Photos by Bob Thomas, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad, located below the verandah. This nest is the largest we’ve seen and it is at least 35 years old, according to […]

There are a variety of stingless bees in most tropical environments.  They construct nests in fissures, holes, etc., and normally have a waxy opening.

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 […]

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 […]

Photo by Bob Thomas, San Miguel Village, Toledo District, Belize, May 2003. These termites were about to take flight from a post inside the late Pablo Ack’s home in the […]