Photos - Costa Rica
pre-2003 primary rainforest, from the canopy secondary rainforest bromeliad in secondary rainforest Mike and lots and lots of rope lowering bromeliads from the trees in buckets Diane descending from the canopy Alex washing out a bromeliad bromeliads under a net to prevent insects from laying eggs in the water trapped by the leaves featuring photos by: Ross Conner, Kristin Greenough, Mike Melnychuk, Jackie Ngai, Heather Schneider, Diane Srivastava, Brian Starzomski, Derek Tan, and more
Summer 2003 the biology 409 class Daryl in front of an anthill, looking very 'National Geographic Explorer' Derek on the road, Orosilito in the background Dick Cannings and more 409ers ocellated antbird praying mantis on a shoe newly emerged Megaloprepus Morpho butterfly bromeliads along the station deck Ben and Kurtis, looking serious her name was Lola, she was a showgirl... horsies! featuring photos by: Ross Conner, Kristin Greenough, Mike Melnychuk, Jackie Ngai, Heather Schneider, Diane Srivastava, Brian Starzomski, Derek Tan, and more
Fall 2004 2004 bromeliad assault team jungle Diane Ross and Estaban Brian, there's a praying mantis on your neck Ben and Kate, looking soggy big buttressed tree Josue Aimee, Brian, Kate, Ben, somewhere Aimee and Josue, yellow hibiscus maybe? Kate and an acorn-like thing Brian, with hors d'oeuvres adventures in the back of a truck Ross returns victorious from the field washing out bromeliads Ben sorting bromeliad larvae Aimee lowers down a bromeliad big larval something possible glass frog tadpoles in a submerged Cecropia leaf pufferfish on a sand dollar toilet frog some leaf bug big green bug shower surprises mouse, or perhaps a more tropical rodent pretty beetles orchid orb weavers have taken over the station friends in the nearby town of Brasilia more friends Diane stops in for a visit all dressed up in the garden, helmets from our ATV Jose Antonio and Juan de Dios featuring photos by: Ross Conner, Kristin Greenough, Mike Melnychuk, Jackie Ngai, Heather Schneider, Diane Srivastava, Brian Starzomski, Derek Tan, and more

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