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2015 Panama Scenes and Other Wildlife

Folder: Central America
This album covers our trip to Panama via the international flight from Amsterdam, and our stay at two hotels near the Soberania National Park just north of Panama City. The first week was south of the Park in Paraiso, whilst the second week we stayed north of it at Gamboa, both close to the Panama Canal. Here are some of the scenes and animals which we saw at both places during our stay. A set of …  (read more)
92 A Final Shield Bug to Wave Us Farewell

92 A Final Shield Bug to Wave Us Farewell

29 Apr 2015 1 166
OK, it is the same as others in this album, but the species seems quite widespread in the areas that we visited. This one taken at Gamboa.
93 A Leaf Hopper (Poekilloptera phalaenoides)

93 A Leaf Hopper (Poekilloptera phalaenoides)

25 Apr 2015 137
Flatidae Length Overall: 15-22mm.
94 Large Flat Leaf-Hopper (Poekilloptera phalaenoides)

94 Large Flat Leaf-Hopper (Poekilloptera phalaenoi…

26 Apr 2015 137
Flatidae Length Overall: 15-22mm
95 A Larger Cicada

95 A Larger Cicada

25 Apr 2015 1 142
95 A Larger Cicada

95 A Larger Cicada

26 Apr 2015 1 205
About 24mm head to wing-tips, but a much heavier insect than the previous one.
96 A "Hot Cross" Beetle

96 A "Hot Cross" Beetle

25 Apr 2015 156
Body Length: ~7mm. A small Beetle found in our light trap one morning.
97 A Fairly Large "Chafer" Beetle.

97 A Fairly Large "Chafer" Beetle.

25 Apr 2015 156
Body Length: ~35mm.
98 (Leaf Katydid 1) Itarissa sps.

98 (Leaf Katydid 1) Itarissa sps.

29 Jun 2015 291
Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae - Body Length: ~40mm. Found in our light trap one night at Gamboa. My thanks to Judith Marshall for pointing me to the sub-family.
99 (Leaf Katydid 2) Orophus sps?

99 (Leaf Katydid 2) Orophus sps?

31 May 2015 124
Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae - Body Length: ~50mm. Seen on a night walk at Gamboa, it did not stay in view for long, so this is my only picture. My thanks to Judith Marshall for pointing me to the sub-family.
100 (Katydid 3) Copiphora sps.

100 (Katydid 3) Copiphora sps.

31 May 2015 165
Tettigoniidae, Conocephalinae - Length Overall (head to wingtip): ~75mm. Another night walk insect which immediately made off once lit up with my headlamp. I just had time to snap this picture. This one is strange with its very spiny legs, and because of its size probably quite uncomfortable to handle. My thanks to Judith Marshall for the identification, although more face detail would be necessary to tie this one down to a particular species.
101 (Cricket 1) A Field Cricket

101 (Cricket 1) A Field Cricket

31 May 2015 118
Gryllidae - Length Overall: ~40mm. On the wall by our light trap one night at Gamboa.
102 (Cricket 2) A Gryllacridid Bush-cricket

102 (Cricket 2) A Gryllacridid Bush-cricket

31 May 2015 158
Gryllacrididae - Length overall: ~60mm (excluding 150mm antennae) Another insect on my night walks at Gamboa, almost flesh-coloured and with very long antennae. My thanks to Judith Marshall for pointing to the insect family, but it is still difficult to resolve a species ID yet.
103 A Tree Cricket

103 A Tree Cricket

07 Jul 2015 145
Oecanthidae - Body Length: ~30mm. This thin, quite fast moving, little cricket appeared a number of times in and around the Moth Trap. It's pale colouration made it a difficult subject to light in flash photographs.
104 Maculiparia rotunda

104 Maculiparia rotunda

31 May 2015 141
Romaleinae - Body Length: ~25mm. Seen on a night walk. It appears to be an adult, as it has formed wings.
105 One of many Dragonflies around the Rio Chagres

105 One of many Dragonflies around the Rio Chagres

29 Apr 2015 124
106 Ascalobyas albistigma (Walker, 1853) An Owlfly

106 Ascalobyas albistigma (Walker, 1853) An Owlfly

11 Jul 2015 148
Ascalaphidae - Wingspan: 90mm. Well, the Leaf-Cutter Ants are large here, about 15mm long, so I assumed that their predators, Antlions, are proportionately sized as well, but there was some uncertainty because of the antenna shape. My thanks for help with this identification correction to Ben Price, PhD, Curator of Small Orders, Department of Life Sciences, NHM.
107 Another Owlfly

107 Another Owlfly

31 May 2015 140
Ascalaphidae - Wingspan: ~45mm. A much smaller species which came to the light trap at Gamboa.
108 Brontostoma discus (An Assassin Bug)

108 Brontostoma discus (An Assassin Bug)

27 Apr 2015 158
Reduviidae Body Length: 20mm. This is one of the insects we found which has become affected by the Hotel's pest prevention measures. My thanks to Maria below for suggesting an identity, which I agree with.
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