Red-legged Golden Orb-web Spider (Nephila sumptuosa)

Red-legged Golden Orb-web Spider (Nephila sumptuosa)

The only one of this species I encountered. A magnificent, large spider! I also found a small male on the outer fringes of the large web made by this female.…


Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)

Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)

A downpour last night has made old and dry waterways yet again flowing with water and this caiman is old enough to remember. Thus it's waiting here where the…


Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)

Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare) eggs

With so many caimans I should have found many nests, but only found this one, so they hide their eggs very well - at leas for a human. It appeared it was…


Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)

Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)

This was one of many caimans resting on a sandbank island that is slowly disappearing in the rising waters. I was here for five days, and this was the only…


Broad-Snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris)

Broad-Snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris)

Where there's water there's a caiman, and where there's a caiman there's a multitude of insects. Here a benign glittering sapphire (Lasaia agesilas) sits on it…


Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger)

Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger)

This lake is quite far from the Tuichi River and has no stream in or out, but the Caiman has found its way to this small and tranquil lake. The sun has set and…


Bombus lapidarius

Steinhumle (Bombus lapidarius)

Det er mange humler her - fra tidlig om våren til sent på høsten. De er mest tallrike til omtrent når røsslyngen blomstrer. Deretter minker de i antall. Når de…


Stor jordhumle (Bombus terrestris)

Stor jordhumle (Bombus terrestris)

Vanlig og tallrik i hage og området ellers. Vingene lager en dypere summing enn de mindre humlene. Humler er viktige pollinerere for frøformering såvel som…


Lynghumle (Bombus jonellus)

Lynghumle (Bombus jonellus)

Som navnet tilsier er denne knyttet til lyng som det vokser mye av overalt her. Lynghumlen besøker også andre blomster i nærheten når lyngen ikke er i……