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Last update: 2017-07-27
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 Heliconia in Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Transparent butterfly of the Nymphalidae family (Subfamily Satyrinae)
(Colombia)
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 Nymphalidae transparent-winged butterfly in a Colombian cloud forest
(Colombia)
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 Red and yellow Heliconia sp. (Heliconiaceae)
(Colombia)
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 Nest of Tetragonisca angustula stingless bees, family Apidae, tribe Meliponini
(Colombia)
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 Otún river
(Colombia)
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 White a dark red-stripped butterfly
(Colombia)
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 Waterfall and montane forest of La Pastora in Parque UcumarÃÂÂÂ
(Colombia)
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 Clear-wing butterfly (Pseudohaeterea hypaesia) in Colombia
(Colombia)
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 Red and black butterfly
(Colombia)
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 Epiphytes in Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Red and yellow Heliconia in Colombia
(Colombia)
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 Tank bromeliad in a Colombian montane forest
(Colombia)
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 Waterfall at Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Tree-planting project in Colombia
(Colombia)
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 Colombian cloud forest of Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Montane forest of Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Black and red beetle
(Colombia)
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 Transparent-winged butterfly with orange, black, and white markings
(Colombia)
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 Epiphyte roots in Santuario Otún Quimbaya montane forest
(Colombia)
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 Transparent butterfly (Pseudohaeterea hypaesia) in Colombia. This
(Colombia)
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![Waterfall at Santuario Otún Quimbaya [co03-9705]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co03-9705.jpg) Waterfall at Santuario Otún Quimbaya [co03-9705]
(Colombia)
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 Hanging vines in a Colombian cloud forest
(Colombia)
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 Fishing spider in Colombia
(Colombia)
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 Orchids growing up the trunk of a tree in a Colombian cloud forest
(Colombia)
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 Umbrella leaf
(Colombia)
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 Yellow-legged wasp
(Colombia)
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 Mt Lewis forest
(Australia)
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![Mt Lewis forest [australia_fnq_0092]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0092.jpg) Mt Lewis forest [australia_fnq_0092]
(Australia)
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 Black and orange butterfly
(Colombia)
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 Heliconius butterfly in Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Creek in Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Red and black butterfly on a sandy river beach
(Colombia)
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 Bromeliad in a Colombian cloud forest
(Colombia)
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 White fungi on a rainforest tree trunk
(Colombia)
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 The shallow root structure of a canopy tree
(Colombia)
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![Otún river [co03-9732]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co03-9732.jpg) Otún river [co03-9732]
(Colombia)
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 Forest fragment near Santuario Otún Quimbaya / Parque Ucumarà/ Refugio La Pastora
(Colombia)
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 Canopy tree laden with hundreds of epiphytes
(Colombia)
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 Canopy trees with white leaves
(Colombia)
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 Red and yellow Heliconia
(Colombia)
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 Palm leaf in Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Forest of Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Umbrella leaf in Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Red and yellow Heliconia sp. (Heliconiaceae) in Colombia
(Colombia)
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![Otún river [co03-9664]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co03-9664.jpg) Otún river [co03-9664]
(Colombia)
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 Caladium species
(Colombia)
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 Satyrinid (Satyrinae) butterfly with clear wings
(Colombia)
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 Flowers in Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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![Umbrella leaf [co03-9717]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co03-9717.jpg) Umbrella leaf [co03-9717]
(Colombia)
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 Purple and yellow flowers (Polygalaceae)
(Colombia)
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 Fuschia-colored flowers in Colombia
(Colombia)
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 White moth
(Colombia)
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 Leaf of a rainforest shrub
(Colombia)
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 Cloud forest in Colombia
(Colombia)
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![Red and yellow Heliconia [co03-9583]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co03-9583.jpg) Red and yellow Heliconia [co03-9583]
(Colombia)
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 Vine growing up a moss-covered tree trunk
(Colombia)
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 Santuario Otún Quimbaya forest
(Colombia)
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 Creek leading to a waterfall at Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Big leaf in Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Roadside Hawk (Buteo magnirostris) in Colombia
(Colombia)
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 Yellow eaf Beetle (family Chrysomelidae) climbing a blade of grass
(Colombia)
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 Crane Fly, family Tipulidae in the Colombian rainforest (resembles a 'Daddy longlegs')
(Colombia)
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 Bromeliads and other epiphytes in a canopy tree
(Colombia)
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 Epiphytes on a rainforest tree
(Colombia)
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 Forest fragment near Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Fast-flowing Otun river
(Colombia)
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 Forest wasp
(Colombia)
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 Red and orange insect on a rainforest leaf
(Colombia)
