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Jumping spider (family Salticidae)
- Jumping spiders have good vision and use it for hunting and navigating. They are capable of jumping from place to place, secured by a silk tether. This species is found in the rainforest in Ecuador.
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Clearwing butterfly caterpillars (Methona sp. family Danaidae)
- Timelapse of a group of the caterpillars eating a Brunfelsia grandiflora leaf. Their bright aposematic coloration warns predators of their toxicity.
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Leaf Cutter Ants (Atta sp.) carrying pieces of leaves to their nest at night in the rainforest, Ecuador
Leaf Cutter Ants (Atta sp.) carrying pieces of leaves to their nest at night in the rainforest, Ecuador
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Leaf Cutter Ants (Atta sp.) carrying pieces of leaves to their nest at night in the rainforest, Ecuador
Leaf Cutter Ants (Atta sp.) carrying pieces of leaves to their nest at night in the rainforest, Ecuador
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HD video of Iguazu Falls, from Brazilian side
HD video of Iguazu Falls, from Brazilian side
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Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp.) walking along a branch above a rainforest stream in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp.) walking along a branch above a rainforest stream in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
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Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp.) walking along a branch above a rainforest stream in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp.) walking along a branch above a rainforest stream in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
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Tracking along a fallen tree trunk in Amazonian rainforest in Ecuador with army ants.
A trail of Army Ants (Eciton sp.) is crawling along the trunk. They are carrying ant larvae and pupae from a raid on another ant species.
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Tracking along a fallen tree trunk in Amazonian rainforest in Ecuador with army ants.
A trail of Army Ants (Eciton sp.) is crawling along the trunk. They are carrying ant larvae and pupae from a raid on another ant species.
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Rio Napo, Ecuador with the Andes Mountains in the distance. The Napo is a major tributary of the Amazon. A dugout canoe drifts downstream.
Rio Napo, Ecuador with the Andes Mountains in the distance. The Napo is a major tributary of the Amazon. A dugout canoe drifts downstream.
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Walking along a path through Amazonian rainforest in Ecuador
Walking along a path through Amazonian rainforest in Ecuador
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Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp.) walking along a branch above a rainforest stream in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp.) walking along a branch above a rainforest stream in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
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Colony of hemipteran bugs
Showing insects in all stages of development, adults, nymphs and eggs. On the trunk of a small tree in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
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Social spiders climbing in their web at night
- Time-lapse in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Groups of several hundred spiders inhabit a large web where they share their prey.
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CU Jaguar Lying down, panting, South America
CU Jaguar Lying down, panting, South America
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Leaf Cutter Ants (Atta sp.) carrying pieces of leaves to their nest at night in the rainforest, Ecuador
Leaf Cutter Ants (Atta sp.) carrying pieces of leaves to their nest at night in the rainforest, Ecuador
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Hot Lips Plant (Psychotria poeppigiana)
- A rainforest understory shrub in the Ecuadorian Amazon. A butterfly visits and a grasshopper is sitting on the flower.
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Time-lapse of a snail crawling on the rainforest floor
- In tropical rainforest in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
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Early morning time-lapse of the interior of tropical rainforest
With a flower of the Hot Lips Plant (Psychotria tomentosa) and a stilt root palm in the foreground. In the Ecuadorian Amazon.
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Early morning time-lapse of the interior of tropical rainforest
With a stilt root palm (Iriartea deltoidia) in the foreground. In the Ecuadorian Amazon.
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Walking along a rainforest stream in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Leaf cutter ants are walking across a branch over the stream.
Walking along a rainforest stream in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Leaf cutter ants are walking across a branch over the stream.
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Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp.) walking along a branch above a rainforest stream in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp.) walking along a branch above a rainforest stream in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
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Tracking along a column of leaf cutter ants (Atta sp.) carrying their leaves along a branch above a stream.
In tropical rainforest in the Ecuadorian Amazon.