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A quick peek at diversity with a black light

30 June 2013 Justin Montemarano Leave a comment

Like the other OTS stations and many other field stations found in Costa Rica, Las Cruces has a black-light + white-sheet set-up to attract nocturnal insects for viewing.  Here’s some quick shots I took last night.

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My favorite of the bunch
My favorite of the bunch
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Longhorn beetle – Cerambycidae

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Monster Pelecinidae wasp.
Monster Pelecinidae wasp.
Scarab
Scarab

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Another Stream Anole Photo

30 June 2013 Justin Montemarano 2 Comments

I’ve seen and posted about Norops oxylophus on other trips, including to Hitoy Cerere, where this one was, and RBAMB.

Stream anole - Norops oxylophus - 20130618 - 6

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Confluence of Río Java and Quebrada Cunsingo

30 June 2013 Justin Montemarano Leave a comment

Río Java - 20130622 - 8

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Underwater photography

29 June 2013 Justin Montemarano 1 Comment

John, an Austrailian visiting Las Cruces, set up his camera on a piece of bamboo to get some underwater shots of fish.  There were a few good ones of characids investigating the camera. He intends on pioneering this method in stream ecology circles.

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Great Tinamou

28 June 2013 Justin Montemarano Leave a comment

Great Tinamou Feather - Tinamus major - 20130621 - 1

Nerd fact: Striations on the mid-rib suggest that this comes from a tinamou.
Nerd fact: Striations on the mid-rib suggest that this comes from a tinamou.

Nope, just a feather of Tinamu major.

 

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Headed to Las Cruces

27 June 2013 Justin Montemarano Leave a comment

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Dam along Río Java

27 June 2013 Justin Montemarano Leave a comment

Rio Java Panorama Dam - 20130621 - 1The streams at Las Cruces are fairly impacted.  There are a handful of smaller streams (1st-2nd order) that drain only secondary or primary forest, but most of the larger streams run through some abandoned pasture or have some sort of flow management impact like this one.  My students are interested in water quality, so these impacts make for good gradients to survey.

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Satiny Parrot Snake

27 June 2013 Justin Montemarano Leave a comment

I’m a little rusty on photographing… plus, I didn’t have my flash with me at the time of encountering this parrot snake (Leptophis sp.), so the photos I got were pretty poor.  In any case, this is one of two species that occur on the caribbean slope: L. ahaetulla or L. depressirotris. 

Satiny Parrot Snake - Leptophis sp. (ahaetulla or depressirotris) - 20130617 - 5

Satiny Parrot Snake - Leptophis sp. (ahaetulla or depressirotris) - 20130617 - 3

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Cicada

26 June 2013 Justin Montemarano Leave a comment


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Railroad over tributary of Rio Estrella

26 June 2013 Justin Montemarano Leave a comment

 

Boa and I swam in the warm waters beneath the bridge.

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