And this is mostly a photo blog about critters, but some viewers like the occasional photo of military might and such things.
As promised the beetle from the last Paint Bank post has been identified. It is a red-headed ash borer (Neoclytus acuminatus). And now some more stuff. The owl butterflies, or as they are sometimes called, the owl-eyed butterflies, are big tropical butterflies with a giant "eye spot" on their wings.
I wrote up a bit about them in my sorely laking "critter essays" section where some some more details can be found: http://www.tropicalbats.com/owl-butterfly.html This photo is from a butterfly on the Firestone Center for Restoration ecology, and a close-up of the "eye." Other than the amphibians and reptiles post, which will be coming soon, I have covered the 2013 summer trip to the Firestone Center for Restoration Ecology. Here are two final pics and one of the scenery that greeted me when I got home to Oslo, Norway. Getting through all the pics from this summer at the FCRE. I have covered all the topics I wanted to cover except one, and I am not quite ready with the photographs and IDs to do it. Coming up in the next couple of days I want to do something on the amphibians and reptiles of the FCRE. But until then there are still a few interesting photos to have a look at. I should mention that the rainy season had arrived pretty much the day we arrived. The locals told us it had been wonderful weather, and then we brought the rain with us. Well, the rain was coming with or without us, but usually it starts a week or two later. For the most part during the whole time I was there it would start raining between three and five in the afternoon, and stop raining between eight and ten at night. But a couple times we had major thunderstorms roll over us. These tend to have a very well-defined front edge, and can be seen coming if you have the right vantage point and can be heard approaching as well by the loud sound of rain hitting the forest canopy. Random pics tonight,
This post has no rhyme or reason. Just a couple more photos from the FCRE.
The FCRE is 150 acres, plus or minus, and it abuts the Hacienda Baru, which is a bit over 800 acres. Hacienda Baru is a nature lodge with cabins and a restaurant, and one day we went there for dinner (which was excellent). I spent a few minutes trolling around their gardens for things to take pictures of, and the results follow. You can find out more about the Hacienda Baru at:
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