Second chance for the victims of the illegal trafficThe last refuge for the Scarlet macawLegal consumption eggs of turtlesSustainable management of forest resourcesThreats on the monkey-spiderEfforts for the slothsVolunteers in support for the marine turtlesSoon: Galapagos, the blackberry in sightsPortrait of a Shiwiar The forest pharmacy: welcome in the universe of healing plantsGold organic green and fairThe jungle in the Mayan civilizationYasuni, the garden of Eden Arthropods to understand the Mayan lifeScientific inventory of the butterfliesSoon: mangrove swamps, when forests walk on the waterScientific inventory of the butterflies
Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica.
To list the various species of butterflies, identify their larval state, study their diet are the first steps needed to understand the role of these insects on the dynamics of the forests. A team of scientists works since 2006 in Costa Rican on the collection and the identification of moths and butterflies in north-west, in the heart of the Guanacaste Conservation Area. We followed them once to collect butterflies. In front of the tense bright trap, insects fly from everywhere : grasshoppers, beetles, bugs, mantises, mosquitoes and countless butterflies. The second part of the project is based on the study of butterflies larval development, in other words, the capture of caterpillars. But the task is tough, caterpillars are often queens of the camouflage!
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