Volcán Cacao
Volcán Orosí and Cacao
Stephanie Laurusonis and Josephine Rodriguez at Santa Rosa (taken by Paul Masonick)
Paul Masonick not taking any breaks from the microscope to get a snack
this amblypygid isn't as scary as it looks (taken by Paul Masonick)
amblypygid (taken by Paul Masonick)
cool tree at Santa Rosa
bat in a dead tree trunk near the monument at Santa Rosa
a bat and friend in cave (dead tree trunk)
spider (taken by Paul Masonick)
spider too close (taken by Paul Masonick)
view from inside the vehicle on the way to Cacao cloud forest with Janzen, Hallwachs and my two assistants Paul Masonick and Stephanie Laurusonis
Janzen (carrying our lunch in the orange bag) on our May 24th trip to the cloud forest to set up 4 Malaise traps
a sad thing to see, especially if you are familiar with Bill Allen's "Green Phoenix"
Daniel Janzen
more fungi
Josephine next to a snake (and NOT crying) (taken by Paul Masonick)
a green vine snake, we were told it is suppose to be at lower elevations but is moving higher
Janzen leading the way with Stephanie and Paul carrying the traps and supplies
I don't know why I am concentrating so hard?
Stephanie Laurusonis and Josephine Rodriguez next to a Malaise trap (taken by Paul Masonick)
my Malaise trap is somewhere in there
Cacao parataxonomists Harry Ramiréz, Manuel Pereira and Dunia Garcia
fallen tree
hole the tree left in the canopy
tree in mist of cloud forest
tree in fog of cloud forest (looked just like this!)
tree without mist at Cacao
a view of Santa Rosa from Cacao
Leptodeira septentrionalis - Cat-eyed Snake (taken by Paul Masonick, identified by Brian Crother)
Smilisca baudinii - Mexican tree frog calling (taken by Paul Masonick, identified by Brian Crother)
Leptodiera eating Smilisca (taken by Paul Masonick, identified by Brian Crother)
Rhinophrynus dorsalis (taken by Paul Masonick, identified by Brian Crother)
Bufo luetkenii, friendly toads (taken by Paul Masonick, identified by Brian Crother)
Smilisca baudinii - Mexican tree frog (taken by Paul Masonick, identified by Brian Crother)
fungi
hemipterans
hydrophilid (taken by Paul Masonick)
Ctenosaura similis, a spiny-tailed iguana (identified by Brian Crother)
cute guy, Ctenosaura similis, a spiny-tailed iguana (identified by Brian Crother)
fight between geckos
Hemidactylus sp. (identified by Brian Crother)
Loxocemus bicolor (Mexican burrowing snake)
Porthidium ophryomegas (a pit viper, captured by Carsten Müller) trying to get into a dorm room (identified by Brian Crother)
a plot of Santa Rosa National Park burned as a reminder to how parts of the park use to look like (taken by Paul Masonick)
dinner (P. Masonick)
scorpion and babies
Sheba the tarantula (taken by Paul Masonick)
looks like a Kinosternon scorpiodes, a mud turtle (taken by Paul Masonick, identified by Brian Crother)
turtle peeking (taken by Paul Masonick)
vespid nest
smile cerambycid (taken by Paul Masonick)
big roach (taken by Paul Masonick)
dung beetle (P. Masonick)
passalid (P. Masonick)
water beetle
Paul Masonick and "ears"
Janzen in his office/house
Dan Janzen (taken during the PASI field trip to Santa Rosa)
Winnie Hallwachs at Santa Rosa National Park (taken during the PASI field trip)
Roberto "Lupo" Espinoza the ACG resident botanist
Markus Knaden from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Aleš Svatoš of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
María Marta Chavarría and Felipe Chavarria
we found this beach AFTER we were done collecting 1,615 microgastrine wasps from the Malaise trap samples
beach near La Cruz
Paul and Stephanie
Paul Masonick
Stephanie Laurusonis
handstand by Stephanie
