Hesperini Tribe

This tribe level identification means it will be difficult even for the experts to identify, as that is as far down the ID latter the iNaturalist AI would go and I’m certainly unqualified to go farther. It may end up being a common species with two anomalies, that dark “plate” or whatever on his back or shoulders and the whitish tip of his tail. Neither characteristic matches any of the similar species photos I could find, so I’m leaving it at the tribe level. 🙂 Found in the cow pasture and it is the last one from that visual adventure. 🙂 This tribe is also called “branded grass skippers” which is appropriate for one found in the grasses of a cow pasture! 🙂

Hesperini Tribe or branded grass skipper butterfly, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica

An added side-note on that walk along the cow pasture in my shorts is that, when I got back to the house, both legs were itching all over, possibly from some insect in the grasses or allergic reaction to some plant. A generous lathering of Allergel took care of that itching pretty quickly! 🙂 This is all from the cow pasture for now. Back to my garden! 🙂

¡Pura Vida!

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Cow Pasture Banded Peacock

It is not all little dull brown butterflies in the cow pasture, but some colorful ones too! 🙂 It was also interesting to note that most of them stayed close to the ground or down low in the tall grasses, only occasionally flying or landing up higher to, I guess, absorb the sun or eat from a flower. This one may be my most seen butterfly all over Costa Rica, as you can see in my gallery: Banded Peacock, Anartia fatima.

Banded Peacock Butterfly, Cow Pasture, Roca Verde, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica

¡Pura Vida!

Hermes Satyr

This interesting species was very common in my garden in past years, but not this year. Now I know where they are! In the cow pasture across the street! 🙂 Note that this is almost identical to the Carolina Satyr found only in the U.S. See my other photos in the gallery: Hermes Satyr – Hermeuptychia hermes.

Hermes Satyr, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica
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Laverna Metalmark

Of the many Metalmark Butterflies (Riodinidae) in Costa Rica, this is the species that I personally see the most of with more photos in the gallery: Laverna Metalmark, Calephelis laverna. And here he is in a cow pasture! 🙂

Laverna Metalmark, Cow Pasture, Roca Verde, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica

¡Pura Vida!

Pasture Skipper

Seems like an appropriate name for this plain brown Skipper photographed in a cow pasture! 🙂 The only other one I’ve given this identification is much lighter in color. See my gallery: Pasture Skipper,  Vehilius stictomenes. And I’m still waiting for a confirmation by an expert on iNaturalist. Either one could have their ID changed! 🙂

Pasture Skipper, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica on a blade of grass in the Cow Pasture.

¡Pura Vida!

Cow Pasture Nature Photography

I don’t go to the cow pasture enough for birds, butterflies and a lot of other nature to photograph, so on a recent morning I walked down the road along the pasture fence to that only big tree on right side of pasture by the road and back to my gate from where the feature photo was made. In about 15 to 20 minutes I photographed 6 species of butterflies and the other nature items in a gallery below this one mimosa plant photo . . .

Sensitive Plant Flower, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica
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Four-spotted Sailor

A new species for me! Or my first time to see and photograph, thus these 2 photos are the only ones today in my Gallery Four-spotted Sailor, but who knows, I might see another one tomorrow! 🙂 And a fun fact about this one is that I photographed him through my kitchen sink window, where I spotted him while washing dishes! 🙂 There are several kinds of “Sailor” butterflies and I’ve seen only one other, the Pale Sailor, which I’ve seen 2 different years in my garden plus nearby on 8th Avenue near Hotel Colinas del Sol, so a lot more photos!

Four-spotted Sailor, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Four-spotted Sailor, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica

¡Pura Vida!

Idiarthron Genus

I know, it looks like a grasshopper and it may be, but the AI on iNaturalist would only go so for as the genus in identification, so I will wait for a bug expert to identify which grasshopper this is! 🙂 Here’s two shots, the top view with my cell phone and the side view with my telephoto lens on a Canon camera. And I do expect it to be identified eventually.

Idiarthron Genus Insect, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica
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