Side view of an orange and green bug with enlarged paddle- or flag-like orange extensions of the tibia on the long hindlegs with reddish and dark splotches. The bug’s head is orange with long segmented antennae and a jointed orange proboscis extended to surface of leaf on which it rests. The hemelytra are marked with brilliant green with a bumpy iridescent appearance.

Orange and green bug with enlarged paddle- or flag-like orange extensions of the tibia on the long hindlegs with reddish and dark splotches. The bug’s head is orange with long segmented antennae. The hemelytra are marked with brilliant green with a bumpy appearance. It is viewed from above as it rests on to of a green, fern-like, leaf of a forest plant.

Side view of an orange and green stiped bug with enlarged paddle- or flag-like dark blue and orange spotted extensions of the tibia on the long hindlegs. The bug’s head is orange and green striped with long segmented antennae and a jointed iridescent green proboscis extended to surface of leaf on which it rests.

Rear view of an orange and green stiped bug with enlarged paddle- or flag-like dark blue and orange spotted extensions of the tibia on the long hindlegs. The bug’s head bears orange and green stripes that extend into the thorax. From this perspective, the with long segmented antennae are mostly iridescent blue.

#Flag-footed #bugs have expanded #tibia that they wave around like semaphore flags for unclear reasons. #Anisoscellis foliaceus (orange flag) & #Dicator bilineatus (blue & orange spotted flag) frequented stinky baits along an #amazonia forest trail #Hemiptera #Coreidae #Ecuador #IKIAM

Sapphire blue skipper butterfly with thin longitudinal white/light blue streaks on the thorax with others radiating from the thorax onto the wings. Other clear to opaque windows patches mark the distal portions of both wings.

A flying sapphire jewel! The dramatic blue & white of this #Phocides sp. (P. pigmailion hewitsonius?) #skipper #Hesperoniidae made it stand out in the dappled sunshine along a forest path in #Amazonia! Who says skippers have to be boring “LBJs” (little brown jobs)! #Ecuador #Napo #IKIAM

A #skipper: #Aethilla echina echina, #Hesperiidae with brown markings the make the insect look like its wings ungulate

A brown Metalmark butterfly Napaea beltiana, Family Riodinidae, perching head down with while spots on the wings. A concentration of white spots on the rear wings may resemble splotch of white bird droppings in the right light.

The starry night butterfly - velvet black wings with specks of white radiating out like stars. A metalmark butterfly.

Pair of mating Satyr butterflies, tan with darker brown transverse lines and a line of black-filled and unfilled spots ringed in yellow. Species is Taygetina gulnare, family Nymphalidae

#Butterflies from the #IKIAM University track near Muyuna, Napo, #Ecuador at 620m elevation. A #skipper: #Aethilla echina echina, #Hesperiidae; A #metalmark: #Napaea beltiana, #Riodinidae; Starry sky metalmark: #Calydna punctata, & some mating #Satyrs: #Taygetina gulnare, #Nymphalidae.

Observaciones Observaciones de Jesus Ramos Martin

Mis observaciones de biodiversidad en @inaturalist. La mayoría en #Tena, #Ikiam y alrededores (Ecuador).
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