Photo Essay of Rain Forest Ecology
Research and field trip images displayed on this and other pages are the property of Joseph E. Armstrong. They may be used for noncommercial, educational purposes with my permission. To request use of an image, email me (jearmstr at ilstu.edu).
Unless otherwise noted these pictures were taken at La Selva Biological Station.
Subcanopy understory layers. |
Young tree developing buttresses. |
Older buttresses tree with light-colored, exfoliating bark. |
Understory vegetation adjacent to a stream. |
Costus malortianus in flower. |
Costus malortianus flower. |
Costus malortianus infructescence. |
Costus malortianus infructescence. |
"Bear", a coati, Nasua narica. |
Terciopelos, young fer-de-lance, Bothrops asper. |
Hog-nosed viper. |
Iquana iquana, green tree iquana. |
Cat foot print in mud. |
Levi poison dart frog. |
Three-toed sloth using bridge. |
Prop roots of stilt palm. |
Stinkhorn fungus. |
Passiflora vitifolia, red passion flower. |
White-face capuchin monkey. |
Paraponera, the Bolas ant. |
An aroid in flower.
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Leaf-cutter ants, Atta. Open for video clip. |
Caiman basking. |
Flowering tree & butterfly |
Vinesnake.
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Colorful assassin bug |
False-headed stinkbug |
Clean tree trunk |
Stangler fig
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Velvet worm |
False-headed bug, first fake-out |
False-headed bug, second fake-out |