In Peru I dangled a UV light from an old bit of plank to attract nocturnal insects. On the crumbling plank was a mud nest made by a solitary hunting wasp. Needless to say, I carefully removed the nest from the plank to have a better look …
Los Amigos, a field station in southern Peru, run by the ACA is bristling with life. The lowland forest that surrounds the station is home to 11 species of monkey, jaguars, tapirs, hundreds of bird species and a dazzling variety of arthropods – my personal favourites. One evening at the …