We are proud to say that we have some very talented friends! Among them, are Costa Rican lepidopterists, Isidro Chacon and José Montero. This image shows the cover of their recently published book, Butterflies and Moths of Costa Rica (INBio, 2007). This is a monumental work, packed with gorgeous full color images of caterpillar larvae and adult butterflies and moths, as well as beautiful taxonomic diagrams, and detailed information (bi-lingual texts). Anyone interested in Costa Rican natural history should own a copy. This was my birthday gift to Reinaldo and for his purposes, involving the documentation of plant-insect interactions, it will be an indespensible tool. Certainly, this is going to help me to identify what I'm seeing, both in the forest and in the garden. Did you know that Costa Rica boasts some 12,000 - 14,000 species of Lepidopterans?
