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Author Archives: rathomas49

Millipedes, Diplopoda

July 25, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment

Photo by Bob Thomas, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Stann Creek District, Belize, May 2005. Photo by Bob Thomas, Caracol, Cayo District, Belize, May 2004. Millipedes are common in rainforests and […]

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Centipedes & Millipedes

Macuna beans, Macuna pruriens

July 25, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment

Photos by Bob Thomas, San Miguel Village, Toledo District, Belize, April 2004. Macuna beans are now used in San Miguel by the milpa farmers to nourish the soil with nitrogen […]

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Vascular Plants

Mosaic flower, Ludwigia sedioides

July 25, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment

Photos taken by Bob Thomas, Rio Matiyure, Hato El Cedral, Apure, Venezuela, June 1991. This is a lovely aquatic plant with rosettes of diamond-shaped leaves.  It is rooted in the […]

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Vascular Plants

Prickly Yellow, Zanthozylum ekmanii

July 25, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment

Photo by Bob Thomas, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Stann Creek District, Belize, May 2003. There are 7 or 8 species of Zanthozylum in Belize.  This one has long, flattened spines, […]

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Vascular Plants, What is this?

What Katydid? (11-2008)

July 25, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment

Photo by Bob Thomas, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad, November 2008.

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Insects, What is this?

Wax-tail leafhopper, Pterodictya reticularis

July 25, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment

Both photos by Bob Thomas, taken in a cacao plantation, Tortuguero, Costa Rica, February 1986. Another name for this species is lantern fly.  Many leafhopper have wax producing cells which […]

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Insects

Paper wasp nests, Polistes

July 25, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment

Photo by Bob Thomas, Pilenque, Costa Rica, February 1986. Photo by Bob Thomas, Simla (Wm. Beebe Research Station), Trinidad, June 2001.Photo by Bob Thomas, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad, June […]

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Insects

Terrestrial Utricularia species

July 25, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment

Photo by Bob Thomas, taken in Henri Pettier National Park, Venezuela, June 1991. The genus Utricularia is composed of insectivorous species, mostly aquatic.  This specimen is of a terrestrial species […]

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Vascular Plants, What is this?

Bull horn acacia, Acacia sp.: symbiotic ants & signature of doctrines

July 25, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment
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Insects, Vascular Plants

Kissing Bug, Triatoma dimidiata

July 25, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment
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Insects

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