Photos of wildlife in Costa Rica (Central America) [updated 2009-03-26]

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Below you will find a collection of photos from Costa Rica. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 2008. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

Red and black Leaf-footed Bugs (family Coreidae) hatching out their eggs Vulture in flight Giant green katydid Black wasp-like insect with indigo blue eyes, orange wings, and orange antenna. This robber fly or mydas fly, (Asilidae or Mydidae family) is a mimic of the Tarantula Hawk Wasp (Pepsis formosa) Isabella's Tiger (Eueides isabella) in the Costa Rican jungle Red and green dart poison frog (Dendrobates granuliferus) Sunning American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) near the Tarcoles Bridge Red lored parrot on a palm tree Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [female: green in color] White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) Green-headed lizard, perhaps a juvenile green basilisk House gecko near a light Red-lored parrot (Amazona autumnalis) Long-nosed black Weevil (family Curculionidae) with orange markings on its back Spiny-Tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) in a tree Sea turtle hatchlings Arboreal Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) White-faced Capuchin baring its fangs Black butterfly with a white fringe, an orange patch, and turquoise spots White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) Beige katydid Red lored parrot on a palm tree Leaf frog Common chunk headed snake - Imantodes cenchoa Swainson’s Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) Blue morpho, with its wings closed, on a tree trunk Black, red, and yellow insect Leaf-cutter ant nest Neotropical cormorant Pearly Malachite (Siproeta stelenes) Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13 | Page 14 | Page 15 | Page 16 | Page 17 | Page 18 | Page 19 | Page 20 | Page 21 | Page 22 | Page 23 | Page 24 | Page 25 | Page 26 | Page 27 | Page 28 | Page 29 | Page 30 | Page 31 | Page 32 | Page 33 | Page 34 | Page 35 | Page 36 | Page 37 | Page 38 | Page 39 | Page 40 | Page 41 | Page 42 | Page 43 | Page 44 | Page 45 | Page 46 | Page 47 | Page 48 | Page 49 | Page 50 | Page 51 | Page 52 | Page 53 | Page 54 | Page 55