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2012 visit to the Amazon and Pantanal regions of Brazil. Comprises photographs by both Steve and Belinda Garland
Don't look down!!

Don't look down!!

13 Oct 2012 1 172
Looking over the edge of the 150 foot high viewing tower. Two of our party sit on the lower level. A great spot for watching monkeys and birds. We also saw an opossum on the way up!
World's largest grasshopper

World's largest grasshopper

13 Oct 2012 1 151
At 6 inches (15cm) long, Tropidacris cristata is the largest species in the world. You can see its bright red hind-wings when it flies. It is found throughout tropical South and Central America.
Amazonian stick insect

Amazonian stick insect

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Young snake

Young snake

14 Oct 2012 1 161
We were told it was harmless. I found it when looking for a poisonous Coral Snake that someone else had just seen. Cristalino Lodge, Amazon.
Anteater

Anteater

14 Oct 2012 174
This is a Tamandua (Lesser Anteater) climbing a tree at Cristalino Lodge in the Amazon.
Amazonian forest

Amazonian forest

14 Oct 2012 147
Giant emergent forest tree, with Belinda next to it for scale.
Lantern Fly

Lantern Fly

14 Oct 2012 139
A big bug (Heteroptera) which has a light in its head at night (so we were told, but only saw this in daylight on the day we left) Cristalino Lodge.
Leaving the Amazon

Leaving the Amazon

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Belinda and the group's luggage ready for departure.
Swallowtail butterfly

Swallowtail butterfly

15 Oct 2012 1 144
A species of Eurytides Swallowtail photographed on a riverbank in Chapada dos Guimaraes. NW of Cuiaba.
Chapada dos Guimaraes

Chapada dos Guimaraes

15 Oct 2012 1 141
Waterfall in this upland region. We swam here - and in all six other waterfalls that hot day! Wonderful... Swift roost behind this fall.
Swifts

Swifts

15 Oct 2012 119
If you look closely you can see two Great Dusky Swifts. This is where they roost and it is the only place they are ever seen. It is assumed that they feed so high up in the air that they are never seen the rest of the time!
Chapada dos Guimaraes

Chapada dos Guimaraes

15 Oct 2012 1 170
Another lovely waterfall. Hummingbirds in the trees above...
Chapada dos Guimaraes

Chapada dos Guimaraes

15 Oct 2012 1 136
Our travelling companions enjoying the heat.
Flowering shrub; Chapada dos Guimaraes

Flowering shrub; Chapada dos Guimaraes

15 Oct 2012 1 139
I've not worked out what it is yet, but very distinctive.
Bridal Veil Falls - Chapada dos Guimaraes

Bridal Veil Falls - Chapada dos Guimaraes

15 Oct 2012 1 152
One of the most picturesque places around Cuiaba.
Caranda Lodge sunset

Caranda Lodge sunset

16 Oct 2012 128
A moody sky - there were thunderstorms around that day across the Pantanal.
Nightjar

Nightjar

17 Oct 2012 1 111
Photographed at night. This was at Caranda Lodge, the night we saw a Puma!!!
Armadillo

Armadillo

18 Oct 2012 122
This is the Yellow Armadillo, the species most often seen during the day. There was a small colony living near to the lodge at Caranda.
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