Amazon Night Walk

We went on a walk at night to hunt for nocturnal critters. This is mostly going to be more creepy crawlies in case you haven’t guessed.

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The stick bugs are huge.

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Many of the crickets had antenna much longer than their bodies.

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This is a stingless scorpion. It is an arthropod between spiders and scorpions.

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The butterflies were sleeping. This is the only time we saw them landed in the amazon. They flutter around all day without rest.

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This is a grasshopper that just finished shedding its exoskeleton.

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The leafcutter ants were really active at night. I traced one of their trails for 20m before both ends disappeared too deeply into the jungle to follow.

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They were moving pretty fast.

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And here’s the tarantula you’ve all been waiting for. He’s just a baby. We didn’t see any big ones.

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