Yearly Archives: 2012
Turquoise Cicada
Photo by Bob Thomas, Rio Frio Cave, Augustine, Cayo District, Belize, May 2004. This lovely cicada had just emerged and expanded its body and wings near the entrance to the […]
Cicada mound
Both Photos by Bob Thomas, November 2011. These mounds, or turrets, are constructed by an unobserved cicada species. They and many others were observed in Tambopata National Park, Peru, in […]
Chicoloro vine seed, Strychnos panamensis
Photos by Bob Thomas, Chiquibul Education Centre, Las Cuevas, Cayo District, Belize, May 2012. Chicoloro vine is very bitter and the chemicals work very fast. A related species is the […]
Cashew
Cannon ball Bush, Couroupita guianensis
Cacao
Bush cricket
Photo by Bob Thomas, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad, November 2008. Bush crickets have to be the most scared critters in the rain forest. EVERYTHING eats them! They have an […]
Brenthid beetle
Photo by Bob Thomas, San Miguel Village, Toledo District, Belize, April 1999. We’ll lighten this terribly underexposed photo. It’s a really neat beetle.
Tropical Natural History 