Hovering fly
I don’t know if this is a Syrphid (hoverfly), but it was certainly hovering. Generally, Syrphids have some yellow-black patterning, but this individual lacked that generally obvious characteristic. I only took two photographs of the fly, but both turned out kind of cool.
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A cropped copy of the the image above… |
Me hace falta mi machete
I lost my machete. I left it on a bench and it’s gone… as is a piece of me. Que triste.
Nymphaea collection
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I collected about 50 lbs of Nymphaea amazonum today.
Sweet ride
Mahmood has bikes!
Top of the tower to ya
Capperis
Unknown fungus
Wetland cows
The cows pictured here came to investigate the noise I made while searching for tadpoles. They stared impatiently and I sifted through samples, waiting until I left to continue their daily grazing.
Mimosa pigra
| A spiny Fabaceae, Mimosa pigra inhabits the margins of wetlands and is touch-sensitive. It’s flowers form a small, ball-like inflorescence and develop into seed-filled pods when fruiting. Among other characteristics, M. pigra is told from M. dormiens, another common spiny plant at wetland margins, in having curved spines along leaf rachis and more erect stems. |  |
