Red crowned woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus) seen in Cali

Red crowned woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus), Cali Ms

A moth having a real bad case of Cordyceps tuberculata, the telemorph of what was formerly known as Akanthomyces pistillariiformis'

Cyphellostereum pusiolum showing top and underside of fruiting body with scale 10mm = 1cm

Cyphellostereum pusiolum growing on rock. This organism is a basidio-lichen in the Hygropharaceae.

Marmoset monkey seen in Isla Escondida

Headlight Elater beetle (Pyrophorus noctilucus) master of bioluminosity, Check out the two round spots on his "shoulders", Isla Escondida

bioluminescent trail of the Headlight Elater beetle - Pyrophorus noctilucus

Humboldt's woolly monkey Lagothrix lagothricha threw dead branches at us from the tree tops, Isla Escondida

Drymonia coccinea - what a unique colorful flower this Gesneriaceae vine sports! Seen in Isla Escondida

Anadenobolus, a harmless giant millipede which was ubiquitous in Isla Escondida, Putumayo

Could be an infected immature Hymenochaete damaecornis seen in Isla Escondida, Putumayo

Cordyceps abundance

Auriscalpium villipes, a hydnoid wood decayer found in Isla Escondida

Auriscalpium villipes cap seen in Isla Escondida

Auriscalpium villipes with its cool hydnoid hymenium

Rigidoporus wand seen in Isla Escondida

We called this Selaginella willdenowii the "Walmart" fern, since its color looked so plastic,Isla Escondida

Russula paucilamellata growing out of wood in Isla Escondida

Bothrops asper - Fer-de-lance viper, Isla Escondida