5 Feb 2023
Red-eyed Reef Crab (Eriphia smithii)
The marine life around Socotra is rich and diverse, but I am focusing on the flora and fauna on land. However, I had a short window of opportunity during low…
5 Feb 2023
Violet Zoanthids (Zoanthus sansibaricus)
Socotra's biodiversity on land is undisputed and world famous, but it is equally diverse on the coast and in the sea. I am focusing on the terrestrial realm…
20 Nov 2013
Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo)
My room was in what could best compare with a cul-de-sac - at the very end of the new complex of Cristalino Jungle Lodge, and from my room I could watch all…
20 Nov 2013
Short-billed Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes nitidus)
My room was in what could best compare with a cul-de-sac - at the very end of the new complex of Cristalino Jungle Lodge, and from my room I could watch all…
19 Nov 2013
Headlight Beetle (Pyrophorus nyctophanus)
The glowing larvas of the headlight beetle (Pyrophorus nyctophanus) is such a little known annual display in Oct/Nov in some of the forests bordering the…
19 Nov 2013
White-shouldered Tanager (Tachyphonus luctuosus)
My room was in what could best compare with a cul-de-sac - at the very end of the new complex of Cristalino Jungle Lodge, and from my room I could watch all…
19 Nov 2013
Wallace’s Longwing (Heliconius wallacei)
Further up the Cristalino River, the first rapids and a small island with a great tree, Cristalino Jungle Lodge has a small farm, and here I found several…
19 Nov 2013
Heliconius sp
Further up the Cristalino River, the first rapids and a small island with a great tree, Cristalino Jungle Lodge has a small farm and here I found several…
19 Nov 2013
Cristalino Jungle Lodge Lepidoptera 03
Further up the Cristalino River, the first rapids and a small island with a great tree, Cristalino Jungle Lodge has a small farm and here I found several…
19 Nov 2013
Orcus Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus orcus)
Further up the Cristalino River, the first rapids and a small island with a great tree, Cristalino Jungle Lodge has a small farm and here I found several…