2005, Northern Kentucky University's Costa Rican Natural History course. My first time in the cloud forest. We spent a couple of days at Finca de Quetzales in the hopes of seeing a quetzal. In my opinion, they can't compete with the glorious moths in the area. This elegant clear wing moth was one of many attracted to the lights of the lodge in the evening.
2005, Northern Kentucky University's Costa Rican Natural History course. We spent a couple of days in the cloud forest at Finca de Quetzales, in the hopes of seeing a quetzal. For me, the real stars of the biodiversity show were all the glorious moths in the area. This boldly colored individual was one of many attracted to the lights of the lodge in the evening.
2005, Northern Kentucky University's Costa Rican Natural History course. We spent a couple of days in the cloud forest at Finca de Quetzales, in the hopes of seeing a quetzal, but the real stars of the biodiversity show were the glorious moths in the area. This amber winged species was particularly exotic-looking, and common in the area.
host plant: Ulmus minor
pics 1&2 specimen 1, pics 3&4 specimen 2
pic 5 specimen 1, 30 h later
pics 6&7 7 days later
pics 8-11 14 days later (hatched the day before)
thought this was so cool.
Smileyface Ladybeetle (Oenopia divergens) still not in dictionary