Maya Marauder, Euglandina ghiesbreghti
Photo by Frank Jordan, Tikal, Guatemala, May 2010. This predatory snail feeds voraciously on other mollusks. It move rather quickly, for a snail, and spends its time checking out a […]
Yearly Archives: 2012
Terrestrial turbellarian flatworm: Bipalium cf. kewense
Photo by Bob Thomas, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad. Bipalium flatworms are easily differentiated from Gigantea gigantea by having a spade-shaped head (see underside on left of this worm pictured). […]
Blue land crab, Cardiosoma guanhumi
Photo by Ryan Dempsey, Belize City near municipal airport, Belize, May 2002. Photo by Bob Thomas, Grande Riviere, Trinidad, November 2004.Photo by Bob Thomas, Nariva Swamp, Trinidad, November 2011. Blue […]
Frangipani Hawkmoth, Pseudosphinx tetrio
Photo by Aimee Thomas, Gasparee, Trinidad, November 2011. Photo by Shannon Fortenberry, Gasparee, Trinidad, November 2011. Photo by Shannon Fortenberry, Gasparee, Trinidad, November 2011. This is the caterpillar of the […]
Eyelash Viper, Bothrieches schlegelii
Photo by Steven Brewer, Bladen Nature Preserve, Stan Creek District, Belize, April 2011. Photo by Steven Brewer, Bladen Nature Reserve, Stann Creek District, Belize, April 2011. Photo by Joe Garel, […]
What spider is this? (05-2012)
Photo by Kevin Zansler, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize, May 2012. Does anyone know what species this Araneidae is? The obvious red on legs 1 & II should be a […]
Cyclosa spider
Photo by Shannon Fortenberry, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize, May 2012. Cyclosa spiders are in the Araneidae family and are orb-web weavers. They build a stabilimentum with debris (often old […]
Giant Crab Spider, Olios simonsi
Photo by Kevin Zansler, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize, May 2012. Giant crab spiders belong to Family Sparassidae. We are informed by Stuart Longhorn that the spider in this photo […]
Selaginella, unknown species
Photo by Bob Thomas, Costa Rica, February 1986. Photo by Bob Thomas, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad, June 1988.
Peacock Spikemoss, Selaginella uncinata
Photo by Bob Thomas, taken at El Naranjo Estate, Aripo Valley, Trinidad (owned by Asa Wright Nature Centre), June 1999. This species is native to China, but is seen in […]
Tropical Natural History 