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| Banded Peacock Butterfly My Garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Banded Peacock Butterfly My Garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
Polydamas Swallowtail
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| Polydamas Swallowtail My Home Garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Polydamas Swallowtail My Home Garden, Atenas, Costa Rica |
¡Pura Vida!
West Indian Buckeye
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| West Indian Buckeye Butterfly My Garden, Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
I am glad that we are getting a lot more butterflies now! I had forgotten that it was mainly in June & July that the butterflies were numerous. I have a bad photo of one of these West Indian Buckeys, but this is my first good photo that shows the beauty of its coloration and design.
PREPARING NEW WEBSITE/BLOG AT WORDPRESS
I will be working on my new website at charliedoggett.net for a long time it seems, though my phone appointment with a specialist Tuesday may move me forward a little quicker. That may be when I move this blogger.com blog into WordPress. We will see. I have started a practice blog in WordPress, but it will not be the main one until they are merged there. The merging is suppose to include moving my subscriptions, but I never totally trust computers or programmers, so be prepared to sign up again if necessary!
Then I will consider moving my photo gallery into the same website so everything is together. ¡Poco a poco! Little by little!
¡Pura Vida!
A Sphinx Moth?
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| One of the Sphinx Moths maybe – specific variety not found La Coope Supermercado Auto Repair Shop Atenas, Costa Rica |
During my first year or so here I was finding new butterflies or moths nearly every week but have not in months if not a year or longer recently. On the last two trips I saw several Banded Peacocks which are kind of common butterflies to me now and nothing else that would land. Both Arenal and Corcovado had several fast-flying butterflies that never landed or slowed down for a photo. That included several Blue Morphos at Corcovado. But this is my first photo in a good while and I cannot positively identify it. If you know, please leave a comment! Or email me. Cell phone shot.
And see my similar photos in gallery Butterflies & Moths.
¡Pura Vida!
Daytime Nature Hike
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| Our guide told us a lot about plants as well as animals. I’ll do a separate post about plants & flowers in the forest. The 2 young men behind the guide are from Chicago. 3 of us on hike. Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Nature Reserve San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Parsa or Synchlora gerularia Moth I’ll research more when I get home. Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Nature Reserve San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Unknown Insect, a little beetle Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Nature Reserve San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Unknown Insect, a little beetle Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Nature Reserve San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Stink Bug Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Nature Reserve San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Unknown Caterpillar Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Nature Reserve San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Unknown Caterpillar Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Nature Reserve San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Unknown Butterfly Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Nature Reserve San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Glasswing Butterfly Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Nature Reserve San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Red-tailed Dragonfly Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Nature Reserve San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Walking Stick Insect Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Nature Reserve San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Paw Print of Ocelot At least our guide thought so. See three toe prints right of beige leaf. Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Nature Reserve San Ramon, Costa Rica |
And the next morning this guy was in hotel garden – he fits with day hike varmits:
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| Hooded Mantis Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Resort & Nature Reserve San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Hooded Mantis Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Resort & Nature Reserve San Ramon, Costa Rica |
We saw a lot more stuff and he told us about plants used for medicines, not only by natives, but also by modern pharmaceutical companies. Interesting but I will never remember most of that! 🙂
My Trip Photo Gallery: 2017 Nov 6-11 Villa Blanca
Or go through my general Costa Rica Gallery for subsets on insects, butterflies, plants, etc.
Or see the Villa Blanca Website And several more blog posts with more photos!
Heliconius Hecale Zuleika
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| Heliconius Hecale Zuleika My Garden, Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
This is not a new species, but It seems like I haven’t been photographing as many butterflies this year, so wanting to include one. I got a better shot of this Heliconius in August. Butterflies are fun!
Happiness is a butterfly . . .~Nathaniel Hawthorne
White Angled Sulphur Butterfly
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| White Angled Sulphur Butterfly In My Garden, Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| White Angled Sulphur Butterfly In My Garden, Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
This was difficult to identify. I photographed one in 2015 and was a little unsure then, but with my new Mexico butterfly book I am certain now and confirmed it on the internet. Different! 🙂
See my Butterflies Photo Gallery.
A Butterfly’s Demise – Spider Web
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| I was walking up the hill to 214 to get my dinner from Chef Dan, At this driveway entrance (101) a German family was photographing something! I stopped and saw a cobweb stretched over the red plants. I pulled out my cellphone and opened the camera. Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| A butterfly had flown into a Golden Orb Spider Web and was already being eaten by the Golden Orb Spider. “The law of the jungle!” or “The food chain!” Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Another Golden Orb Spider waited nearby. Will he eat the leftovers? Or do they share? Atenas, Costa Rica |
Doesn’t this remind you of the giant spiders in the Forbidden Forest of the Harry Potter books? 🙂
Related photo galleries:
This was yesterday afternoon’s experience. This morning yielded another photo op which I am saving for tomorrow’s post. Never a dull moment in the Costa Rica Rainforests! ¡Pura Vida! 🙂
¡Hasta mañana!
Heliconius Hecale Zuleika
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| Heliconius Hecale Zuleika My home garden in Atenas, Costa Rica |
This is one of the most common butterflies in Costa Rica. To see more, go to my photo gallery Butterflies & Moths (65 species and still adding!)
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| ¡Pura Vida! Costa Rica Flag Butterfly Art Not a real butterfly! |
Today’s Butterflies in Garden
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| Pale Spotted Swallowtail Maybe Or could be Red Spotted Purple Or Female Tiger Swallowtail Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Banded Peacock Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Chisos Banded Skipper Atenas, Costa Rica |
AND a great big yellow one (maybe a Sulphur) who would never land for a photo! 🙂
See my photo gallery of Costa Rica Butterflies & Moths
And see my photo book: My First 50 Butterflies in Costa Rica Review for free.
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Happiness is a butterfly,
which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp,
but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Nathaniel Hawthorne