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 Forest trail inSantuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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![Heliconia in Santuario Otún Quimbaya [co03-9548]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co03-9548.jpg) Heliconia in Santuario Otún Quimbaya [co03-9548]
(Colombia)
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![Montane forest of Santuario Otún Quimbaya [co03-9541]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co03-9541.jpg) Montane forest of Santuario Otún Quimbaya [co03-9541]
(Colombia)
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![Yellow eaf Beetle (family Chrysomelidae) climbing a blade of grass [co03-9745]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co03-9745.jpg) Yellow eaf Beetle (family Chrysomelidae) climbing a blade of grass [co03-9745]
(Colombia)
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![Mt Lewis forest [australia_fnq_0091]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0091.jpg) Mt Lewis forest [australia_fnq_0091]
(Australia)
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![Fuschia-colored flowers [co03-9693]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co03-9693.jpg) Fuschia-colored flowers [co03-9693]
(Colombia)
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 Pink flower common in the montane forest of Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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![Creek in Santuario Otún Quimbaya [co03-9728]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co03-9728.jpg) Creek in Santuario Otún Quimbaya [co03-9728]
(Colombia)
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![Caladium species [co03-9526]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co03-9526.jpg) Caladium species [co03-9526]
(Colombia)
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 White fungi in a Colombian montane forest
(Colombia)
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 Otun river as it flows through a Colombian montane forest
(Colombia)
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 Fuschia-colored flowers
(Colombia)
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 Red flowers in Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Purple Zingiberaceae (Ginger family) flowers in Santuario Otún Quimbaya montane forest; Labiatae with a blue flower, probably a sage (Salvia sp)
(Colombia)
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![White fungi on a tree trunk [co03-9713]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co03-9713.jpg) White fungi on a tree trunk [co03-9713]
(Colombia)
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 Insect-chewed leaf in the rainforest
(Colombia)
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![Mt Lewis forest [australia_fnq_0093]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0093.jpg) Mt Lewis forest [australia_fnq_0093]
(Australia)
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 Rapids on the Otun river
(Colombia)
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 Cattle ranch in the Andean montane forest
(Colombia)
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 White Bird is a Cattle Egret in non breeding plumage
(Colombia)
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 Canopy tree laden with epiphytes
(Colombia)
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 Nest of stingless bees, family Apidae, tribe Meliponini, known locally as angelita
(Colombia)
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 White fungi on a tree trunk
(Colombia)
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![Otún river [co03-9672]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co03-9672.jpg) Otún river [co03-9672]
(Colombia)
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 Yellow flower
(Colombia)
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![Yellow eaf Beetle (family Chrysomelidae) climbing a blade of grass [co03-9750]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co03-9750.jpg) Yellow eaf Beetle (family Chrysomelidae) climbing a blade of grass [co03-9750]
(Colombia)
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 Santuario Otún Quimbaya cloud forest
(Colombia)
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 Nest of Tetragonisca angustula L stingless bees
(Colombia)
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 Tank bromeliad
(Colombia)
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 Reforestation project in Colombia
(Colombia)
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 Butterfly with wings up
(Colombia)
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 Bamboo grove in Colombia
(Colombia)
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 Canopy trees in Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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 Blue-crowned motmot (Momotus momota)
(Colombia)
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 Insects in the Santuario Otún Quimbaya
(Colombia)
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![Red beetle with a black head [Leaf Beetle, family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Hispinae]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co03-9536.jpg) Red beetle with a black head [Leaf Beetle, family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Hispinae]
(Colombia)
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![Waterfall at Santuario Otún Quimbaya [co03-9705]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/colombia/co03-9705.jpg)
![Mt Lewis forest [australia_fnq_0092]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/australia/australia_fnq_0092.jpg)
![Otún river [co03-9732]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/colombia/co03-9732.jpg)
![Otún river [co03-9664]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/colombia/co03-9664.jpg)
![Umbrella leaf [co03-9717]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/colombia/co03-9717.jpg)
![Red and yellow Heliconia [co03-9583]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/colombia/co03-9583.jpg)
![Heliconia in Santuario Otún Quimbaya [co03-9548]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/colombia/co03-9548.jpg)
![Montane forest of Santuario Otún Quimbaya [co03-9541]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/colombia/co03-9541.jpg)
![Yellow eaf Beetle (family Chrysomelidae) climbing a blade of grass [co03-9745]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/colombia/co03-9745.jpg)
![Mt Lewis forest [australia_fnq_0091]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/australia/australia_fnq_0091.jpg)
![Fuschia-colored flowers [co03-9693]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/colombia/co03-9693.jpg)
![Creek in Santuario Otún Quimbaya [co03-9728]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/colombia/co03-9728.jpg)
![Caladium species [co03-9526]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/colombia/co03-9526.jpg)
![White fungi on a tree trunk [co03-9713]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/colombia/co03-9713.jpg)
![Mt Lewis forest [australia_fnq_0093]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/australia/australia_fnq_0093.jpg)
![Otún river [co03-9672]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/colombia/co03-9672.jpg)
![Yellow eaf Beetle (family Chrysomelidae) climbing a blade of grass [co03-9750]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/colombia/co03-9750.jpg)
![Red beetle with a black head [Leaf Beetle, family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Hispinae]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/colombia/co03-9536.jpg)