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A Walkingstick with Wings

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Troy Bartlett

Walkingstick | January 28, 2010 | Caraça Natural Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil

We don’t have that many species of walkingsticks here in the Southeastern US. None of the ones I’ve encountered have wings. So this one looks odd to me.

Remember the jumping sticks? Here’s one more photo of one of those so you can see how easy it is to distinguish the two based on their antennae.

Jumping stick | January 28, 2010 | Caraça Natural Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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Some Frogs and Toads from Caraça

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Troy Bartlett

These are the frogs and toads I encountered in Caraça Natural Park.

Treefrog | January 26, 2010 | Caraça Natural Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Toad | January 27, 2010 | Caraça Natural Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Treefrog | January 28, 2010 | Caraça Natural Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil

I didn’t see any snakes, and I only caught fleeting glimpses of a few large lizards.

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Glasswing Butterfly

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Troy Bartlett

January 28, 2010 | Caraça Natural Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Glasswing butterflies lack scales on parts of their wings, leaving those parts transparent.

Though similar looking, this is not the species (Greta oto) commonly found in many of the butterfly houses I’ve visited. That one’s range doesn’t extend into South America. This is probably a closely related species. I was surprised there are so many that look very much alike. Check out this Florida Museum of Natural History page on the tribe Godyridini to get an idea.

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