This is a medium sized (1" // 2.5 cm) basically green beetle that is liberally covered with small black spots and a few larger black spots. Its antennae and legs are mostly black with a few gray highlights. It has a formidable set of jaws that can deliver a very painful bite.
This is a medium sized (1" // 2.5 cm) basically green beetle that is liberally covered with small black spots and a few larger black spots. Its antennae and legs are mostly black with a few gray highlights. It has a formidable set of jaws that can deliver a very painful bite.
The blue carpenter bee, Xylocopa caerulea, family Apidae "looking for nectar" on to the Princess Flower, Tibouchina urvilleana (family Melastomataceae)
Durika Biologila Reserve, Costa Rica, 10cms long
A cluster of hatched eggs attached by one end to the edge of a leaf. The leaf edge where the eggs were attached showed significant damage. There were tracks along the leaf possibly made by feeding larvae.
Wildlife
