Chickenweed Purslane (Portulaca quadrifida)

Chickenweed Purslane (Portulaca quadrifida)

Native range of Chickenweed Purslane (Portulaca quadrifida) is Tropical & Subtropical Old World to Southwest Pacific Elevation: 127 meters.


Purslane (Portulaca sp)

Purslane (Portulaca sp)

A very small plant that is very easy to miss unless you get down on your knees. One of the currently five Portulaca species on Socotra Elevation: 918 meters.……


Black-fronted Nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons)

Black-fronted Nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons)

If you don't see the nunbirds you definitely hear them, as they are very vocal. I found many of them in the forest aorund the Amazon Research and Conservation…


Giant Red-winged Grasshopper (Tropidacris cristata)

Giant Red-winged Grasshopper (Tropidacris cristata)

The forest around the Amazon Research and Conservation Center is teaming with insects (ARCC), and on the base of a tree I found many attracted to sap coming…


Black-fronted Nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons)

Black-fronted Nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons)

Commonly seen and heard around the houses of Cristalino Jungle Lodge. Not so common to see three together like this, though.


Portulaca cryptopetala

Portulaca cryptopetala

The soil on this part of Pantanal (between Corumbá and Miranda) is in many places fine sand - just like a desert or a beach. Just after a couple of hundred…


Portulaca cryptopetala

Portulaca cryptopetala

The soil on this part of Pantanal (between Corumbá and Miranda) is in many places fine sand - just like a desert or a beach. Just after a couple of hundred…


Crested rainforest grasshopper (Prionolopha serrata)

Crested rainforest grasshopper (Prionolopha serrata)

One of many large insects just outside my cabin. -14.426253,-67.919775