Peru InsectsOne of the colorful Orthoptera of the lowland forests around Amazonia Lodge (500m). Family Eumastacidae, called airplane or monkey grasshoppers. This looks like Eumastax vittata per J.L. Castner's "Amazon Insects" (Feline Press, 2000, Gainesville, FL). Photo by Roy Beckemeyer.
A small beetle photographed at the Pueblo Hotel near Machu-Picchu (about 2000 m elevation). Photo by Roy Beckemeyer, November 2, 2000.
At the right - a small treehopper (Homoptera: Membracidae) photographed in the vicinity of the Pueblo Hotel, November 2, 2000. (Roy Beckemeyer)
Left: A cicada found along the Atalaya road around 1800 m elevation. 9 November 2000. (Roy Beckemeyer)
Right: A beetle deciding to take off and fly away
rather than pose on a finger for a picture.
Left: Leafcutter ants on the march with their harvest. Trail near Amazonia Lodge (500 m elevation). 12 November 2000.
Right: A colorful grasshopper from the forest near Amazonia Lodge.
Below: A metallic-turquoise colored weevil from the Amazonian forest of Peru.
