Photos of Costa Rica pictures: wildlife

White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_5078]

Transparent moth [cr_3679a]

Frog [costa-rica-d_0470]

Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in flight over crashing surf [costa-rica_1431]

Bee approaching a bird-of-paradise flower [cr_3690]

Brown frog [costa_rica_5534]

Taking blood samples from a bird during a survey

Chocolate Mint poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus)

Firefly, Lighting Beetle, family Lampyridae [costa-rica-d_0021]

Black wasp-like insect with indigo blue eyes, orange wings, and orange antenna. This robber fly or mydas fly, (Asilidae or Mydidae family) is a mimic of the Tarantula Hawk Wasp (Pepsis formosa) [costa_rica_5271]

Red, black, and orange insect [cr_3704]

Butterfly on flower

Masked frog (Smilisca phaeota) [costa-rica-d_0371a]

Black honey bee

Immature Leaf Beetle grubs, Chrysomelidae devouring a plant leaf

Gladiator Tree Frog (Hyla rosenbergi) [costa-rica-d_0479]

Slate gray and red butterfly [costa_rica_4522]

Red-breasted blackbird [costa_rica_5009]

Leaf frog [costa_rica_4688]

Leaf-footed Bugs (family Coreidae) [costa_rica_5496]

White-faced Capuchin baring its fangs [costa_rica_5133]

Spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi ornatus) [costa-rica_0283]

Firefly, Lighting Beetle, family Lampyridae [costa-rica-d_0017]

Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in flight [costa-rica_1414]

Hatching Leaf-footed Bugs (family Coreidae) next their red eggs [costa-rica-d_0380]

White-faced Capuchin monkeys

Dark gray and red butterfly (Pierella helvetia incanescens) [cr_3727]

Pionus Parrot [cr_4100]

Red-Eyed Tree Frog on the underside of a banana leaf [costa_rica_5903]

Mint poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus)

Swainson's Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) in flight [costa-rica_1112]

Swainson’s Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_4936]

Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus martii) [costa-rica_a_0057]

Spiny-tailed iguana [costa_rica_5733]

Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4198]

Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani) [costa-rica_0419]

Eyelash viper

Hummingbird under examination [costa_rica_4940]

Transparent moth [cr_3680]

Green poison arrow frog [costa-rica_0947]

Kinkajou (Potos flavus) in the process of being rehabilitated

Orange-billed Nightingale-thrush biting

Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male: blue in color] [costa-rica_0544]

Black wasp-like insect with indigo blue eyes, orange wings, and orange antenna. This robber fly or mydas fly, (Asilidae or Mydidae family) is a mimic of the Tarantula Hawk Wasp (Pepsis formosa) [costa_rica_5274]

Godart's Cycadian butterfly (Eumaeus godartii) [costa_rica_4600]

Snookum bear (Nasua narica) [costa-rica_0674]

Montezuma Oropendola (Gymnostinops montezuma) in a palm tree

Red dragonfly

Spotted Antbird (Hylophylax naevioides) [costa-rica_0865]

Red-Eyed Tree Frog in a banana leaf [costa_rica_5886]

Anole [costa-rica-d_0140a]

Red-eyed katydid [costa_rica_5634]

White-faced capuchin [cr_4336]

Raptor [costa-rica_1384]

White-faced Capuchin [costa_rica_5177]

Leaf-cutter ant nest [costa_rica_5423]

Central American Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii) [costa-rica_1035]

Pair of sleeping dragonflies [costa_rica_5587]

Crab-eating Raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus)

Green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) being examined

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