2 Dec 2014
Thoasa Sister (Adelpha thoasa)
Another species in the Adelpha genus! Some are very hard to identify as the patterns look very similar, but this of the easy ones.
30 Nov 2014
Jabiru Stork (Jabiru mycteria)
The huge jabiru stork is a Pantanal icon, and I was in luck to encounter a few nests with chicks during my trips up and down the many rivers in Jaguarland.…
19 Nov 2013
Orsilochus Daggerwing (Marpesia orsilochus)
This individual was seemingly quite territorial, as I found it either on the ground or on the vegetation in the same area every day - just where the lower path…
14 Nov 2013
Jabiru Stork (Jabiru mycteria)
A very large stork, with an equally huge nest! I saw several nests high up in the largest power pylons crossing the Pantanal. They usually build their nest…
12 Nov 2013
Maguari Stork (Ciconia maguari)
Many long-billed bird species including storks are attracted to the rice fields of Fazenda San Fransico. Due to the need of large amounts of water these…
11 Nov 2013
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
One of several stork species I encountered here at Fazenda San Fransico, and the only one I didn't see up close. In fact this is my closet encounter. It…
26 Nov 2012
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…
25 Nov 2012
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.…
25 Nov 2012
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…
25 Nov 2012
Adelpha sp
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park has the river Paraguá as a natural border in the west, and on the shores of the river you'll see a large number of insect…