New Visitors and Training

After a very quiet week, today firstly Lee Dyer came for weekend. He is the Lead Investigator for the Caterpillar Project (Caterpillars.org) which is all over North and South America, funded  by The National Science Foundation. He was kind enough to give me some tips  and advice,  As  helping  with  the Caterpillar Project is one of my main duties here. Which is becoming easier as there is now currently  only 50 Caterpillars to feed as others have, died or mostly  become Chrysalis or  are affected the Parasitiods(Parasites). So now it’s a case of checking and recording  what happens and collecting the hatched adults for specimens.

Also  Guinevere  Jones another Wyominite  has come for 2 months to do research for her PhD with the help of her Boyfriend  David who is also a PhD  Student

Ice Cream Not Really

Sitting having breakfast this morning, my ears pricked up as I heard what I thought was an Ice Cream Van playing a typical tune. Only to be told that its actually an Ecuadorian Garbage Truck, they do this too let you know that they are here arnd will collet your garbage shortly

Oh So Quiet

Its so quiet now without my new friends form Wyoming Uni, but its nice and laid back can get up when I want eat when I want and what I want depending whats availiable too cook. Loren the Volunteer has gone down to Cosanga for the night so its basically me here. Am not reallybothered as just curled up watching movie and blogging on my Samsung Galaxy tablet, too tired to go on a Night Walk myself around my Personal Playground. Its so peacefull here that is what it feels like :),You can really connect with nature all you want and alone here.The only thing worry about is running out of battery power for your head torch at night and failing branches in the forrest you may have to dive out of the way you just never know.

Yanayacu Views and Wildlife

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Amazing Week

Have had an amazing  1st week involving  trail walks (day and night)  and learning the ropes for  Caterpillar Project I have taken over from the previous volunteers. Over the next 10 days there is a a group of Lecturer’s and Students from Wyoming University led by Professor  Scott  Shaw. So I hope to learn a lot while they are here and who knows maybe teach a few things, like how to sex a Millipede or  a Butterfly. I’ve already  come across many new species of insects etc and even my 1st ever Glow Worm Larvae. Preying  Mantis are a rare sighting  here as the are so small,  yesterday I found  two together so rather happy.

Glow  Worm  Larvae