by Vern Veer | Jul 3, 2018 | Wildlife
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The elephant beetle is an exceptionally large, herbivorous insect species. Most of its time is spent in trees, feeding on decaying wood, sap and fruit. As the elephant beetle name implies, these creatures are elephantine in size...
by Vern Veer | May 31, 2018 | Wildlife
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Costa Rica creature feature oncilla: Oncilla, often referred to as the little spotted cat, or in Costa Rica as the tigrillo. This Costa Rica cat is the smallest species of wildcat in this country. Living in the mountain forests at...
by Vern Veer | May 3, 2018 | Wildlife
Three species of tree boa are common throughout many areas of Costa Rica: garden, annulated and black-tailed. As their name indicates, all three types of tree boa are characterized by their arboreal existence. They are very efficient constrictors, preying on lizards...
by Vern Veer | Mar 31, 2018 | Wildlife
[vc_row full_width=”full_width”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Howler monkeys are the largest of the New World monkeys, comprising several distinct species throughout the tropics of Central and South America. The Ecuadorian mantled howler is the subspecies...
by Vern Veer | Mar 31, 2018 | Wildlife
The lesser giant hunting ant (Paraponera clavata), more commonly known as the bullet ant, is no stranger to Costa Rica. This insect species inhabits the wet neotropic ecozone, from Honduras in the north through Brazil in the south. It can grow to more than an inch in...
