Walking sticks mating
Photo by Bob Thomas, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad, May 1997. Photo by Bob Thomas, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad, May 1997. Most naturalists have seen walking sticks of […]
Yearly Archives: 2012
Cocoon of a Moth of the Family Saturnidae
All Photos by Bob Thomas, Sittee River community, Stann Creek District, Belize, May 2012. This identification is by Dr. Jan Meerman, Green Hills Butterfly Ranch & Botanical Collections, Mountain Pine […]
Custard apple, Rollinia deliciosa – flowers
Photo by Bob Thomas, Trinidad, June 1988. These propellers look more like seeds than the flowers that they are. Thanks to Dr. Julian Duncan, eminent retired botanist of the University […]
Calaica or Bitter Melon, Mormordica charantia
Photo by Bob Thomas, taken at Nim Li Punit, Toledo District, Belize. A member of Curcubitaceae, calaica is the fruit of a vine. Our colleague Dr. Larry David Wilson tell […]
What spider with egg case? (05-2012)
Photo by Bob Thomas, taken at Chiquibul Education Centre, Las Cuevas, Belize, May 2012. Spider on the right on the web (a little over exposed) with brown egg case hanging […]
Collared Peripatus, Macroperipatus torquatus
Whose eggs are these? (05-2008)
Photo by Bob Thomas, Tikal, Guatemala, May 2008.
Cocoon of a Sphinx Moth, Xylophanes sp., Family Sphingidae
Photo by Bob Thomas, probably found in Chiquibul National Forest along the Chiquibul River, but definitely in Belize, March 2005. This identification is by Dr. Jan Meerman, Green Hills Butterfly […]
Thread-legged bug
Photo by Bob Thomas, Palacio’s on Hummingbird Highway, Belize, May 2006. Photo by Bob Thomas, Palacio’s on Hummingbird Highway, Belize, May 2006. More information on the identify of this insect […]
One of world’s most entertaining entomologists: Ray Mendez
Photo by Bob Thomas, March 2002.Photo by Bob Thomas, November 2010. Ray Mendez, principal of Work As Play, is one of the best invertebrate exhibit designers. He was formerly with […]
Tropical Natural History 