Stinkhorns, Dictyophora sp. & Phallus sp.
Photo by Bob Thomas, San Miguel Village, Toledo District, Belize, May 2004. Photo by Bob Thomas, Grande Riviere, Trinidad, November 2004. Photo by Bob Thomas, near Refugio Amazonas Lodge, Tambopata […]
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Clathrus crispus
Photos by Bob Thomas, Chaa Creek Restort (tented camp), Cayo District, Belize, August 2007. Clathrus crispus is a stinkhorn, and flies spread the spores. This beautiful little wiffleball mimic has […]
“Hanging fungus”
All Photos by Bob Thomas This is called a “hanging fungus” because it hangs, and we don’t know yet what it is. They were found in Tambopata National Park, Peru. […]
Peanut-head bug, Fulgora laternaria
Photos by Bob Thomas, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, May 2012. One of the great and weird insects in the rainforest, the peanut-head bug is so named because the head looks […]
Blunthead tree snake, Imantodes cenchoa, ultimate design for moving above the ground
All photo by Bob Thomas One of the neatest snakes to find at night is the blunthead tree snake, Imantodes cenchoa. These snakes cruise forest vegetation at night searching for […]
Sexy Pink, Heliconia chartacea
Umbrella Mushroom, Marasmius cf. bulliaridii
Nogodinid hemipteran leafhopper nymph
Photo by Shannon Fortenberry, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, May 2012. While watching red-eyed treefrogs and other frogs breeding in a pond in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize, a student noticed […]
Pluto Moth, Madoryx cf. plutonius
Photo by Jenny Lamb, May 2010. This caterpillar was found on the base of a tree along the Tiger Fern trail, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize. When lying on a […]
Tropical Natural History 