Laterite

A laterite rock freshly washed from a rain.

Fungi

Acrocomia aculeata

Mucajá palm fruit.

Fern

A gigantic fern right from the crotch of a tree.

Muruci (Byrsonima sp.)
Sitío Conceição

Tajá

Caladiums at Sitio Eimar Franco.

Ceiba pentanda

Roger Williams University students measuring the diameter of a Ceiba tree.

Fungus

Buriti palm

Buriti (Maurita flexuosa)
Sitío Conceição

Costus

Costus sp./ Sitío de Conceição

Tajá

Caladium.

Butterfly 238

Calycophyllum spruceanum

Pau mulato, discarding older bark.

Frog eggs

Anyone for frog caviar?

Grasshoppers

A "whole bunch" of young grasshoppers. Click on image for an enlargement.

Genipapo fruit

G. americano
Sitío de Zilma, Mararu

Guaraná fruit

I planted this guaraná tree (Paullina cupana) from seed. Now it's producing fruit of its own. It's a beauty!

Morpho

Morpho butterfly.

Livingstonea chinesa

Another long-horned beetle

Tree hopper

A tree hopper on a young cupuaçu tree. Maybe looking for a place to raise a family. Click on image for enlargement.

Katydid

A katydid, thin as a razor blade.

Unidentified beetle

Probably a long-horned beetle.

Butterfly 255

Butterfly 257

Pingo de ouro

Pingo de Ouro (Cassia sp.)

Unknown

I haven't figured out what's going on here. When I first started taking pictures, I assumed that it was a spider on its web. But the more I looked at the scene, the more it seemed that whatever was in the web was prey, not predator. Almost in a crucified position... and it wasn't moving. But there was something very small moving about the lower abdomen of the prey. Maybe moving in and out of the prey is a better description. Whatever it was, it was too small to photograph. Any ideas? Click on the image for enlargement. I have the original images of higher resolution, if anyone wants copies.

Fungus