Automeris metzli (Lepidoptera) on Trema micrantha. Photo by R. Aguilar.

• Title

  Automeris metzli (Lepidoptera) on Trema micrantha. Photo by R. Aguilar.

• Creator(s)

  R. Aguilar

• Description

  Nilo F. Aguilar, the five-year old son of Reinaldo Aguilar and Catherine Bainbridge is helping to collect caterpillars of the moth Automeris metzli (Saturniidae, INBIO RA 10632) from the trunk of Trema micrantha, based on Reinaldo Aguilar 10632 fromfrom the Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas, Costa Rica.

• Specimens

  Specimen - 01096149, R. Aguilar 10632, Trema micrantha (L.) Blume, Cannabaceae (81.1), Magnoliophyta; Central America, Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Osa (Canton)

• Taxonomy

  Trema micrantha (L.) Blume

• Copyright Statement

  Copyright 2008 Reinaldo Aguilar

• Image Type

  Field photograph

• Continent

  Central America

• Country

  Costa Rica