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Costa Rica 2001 |
| Steve Levey invited me to go to Costa Rica with him on an Earthwatch Research expedition. The project was working with Rainforest Caterpillars and their endoparasites and ectoparasites. The investigator was Lee Dyer, Ph. D. from Tulane University. Also helping with this project was Grant Gentry, Ph. D. The research site was La Selva Biological Station in eastern Costa Rica. The project involved collecting and rearing caterpillars, plant sampling, surveying, bullet ant nectaries, and get educated on the ecology of the rainforest. I would get up at sunrise to bird watch and then do work on the caterpillars until 3:00 pm and then look for herps until bed time. Thank you Steve for this opportunity to go on this trip. |
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San Jose airport. |
First and last night was spent at La Amsted Hotel
in San Jose. |
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Our bus for the trip to La Selva. That bus
ride will not be forgotten. |
Branlio Carrillo National Park |
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Branlio Carrillo National Park |
Branlio Carrillo National Park |
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Branlio Carrillo National Park |
Entrance to La Selva Biological Research Station |
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Dormitories at La Selva entrance. |
Cafeteria, reception, and gift shop at La Selva. |
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Cafeteria at La Selva. The food was good. |
Cafeteria at La Selva. You learn so much
eating together. |
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Rio Puerto Viejo, south boundary of the park. |
Rio Sarapiqui, north boundary of the park. |
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Bridge over the Rio Puerto Viejo. Crossed
three times a day to eat. |
Foot and bicycle use on this side of the river
only. |
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Visitor Center, La Selva. |
A class room, La Selva. The white part is a
toilet. |
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The old way to get to the lodge from boat then up
the hill. La Selva. |
La Selva Lodge. This is were the student
researchers stay. |
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La Selva Lodge. This is were the student
researchers stay. |
The toilets, showers, and washing machines for the
lodge. |
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A bug light sheet. It is on most nights. |
La Selva research grounds. |
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Trails in the park. La Selva. |
Trails in the park. La Selva. |
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Hand cable across the Rio Sarapiqui to a remote
area. |
Remote rearing area for caterpillars. La
Selva. |
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Remote rearing area for caterpillars. La
Selva. |
Looking for caterpillars on the underside of the
leaves. |
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Banana Plantation outside of La Selva. |
Our team members. |
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An example of one of the neat caterpillars.
Most were drab. |
Another caterpillar example. Skipper family. |
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Another caterpillar example. Silk moth
family. |
Our collecting bags. |
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Another caterpillar example. Swallowtail
family. |
Another caterpillar example. |
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Another caterpillar example. |
Another caterpillar example. |
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A silk worm moth similar to our IO moth. |
Neat rainforest butterfly. |
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One of the Owl butterflies. |
Giant katydid |
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Bullet ant nectaries. Don't get stung by one
of these. Two people did. |
Helmeted Cicada, Homoptera. |
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Giant Metallic borer beetle. That is a wrist
not a finger. |
Tarantula that lives on the side of trees. |
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Amblypygid - Phrynus. Big whip
scorpion without the whip. |
Bats roosting at La Selva lodge. |
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White tent bats. |
One of our netted bats. |
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Coati on the grounds of La Selva. |
I was told that this was called whores lips!! |
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Kinosternon leucostomum. Mud turtle. |
Caimen caimen. Caimen |
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Ameiva festiva. Tropical whiptail
lizard. Adult. |
Ameiva festiva. Tropical whiptail
lizard. Juvenile. |
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Norops humilis. One of the anoles of
the area. |
Norops humilis. One of the anoles of
the area. |
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Norops humilis. A small skinny
anole. |
Norops capito. Large anole |
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Norops oxylophus. Water anole. |
Gonatodes albagularis. Yellow-headed
Gecko. |
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Thecadactylus rapicaudus. Leaf-toed type of
gecko. |
Corytophanes cristatus. Helmeted
lizard |
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Corytophanes cristatus. Helmeted
lizard |
Lepidophyma flavimaculata. Night
Lizard |
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Lepidophyma flavimaculata. Night
Lizard |
Basiliscus plumifrons. Green
Basiliscus lizard |
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Basiliscus plumifrons. Green
Basiliscus lizard |
Amasbridium verliferum. Leaf
litter snake. |
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Enulius sclateri. White-headed snake. |
Coniophanes fissidens. Another leaf
litter snake. |
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Urotheca euryzona. |
Imantodes cenchoa. Blunt-headed Vine
snake |
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Mastigodryas melanolous. Looks like a
whipsnake. |
Spilotes pullatus. Tropical rat snake. |
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Leptodeira septentrionalis. Cat-eyed
snake. |
Dipus bicolor. One of the Slug eating
snakes. |
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Sibon longifrenes. Another slug eater.
Eyelash viper mimic. |
Sibon nebulatus. Another slug eater. |
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Porthidium nasutum. Hog-nosed viper. |
Porthidium nasutum. Hog-nosed viper. It had just rained. |
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Micrurus nigrocinctus. Coral snake |
Boa constrictor. Common Boa. The
first snake of the trip. |
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Eleutherodactylus bransfordi. Little
forest floor frog. |
Eleutherodactylus bransfordi. Little
forest floor frog. |
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Eleutherodactylus fitzingeri.
Fitzenger's frog. |
Leptodactylus pentodactylus. Jungle
frog. |
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Leptodactylus pentodactylus. Jungle
frog. |
Bufo haematiticus. Forest toad. |
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Bufo marinus. Giant toad. Juvenile. |
Bufo marinus. Giant toad. Adult with
ticks. |
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Bufo valliceps. Juvenile |
Dendrobates pumilis. Blue-legged
Poison dart frog. |
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Dendrobates pumilis. Blue-legged
Poison dart frog. |
Hyla ebraccata. Little tree frog. |
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Hyla ebraccata. Little tree frog. |
Hyla ebraccata. Little tree frog. |
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Hyla loquax. Yellow-legged tree frog. |
Agalychnis saltator. Pale red-eyed frog. |
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Agalychnis callidryas. Red-eyed frog |
Agalychnis callidryas. Red-eyed frog |
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Scinax boulengeri. Boulenger's tree
frog. |
Scinax eloeochroa. Green boned tree
frog. |
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Rana warszewitachii. Warszewitach's
frog |
Rana vaillanti. Vaillant's frog. |