Costa Rica Part 4--Insects (and other invertebrates)

Insects make up the vast majority of the animal biomass of the rainforest, and we saw a ton of them, but they were incredibly difficult to identify because of the sheer variety and quantity of them, but we did get pretty good at a couple of them. First up, the orb weaver spider:















Next up: the terrifying azteca ant. They defend acacia and cercropia trees, so don't even brush against them! The bite smarts for a good two hours.



One of the hundreds if not thousands of hermit crabs we saw in Corcovado.