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Mangroves

  • A small patch of red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle)

    A small patch of red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle)

  • Mangrove forest cleared for a container yard

    Mangrove forest cleared for a container yard

  • Dead mangrove forest

    Dead mangrove forest

  • A black mangrove seedling (Avicennia germinans) takes root on a fallen log

    A black mangrove seedling (Avicennia germinans) takes root on a fallen log

  • A red mangrove seedling (Rhizophora mangle)

    A red mangrove seedling (Rhizophora mangle)

  • Larvae of stem-boring beetles (Coccotrypes rhizophorae) inside a hollowed out chamber in a red mangrove propagule

    Larvae of stem-boring beetles (Coccotrypes rhizophorae) inside a hollowed out chamber in a red mangrove propagule

  • A stem-boring beetle (Coccotrypes rhizophorae) has chewed its way into a red mangrove propagule leaving behind a gooey trail of pulp

    A stem-boring beetle (Coccotrypes rhizophorae) has chewed its way into a red mangrove propagule leaving behind a gooey trail of pulp

  • A female woodnymph hummingbird has built her nest of lichen and spider webs less than a meter off the ground in a red mangrove seedling

    A female woodnymph hummingbird has built her nest of lichen and spider webs less than a meter off the ground in a red mangrove seedling

  • A spider crawls along the pneumatophores of a black mangrove

    A spider crawls along the pneumatophores of a black mangrove

  • The tungara frog (Physalaemus pustulosus) is a rainforest species sometimes found at the edge of mangrove forests

    The tungara frog (Physalaemus pustulosus) is a rainforest species sometimes found at the edge of mangrove forests

  • Mushrooms growing in the mangrove forest

    Mushrooms growing in the mangrove forest

  • Lacewings eggs

    Lacewings eggs

  • Fiddler crab (Uca sp.)

    Fiddler crab (Uca sp.)

  • Caterpillar of the Bella moth (Utetheisa ornatrix) on its host plant, Rattlebox (Crotolaria sp.)

    Caterpillar of the Bella moth (Utetheisa ornatrix) on its host plant, Rattlebox (Crotolaria sp.)



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