A Trip to Panama - 4

Although the focus of the trip was birds, here are a few of the amazing variety of things seen in the jungle if you just take the time to look a little closer.

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One of the zillions
of migrating moths.
Morpho Butterfly
at rest
The Morpho's
electric blue
Butterfly on
Heliconia
The insects were astonishing. Leafcutter ants blazing trails at least six inches wide, a most incredible-looking Alice-in-Wonderland caterpillar, this extraordinary damselfly (with two pairs of large wings in alternating motion-wish I had a picture of that!), and every spider web a unique marvel of construction.

Leafcutter Ants
Amazing
Caterpillar
Helicopter
Damselfly
Rather larger
Spider
Not to mention the toads, some of whom sound as if they're packing photon torpedoes.
.

Metallic
Green Bug
Cool little mushrooms
Tiny mushrooms
Common orange
mushrooms

Feathery flower
New shoot
Wild Ginger
Heliconia family

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