This taranatula was about 12-15 cm across and was walking calmly across the road. It's only the second one I've seen, the first being much larger!
These velvet ants (Mutillidae) are very common in some places. They look like very large colourful ants but are wingless wasps. Apparently some species at least have very painful stings. I know they have very tough bodies.
Very large millipedes are also common. This was perhaps 15 cm long.
I have no doubt Colombia has a huge variety of dragonflies. This one posed long enough to get some reasonable shots.
Some of the grasshoppers here have fantastic patterns. These ones seem abundant in this area.
This very large bumble bee caught my eye.
Corinna Daggerwing (Marpesia corinna) |
This fat beetle? grub, about 12cm long was crawling across a path in the upper parts of Chicamocha canyon. I'm sure it'll grow into something impressive!
Hello Robert,
ReplyDeletethis is a very nice blog, congratulations. I just wanted to inform you, that the tarantula species you´ve photographed close to Tona belongs to the genus Pamphobeteus. It is not possible to determinate up to species level by a picture (apart of that many Theraphosidae from Colombia are sill not described). I hope you will see mora tarntulas and share your pictures with us
Best wishes
Dirk