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| Golden Orb Spider Monteverde Butterfly Garden, Costa Rica |
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| Unknown Insect Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica At the entrance buildings |
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| Walking-Leaf Katydid
Monteverde Butterfly Garden, Costa Rica |
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| Walking-Stick Insect
Monteverde Butterfly Garden, Costa Rica |
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| Unknown Insect
Monteverde Butterfly Garden, Costa Rica |
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| Leaf Cutter Ants Monteverde Butterfly Garden, Costa Rica |
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| Butterfly Caterpillars in the Rainforest Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica |
There were of course many more insects seen and not photographed. Costa Rica has one of the largest selection of insect species in the world, more than all of the U.S. and Canada combined and yet it is the size of the state of West Virginia.
My Other Insects of Costa Rica PHOTO GALLERY OR Costa Rica Butterflies
And I just finished the Monteverde Birding Club Trip 2016 TRIP PHOTO GALLERY
If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months. ~E. O. Wilson
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| Land of Great Species Diversity |