6 Feb 2023
African Baconfig (Aizoon canariense)
Inconspicuous but commonly found in sandy plains of the coast and further inland. This is the first I've found with flowers. It is found throughout much of…
13 Dec 2014
Rainbow Metalmark (Caria trochilus)
A large tree had fallen down, and under the root a small pond had formed. This together with a cone of light where the canopy of the fallen tree once was, I…
29 Nov 2014
Lysippus Metalmark (Riodina lysippus)
I visited Pantanal just as the rainy season was beginning, and the rivers still not covering the sandbanks. Thus I could enjoy all the different kinds of…
19 Nov 2013
Headlight Beetle (Pyrophorus nyctophanus)
This is such a little known annual display in Oct/Nov in some of the forests bordering the Cerrado in Brazil and Bolivia. Each light is a beetle larva…
18 Nov 2013
Cat’s-eye Sapphire (Lasaia arsis)
I've shot this several times before, but I just can't help myself - and this shot I think really shows the splendor of this species! -9.596652,…