Daytime Nature Hike

Our guide told us a lot about plants as well as animals.  I’ll do a separate post about plants & flowers in the forest. The 2 young men behind the guide are from Chicago. 3 of us on hike. Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Nature Reserve  San Ramon, Costa Rica

Parsa or Synchlora gerularia Moth   I’ll research more when I get home.  Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Nature Reserve  San Ramon, Costa Rica

Unknown Insect, a little beetle  Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Nature Reserve  San Ramon, Costa Rica

Unknown Insect, a little beetle Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Nature Reserve  San Ramon, Costa Rica

Stink Bug Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Nature Reserve  San Ramon, Costa Rica

Unknown Caterpillar    Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Nature Reserve  San Ramon, Costa Rica

Unknown Caterpillar  Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Nature Reserve  San Ramon, Costa Rica

Unknown Butterfly    Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Nature Reserve  San Ramon, Costa Rica

Glasswing Butterfly  Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Nature Reserve  San Ramon, Costa Rica

Red-tailed Dragonfly  Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Nature Reserve  San Ramon, Costa Rica

Walking Stick Insect  Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Nature Reserve  San Ramon, Costa Rica

Paw Print of Ocelot  At least our guide thought so. See three toe prints right of beige leaf.  Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Nature Reserve  San Ramon, Costa Rica

And the next morning this guy was in hotel garden – he fits with day hike varmits:

Hooded Mantis  Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Resort & Nature Reserve  San Ramon, Costa Rica

Hooded Mantis  Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Resort & Nature Reserve   San Ramon, Costa Rica

We saw a lot more stuff and he told us about plants used for medicines, not only by natives, but also by modern pharmaceutical companies. Interesting but I will never remember most of that!  🙂

Or see the Villa Blanca Website  And several more blog posts with more photos!