Day 1: Mon, Mar 4--at Yanacocha Reserve

Alticini
Flea Beetles
Tribe Alticini

Chauliognathus

Predatory Fungus Gnats
Family Keroplatidae

Genus Leptopeltus
a member of Large Rove Beetles Subfamily Staphylininae

True Crickets and Allies
Superfamily Grylloidea

Andean Tapeti
Sylvilagus andinus

Last of Day 1: Mon, Mar 4, 2024--at Yanacocha Reserve

Day 2: Tue, Mar 5, 2024--At Rio Silanche Reserve

Genus Cyphomyia, a fly
a member of Soldier Flies Family Stratiomyidae

Common Cicada

Western Honey Bee
Apis mellifera

Red-tailed Squirrel
Sciurus granatensis

Central American Agouti
Dasyprocta punctata

Central American Agouti

Last of Day 2: Tue, Mar 5, 2024--from Rio Silanche Reserve to Sachatamia Rainforest Reserve Lodge

Day 3: Wed, Mar 6--at Amagusa Reserve and Sachatamia Rainforest Reserve Lodge

Stingless Bee

Cyclocephala
Masked Chafers
Genus Cyclocephala

Corydalus armatus
a member of Dobsonflies Subfamily Corydalinae

Corydalus armatus
a member of Dobsonflies Subfamily Corydalinae

Neotropical Dwarf Squirrels
Genus Microsciurus

Genus Dinidor
a member of Dinidorid Bugs Family Dinidoridae

Rusty-tipped Page
Siproeta epaphus

True Weevils
(Family Curculionidae)

On a window at our room in the evening

Genus Faula

Outside a window of our room at Sachatamia Lodge

Genus Faula

The beetle finally righted itself after much struggling.

Last of Day 3: Wed, Mar 6, 2024--at Amagusa Reserve and Sachatamia Rainforest Reserve Lodge

Day 4: Thu, Mar 7, 2024--at Sachatamia Rainforest Reserve Lodge, Bellavista Road, and Sendero Frutty Tour Finca

Hypocrita phanoptoides
a member of Tiger Moths Tribe Arctiini

Stenoma sexmaculata
a member of Concealer Moths Family Oecophoridae

Cyclophora hieroglyphica
a member of Waves and Mochas Subfamily Sterrhinae

Loepacris diaphana
a member of Short-horned Grasshoppers Family Acrididae

Eciton Army Ants
Genus Eciton

Last of Day 4: Thu, Mar 7, 2024--at Sachatamia Rainforest Reserve Lodge, Bellavista Road, and Sendero Frutty Tour Finca

Day 5: Fri, Mar 8, 2024--left Sachatamia Lodge for Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mirador Guaycapi restaurant, then Hotel Carrión


at pavilion at Refugio Paz de las Aves, appears to have parasites attached

Golofa Beetles
Genus Golofa
at pavilion at Refugio Paz de las Aves

Golofa eacus
a member of True Rhinoceros Beetles Tribe Dynastini

Heterogomphus schoenherri
a member of Rhinoceros Beetles Subfamily Dynastinae

I think all these big beetles were upside down when I found them. The first looked like it might have fallen off an edge of the porch. This one was out in the parking lot and I wonder if someone just kicked it over as they walked by. They all moved on when I righted them.

Leucauge mariana
a member of Long-jawed Orbweavers Family Tetragnathidae

on the path to the Cock-of-the-Rock lek, where we returned to see the Common Potoo

at a feeder at Mirador Guaycapi restaurant

Mud-nesting Spider Wasps
Tribe Ageniellini
with a large spider or insect, on the rail at Mirador Guaycapi restaurant

Mud-nesting Spider Wasps
Tribe Ageniellini
at Mirador Guaycapi restaurant

in the bathroom of our room at Hotel Carrión

Last of Day 5: Fri, Mar 8, 2024--left Sachatamia Lodge for Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mirador Guaycapi restaurant, then Hotel Carrión

Day 6: Sat, Mar 9, 2024--on the paramo, before going to San Isidro Lodge for the evening

Jerry Davis took a photo of the entire moth sheet, with all its insects, at San Isidro Lodge.

On the edge of the moth sheet outside the restaurant deck at San Isidro Lodge

Genus Fulgurodes
a member of Geometer Moths Family Geometridae

Eois planetaria
a member of Carpet Moths Subfamily Larentiinae

Ancognatha vulgaris
a member of Masked Chafers and Rice Beetles Tribe Cyclocephalini

Last of Day 6: Sat, Mar 9, 2024--from the paramo to San Isidro Lodge

Day 7: Sun, Mar 10, 2024--at San Isidro Lodge, then to La Brisa hummingbird feeders

Disteniid Beetles
Family Disteniidae

Xylophanes docilis
a member of Macroglossine Sphinx Moths Subfamily Macroglossinae

Geometer Moths
Family Geometridae
at San Isidro Lodge, Ecuador

Black Agouti
below deck at San Isidro Lodge

Starting morning walk along road outside San Isidro Lodge grounds

Genus Pseudoxycheila
a member of Tiger Beetles Subfamily Cicindelinae

Oxelytrum discicolle
a member of Burying and Carrion Beetles Family Silphidae

Subfamily Tanypodinae
a member of Non-biting Midges Family Chironomidae

Golofa gaujoni
a member of True Rhinoceros Beetles Tribe Dynastini
at San Isidro Lodge

Xylophanes rhodochlora
a member of Macroglossine Sphinx Moths Subfamily Macroglossinae

Xylophanes rhodochlora
a member of Macroglossine Sphinx Moths Subfamily Macroglossinae

Last of Day 7, Sun, Mar 10, 2024--at San Isidro Lodge, then to La Brisa

Day 8, Mon, Mar 11, 2024--we started at San Isidro Lodge, then went to the upper Cuyuja region of Antisana National Park, to Guango Lodge, the home of ornithologist/artist Juan Manuel Carrión in Cumbaya, before returning to San José de Puembo Hotel.

Praeamastus albipuncta
a member of Tiger Moths Tribe Arctiini
at San Isidro Lodge our last morning there

Tribe Hemileucini
a member of Buck and Io Moths Subfamily Hemileucinae

Genus Pseudoxycheila
a member of Tiger Beetles Subfamily Cicindelinae
Mary found this Tiger Beetle on the road as we walked Cuyuja region of Antisana National Park.

Long-waisted Honey Wasps
Genus Polybia
on a feeder at Guango Lodge

Long-waisted Honey Wasps on a hummingbird feeder at Guango Lodge

Last of Day 8, Mon, Mar 11, 2024--we started at San Isidro Lodge, then went to the upper Cuyuja region of Antisana National Park, to Guango Lodge, the home of ornithologist/artist Juan Manuel Carrión in Cumbaya, before returning to San José de Puembo Hotel.