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Category Archives: Insects

What moth? (05-2010)

July 24, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment

This photo was taken in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Stann Creek District, Belize, in May 2010.

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What Moth Caterpillar

July 21, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment

Photo by Frank Jordan.  Taken in Tikal, Guatemala, May 2010. Photo by Shannon Fortheberry.  Taken in Tikal, Guatemala, May 2010. Photo by Bob Thomas.  Taken in Tikal, Guatemala, May 2010.

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Morpho caterpillar

July 21, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment
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Mealy bug

July 21, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment
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Leaf cutter sign

July 21, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment

Photos by Bob Thomas Tropical travelers know these signs.  Top is a leaf that has been cut by leaf cutter ants (half moon sections removed).  The middle photo is of […]

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Red-wing grasshopper, Tropidacris cristatus

July 21, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment

Photo by Bob Thomas, taken in Grand Rivere, Trinidad, November 2010. Photo by Bob Thomas, Tikal, Guatemala, May 2012. Photo by Bob Thomas, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Stann Creek District, […]

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Peanut-head bug, Fulgora laternaria

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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 […]

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Nogodinid hemipteran leafhopper nymph

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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 […]

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Pluto Moth, Madoryx cf. plutonius

July 20, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment

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 […]

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