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Face-to-face with a rather cute unidentified moth, just emerged, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
Preschoolers from the Monteverde Friends School visit the Reserve for a hike, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
Preschoolers from the Monteverde Friends School visit the Reserve for a hike, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
Preschoolers from the Monteverde Friends School visit the Reserve for a hike, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
Prechoolers from the Monteverde Friends School arrive for a hike in the cloud forest, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
Detail of eyespot on the owl butterfly (Caligo eurilochus) SP. Caligo, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
Myrsinaceae family (Parathesis sp.) flowers, tiny, with dewdrops, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
Rubiac. family (coffee family) (Psychotria aubletiana) berries, vibrat blue, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
Saturiidae family Silk Moth caterpillar, with fantastically elaborate coloration and formidable spines, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
(Mechaitis menapsis saturata) butterfly, just emerging from its crhysalis and drying its wings. Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
Partially translucent snail (sp.) along a cloud forest trail at night, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica
The smallest mushroom I've ever successfully photographed, almost invisible to the naked eye, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
Saturniidae family Silk Moth caterpillar - huge, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica. Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
A boldly patterned tomato hornworm searches for food in the cloud forest a night, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
Huge birght orange specimen of the caterpillar of a sp. Saturnidae moth, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
Panoramic view of the sweeping virgin wilderness of the Penas Blancas Valley and the bulk of the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Monteverde Reserve co-founder and original Quaker settler Wilford Guindon disappears into the mist on Sendero Brilliante along the Continental Divide, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
Monteverde Reserve co-founder and original Quaker settler Wilford Guindon disappears into the mist on Sendero Brilliante along the Continental Divide, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
Original Quaker settler and Montverde Reserve co-founder Wilford Guindon hikes through the Elfin forests along the Continental Divide, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
Female green-crowned brilliant Hummingird (Heliodoxa jacula), CR SP Brilliante Frentiverde, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Here's an insect you won't see very often, an incredibly difficult to photograph lichen-mimic walking stick, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
Spectacular metallic silver chrysalis of the (Mechaitis menapsis saturata) butterfly, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
Spectacular metallic silver chrysalis of the (Mechaitis menapsis saturata) butterfly, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
Spectacular metallic silver chrysalis of the (Mechaitis menapsis saturata) butterfly, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
Spectacular metallic silver chrysalis of the (Mechaitis menapsis saturata) butterfly, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
A dramatic suspension bridge that takes visitors into the canopy of the Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
A dramatic suspension bridge that takes visitors into the canopy of the Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
A dramatic suspension bridge that takes visitors into the canopy of the Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
A young Costa Rican man shows tourists how the brown-kneed tarantua poses no thrat to people. Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
Green violet-ear hummingbird (Colibri thalssinus) in flight, CR SP Colibri Verdemar, Monteverde Reserve, Costa Rica
Male resplendant quetzal (Pharomachrus moccino) eating an avocado (Lauracea sp.), Monteverde, Costa Rica
The very large and formidable Longhorn Beetle, just about strong enough to bite your finger off, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.
Silhouetted male violet sabrewing hummingbird (Campylopterus hemilecurus) perching, CR SP Ala De Sable Violaceo, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Black-Faced Soltaire (Myadestes melanops), with worm for hatchlings - SP Solitario Carinegro (col. Jilguero), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Bioluminescent (glow-in-the-dark) mushrooms (Mycanae sp.) Natural light using 60-second exposure, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Three large Velvet-Leaved Philadendron leaves, showing striking colors and venation. (Araceae Philodendron sp.), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
Male golden-browed chlorifonia (Chloropinaia callophrys), SP Rualdo, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica
Epiphyte covered branch showing bromeliads, ferns, orchids, mosses, and vascular plants, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
