13 Dec 2014
ARCC lepidoptera 02
I found many butterflies around the dark forest floor of the forest surrounding the Amazon Research and Conservation…
13 Dec 2014
Pierella lena
I found many butterflies around the dark forest floor of the forest surrounding the Amazon Research and Conservation…
11 Dec 2014
Blue-banded Morpho (Morpho achilles)
Morphos are mesmerizing! In flight you see the flash of blue, but when they sit they're invisible as they almost never…
4 Dec 2014
Queen (Danaus gilippus)
A truly amazing butterfly, and as I recall the only one of the species I encountered here at SouthWild Pantanal. Here…
2 Dec 2014
Pantanal lepidoptera 02
One of just a few nocturnal lepidopteras I encountered at SouthWild Pantanal. I wonder how many species you can see…
2 Dec 2014
Pantanal lepidoptera 01
One of just a few nocturnal lepidopteras I encountered at SouthWild Pantanal. I wonder how many species you can see…
2 Dec 2014
Thoasa Sister (Adelpha thoasa)
Another species in the Adelpha genus! Some are very hard to identify as the patterns look very similar, but this of the…
2 Dec 2014
Julia (Dryas iulia)
This butterfly turned up as I was photographing flowers alongside one of the trails around SouthWild Pantanal.……
1 Dec 2014
Eurema agave
Sitting on an inflorescense on a sandbank of the river Cuiaba upriver from Porto Jofre.
29 Nov 2014
Common Spurwing (Antigonus erosus)
In some areas by the rivers and under fruiting trees I found plenty of individuals from this species, and when they are…
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…
28 Nov 2014
Gray Cracker (Hamadryas februa)
On a tree not far from the Cuiaba river in Porto Jofre I saw several species of crackers in the typical upside down…