Pictures from our trip to Costa Rica: Dec 27, 2010 - Jan 7, 2011

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4a Traveling to Monteverde we saw coatimundis on the side of the road	4b. And a howler monkey in a tree	4c. We traveled around 'Laguna de Arenal' to get from Arenal to Monteverde	4d. We saw a meadowlark
4e. And a blue-crowned motmot - a gorgeous bird	4f. We made the guide stop the van for this iguana - if we had only known how many we were going to see we wouldn't have bothered	4g. Our visit to the butterfly garden started with bugs other than butterflies	4h. Like tarantulas
4i. And scorpions (this one is a tailless scorpion)	4j. That's me holding the millipede	4k. And don't forget the legendary machaca - there's only one cure for a machaca bite!	4l. Our docent held these beetles near each other and you could hear them talking to each other
4m. A hercules beetle	4n. Butterfly pupae waiting to hatch	4o. Butterflies are way easier to photograph when they are pupae! This is a blue morpho	4p. A blue morpho with wings folded
4q. A glasswing butterfly	4r. Small postman butterfly	4s. Don't remember the name of this one	4t Don't remember the name of this guy either
4u. Bizarre plant	4v. The trip to the garden ended with a visit to a leafcutter ant nest	4w. The leafcutter ants used this branch to get from their nestbox to the forest without being stepped on	4x. There were lots of kiskadees at our hotel
4y. The day ended with a gorgeous sunset