Just like in Madagascar, there are scorpions here too. I was honestly a little surprised by that… maybe because I tend to associate them more with desert climates, but there are a lot here.
Category: Travel
When it rains, the snails come out…
Sometimes you have a good photo, but there is a ton of backscatter in the way… In dive photography, backscatter is when you have particulate in the water and when the flash strobe fires, that particulate reflects the light back and just makes for a…
Not really a ghost, and not really a pipefish, but these guys are definitely ornate. Though some quick research says they are actually fairly common, they are rather difficult to find with their very cryptic appearance, so I was lucky to have Iluh to point…
There are tons of butterflies around here, but these ones are absolutely beautiful… the way the light catches off that turquoise part on their wings is stunning.
I know these aren’t the best quality, but I’ll work on getting some more soon.
These weaver ants are pretty prolific here… They don’t always walk around with that posture of having their abdomen raised, but I think it might be some sort of threat display… Because they definitely pay attention to you – much more than any other ants…
Ok – so far I’ve got three entries I can put in this category, but I’ll spread them out a little bit. This first installment is something called a Cordyceps Fungus which is a fungus that infects mainly insects. Basically, an infected insect is doomed…
Hopefully I will get some better photos of these lizards, but for now, here are a couple shots of some of the non-gecko lizards I’ve spotted here so far. This first one is very common and I’ll definitely get some more shots of it. My…
I’m not 100% sure this is the same species that is usually called a Pikachu Nudibranch (Thecacera pacifica) as I can’t find anything confirming that there is a black color morph of them (and all of my nudibranch books are on the other side of…
And final day for now… I’ll return to non-spider photos with my next post… but I am sure more spiders will be coming soon. There are just so many cool ones around here – including one that I saw only once and have been searching…
This first guy is an interesting one. It is almost like it s a cross between a crab spider and a jumping spider. Those incredibly long front legs complete with what appear to be hooks for holding prey are pretty impressive. Its body is also…
If the post title isn’t a hint, I’m going to do a couple straight days of the various jumping spiders I’ve been seeing. Apologies to those of you who don’t like spiders, but you should all probably have expected this at some point… This first…
I have no clue what this plant is (I should probably ask, huh?)… but I had seen it a couple days before taking this photo and knew I wanted to take one with that fantastic spiral. After a morning rain, I figured it was the…
Ok – I had another post all written up and ready to go for this, my 100th post on my new blog… but I moved it to the next post, and I think you’ll agree that this is a much cooler subject to use for…
