Amazing eyes of the malachite butterfly (Siproeta steneles). Bosque da Barra, Rio de Janeiro.

First visit to a protected area that hosts the endangered butterfly Parides ascanius (Fluminense swallowtail). A small enclave in the heart of highly urbanized West Rio. Its host plant is the trilobed vine depicted here. The other vine is a passionflower plant. Tiger moth is a beautiful Poliopastea.

Greetings from a cloudy afternoon in Rio.

Kicking-up our Easter lab meeting with a chocolate bar extravaganza and a great talk by our newest post-doc Marilia Costa on land-use change and its impact on ant communities. Looking forward to a productive 3-year collaboration!

Morning light and afternoon fog. Life in the cloud forest near Rio.

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,432,402!

Here you go, one more Ithomiinae for the feed.

Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with Clarice Lispector and her dog.

Fist real post here. Hello!