Spiral ginger (Costus sp.) flower with symbiotic antsAnts:
Spiral ginger (Costus sp.) flower with symbiotic ants
Velvet ant, Hoplomutilla xanthocerrata, which is really a wingless wasp
leaf-cutting ants, <TBS>
Bees:
female carpenter bee, Xylocopa sp.
Beetles:
dung beetle, Canthon sp.
Butterflies: There are about 1251 species of butterflies found in Costa Rica, ten percent of the known butterfly spces worldwide.
Pink-spotted cattleheart, Parides photinus
Doris longwing, Heliconius doris viridis
Doris, Heliconius doris doris
Orange-barred sulphur, Phoebis philea
Blue cracker, Hamadryas amphinome
Banded peacock, Anartia fatima
Crimson-patched longwing, Heliconius erato petiverana
One-spot prepona, Archaeoprepona demophon
Giant owl butterfly, Caligo atreus
Juno silverspot butterfly (Juno longwing) , Dione juno
Black witch moth, Ascalapha odorata
Malachite, Siproeta stelenes
Thoas (king) swallowtail, Papilio thoas
Helenor (Common) blue morpho, Morpho helenor
Blue wave butterfly, Myscelia cyaniris
Tiger leafwing butterfly, Consul fabius)
Golden longwing butterfly, Heliconius hecale
Grasshoppers:
Lubber grasshopper, Chromacris trogon
Raspy cricket, <TBS>
Giant red-winged grasshopper, Tropidacris cristata
Katydids:
bush cricket, <TBS>
Rhinoceros katydid, Copiphora rhinoceros
Meadow katydid, Conocephalus sp.
Moths: At least 8000 species of moths are found in Costa Rica.
Snout moth, Midila sp.
Sigmoid prominent moth, Clostera albosigma
Stick insects:
Stick insect, <TBS>
Weevils:
Nicarguan weevil, Exophthalmus nicaraguensis
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