Myrmaure (Galium palustre) UV

Myrmaure (Galium palustre) UV

Disse knøttsmå (2-3 mm store) blomstene er hvite i lyset vi mennesker ser reflektert, mens i UV er de intenst blålige, mens knoppene er svakt blålige når de…


Tufted capuchin (Cebus apella)

Tufted capuchin (Cebus apella)

This group raided the mango trees like there was no tomorrow!


Tufted capuchin (Cebus apella)

Tufted capuchin (Cebus apella)

In this angle I think the name tufted is appropriate, but it's more commonly known as the brown capuchin. This one is naturally part of a larger group which is…


White-whiskered Spider Monkey (Ateles marginatus)

White-whiskered Spider Monkey (Ateles marginatus)

A group of spider monkeys was accompanying a group of capuchin monkeys. While the capuchins were busy raiding the mango trees in the garden of Cristalino…


Gulmaure (Galium verum)

Gulmaure (Galium verum)

I år har det regnet mer en nok, og med det blir det nok av vann til at selv engene med skrint jorsmonn blir saftige og vitale som her på Hovedøya. På denne…


Black-capped capuchin (Cebus apella)

Black-capped capuchin (Cebus apella)

I haven't been able to find any resource describing which of these two distinctly different facial patterns are male and female, but I assume the first one is…


Black-capped capuchin (Cebus apella)

Black-capped capuchin (Cebus apella)

When a group of 20-30 monkeys rush through the canopy, it's like swarm of sounds and movements. You mostly see some feet, tails, or furry bodies jump in and…


Black-headed squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis)

Black-headed squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis)

Most of the time you hear but don't see the monkeys, as they are in the canopy, high above you in a very sharp background - the sky. If you're lucky you get a…


Black-headed squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis)

Black-headed squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis)

Even though I was in a canoe on the Chalalan lake, and these monkeys were moving through the trees next to the lake, it was very hard to get clear views and…


Black-capped capuchin (Cebus apella)

Black-capped capuchin (Cebus apella)

Yum-yum! If the monkeys are busy eating, they can be quite difficult to spot, and only when they move you'll have an idea of their location by the branches…