Category Archives: Insects
Katydid
Hemipteran
Photo taken by Bob Thomas, Tambopata National Park, Peru, November 2007.
Embioptera Oropuche
Hercules beetle, Dynastes hercules
Photo by Bob Thomas, taken in the Arima Valley, Trinidad, May 1995.Photo by Bob Thomas, taken in the Arima Valley, Trinidad. Photo by Bob Thomas, Arima Valley, Trinidad, June 2012. […]
Leaf-footed bug, Dicator sp.
Photo by Bob Thomas, somewhere in Belize, May 2004.
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 […]
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 