I’m Hi! Since yesterday I have come across many different species of beetles and other bugs, some more unfortunate than others. While chatting with everyone last night I stepped outside with my flip flop and heard a huge crunch. When I looked down I was shocked to find a huge green grasshopper. Unfortunately the grasshopper do not make it, RIP.

On a happier note, today we tracked through the jungle to but up different camera traps for large bodies animals. Our aim is to see if large bodies mammals use or/and are affected by man made human paths. We set up a majority of 14 cameras today. While setting up we saw a large variety of biodiversity. All the way from a snake to different beetles to evidence of insects on plants.

The beetles especially were of interest to me. We saw a beetle that secrets a smell to deter predators that was of darker coloration in a rotting log. This beetle was probably a stink beetle which doesn’t need to drink water and can produce a foul odor when disturbed!

While all throughly tried again, everyone was excited to see all the wildlife the jungle had to offer! Fingers crossed we see a Jaguar!