Our friends Juergen & Marisol take a shot at the Cotopaxi volcano
Andean highlands near QuitoCotopaxiHummingbird at the Maquipucuna reserveCloud forestbanana leafrandom donkeyJo-anne processes ant samples at Maquipucunadark and green, the rainforest can be disorientinggathering ants to photograph at Jatun Sacha, an Amazonian reserveOrchids at MaquipucunaJo-anne measures the distance between Linepithema nests, BaezaRio Umachaca
Wonderful shots!
thanks for sharing.
Thanks Alex
Nice! I love expeditions! Look forward to reading more about your trip.
That orchid is quite spectacular.
Sure brings back memories! The vistas remind me of a reserve that I went to near Quito (Bosque Pasochoa).
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Any ants in those high altitude grasslands — Maybe even Solenopsis weyrauchi, which I’ve never seen alive.
Not a one, James. But then, we weren’t looking all that hard as Jo’s ants are mostly mid- to low-elevation things.
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