate to disembark and get some…
12 Nov 2013
Florida White (Glutophrissa drusilla)
A small sandbank not far from the pier of Fazenda San Fransico was crowded with a great number of butterflies, and I was fortunate to disembark and get some…