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Blue jeans poison dart frog (Oophaga pumilio):



Strawberry morph:





Ceratopogonid midge (Forcipomyia sp.):



Mossy stick insect:



Fungus stick insect:



Male mosquito:



Scorpion with katydid prey:



Freshly moulted cockroach (You can still see the tracheal system):



Thanks for looking and commenting,
Paul

PS: For words accompanying photos you can check out my blog at www.pbertner.wordpress.com



Jun 07, 2013 at 09:56 PM
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Lovely series- love those frogs
Brian v.



Jun 08, 2013 at 01:30 AM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Costa Rica part VIII


excellent,like them all


Jun 08, 2013 at 01:57 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Costa Rica part VIII


Fantastic set...love the PDFs and the sticks.


Jun 08, 2013 at 05:15 PM
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totally groovn on the frogs!


Apr 19, 2014 at 09:11 AM
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Like it Paul. The third PDF my favourite - maybe a bit more DOF? The blue mossy also interesting perhaps a Sabethes. Thanks for sharing them.

Phil



Apr 19, 2014 at 11:39 AM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Costa Rica part VIII


Thanks Phil - Yeah these photos are a little old and they were from Hitoy-Cerrere park. One of my favourites as it's off the beaten path from most of the other overrun parks like Monteverde. The mosquito is actually Toxorhynchites I believe.


Apr 19, 2014 at 12:17 PM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Costa Rica part VIII


Cool. The PDFs are such great characters- really bold it's as if they know they're poisonous and no others will mess with them. The image is a brilliant classic pose, outstanding photo, it's just in my view it would benefit from a shade deeper stop. You are a top shelf shooter Paul.

When I spent field time in CR I recall a blue species Woodbridge Foster was working on. But I think there are quite a few blue sp. - always wanted to shoot a botfly laying eggs on a female mossy! I was aware T. rutilus rutilus got down to Florida but didn't know it went down to CR.

As always great post of tropical macro. I'm a fan.

Phil



Apr 19, 2014 at 12:38 PM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Costa Rica part VIII


There are only two photos of pdfs that I'm happy with.

Though not technically brilliant it is a behaviour that isn't often seen in the wild

Amreega sp.



and this one of D. auratus



I'd also like to capture the botfly moment though pretty hard I'd imagine. There's a clip in life in the undergrowth, it looks like it only takes a couple of seconds.

Thanks for the kind words,
Best wishes,
Paul



Apr 19, 2014 at 01:12 PM
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Excellence series.


Apr 19, 2014 at 08:23 PM
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love your frogs Paul


Apr 22, 2014 at 07:34 PM
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These are simply amazing.


Apr 22, 2014 at 08:31 PM
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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Costa Rica part VIII


Thanks Jonatha, jbtito and kmunroe for the comments, much appreciated!


Apr 22, 2014 at 08:50 PM
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Costa Rica part VIII


I am a newbie and trying to grab some significant stuff from the related forum. Looking forward for the various posts.


Apr 23, 2014 at 12:27 AM
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Hi alicedavid, as a newbie you might be interested in a blog where I share some details and tips.

http://pbertner.wordpress.com/19-rules-to-follow/



Apr 23, 2014 at 04:33 AM
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Thank you for sharing the information, I will have to read it better at a later time.
The photos are stunning.

Walt



Apr 23, 2014 at 09:13 AM
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Amazing set, really like the frogs


Apr 24, 2014 at 01:46 AM
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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Costa Rica part VIII


Did you find these in the wild?


Apr 24, 2014 at 02:41 AM
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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Costa Rica part VIII


hey howard, yes these are all in the wild.

Thanks walter and redpanda, comments are much appreciated.



Apr 24, 2014 at 06:29 PM





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