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Myco-heterotrophic fairy plant (Thismia panamensis). These plants grow underground stealing nutrients from its fungal hosts until it erupts from the soil.
Camouflaged stink bug:
A fingerprint ant (Ectatomma ruidum) moves a treehopper. Ants harvest honeydew (a sugary exudate produced as a concentrated form of plant sap as it passes through sap-suckers). This symbiotic relationship allows the treehoppers to benefit from the ants' protection, as the ants gain an easily harvestable sugar source. They will move the treehoppers from one location on the plant to another in order to maximize production.:
A colourful treehopper (Anchirostrus sp.):
Bee-mimicking robber fly (Laphria sp.):
Measuring up - rivals. Rival males square off, using their stilt legs to jockey for position on a tree trunk:
Black-spotted skink (Mabuya nigropunctata):
This was a difficult one to assess. Early in the morning this lizard was sunning itself. I got a few photos in and then as I removed my tripod it took off. I didn't think much of it until a scuffle ensued in the leaf litter. I saw that the immediate aftermath was that the lizard had fallen prey to a spider in the leaf litter. It's a testament to unintended consequences. Although this might have happened while simply walking in the rainforest, one is acutely aware of the potential harms resulting from photography. Hence the reflection in the Ethical Exif data (the watermark in the upper left corner).
Thanks for looking and commenting,
Paul
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