Day 5

There was a light rain overnight and we were up early for another day of adventure in Ecuador.

The view of the Napo River from our room



After breakfast I grabbed the camera and took some photos of flowers around our room









A bee on a banana flower


A snail crossing the sidewalk





This tarantula was found on the beach near our canoe


Back in the canoes and we head up stream for a walk through the forest





A fire tree in bloom





A grasshopper type insect found in the rain forest


A Walking Palm


The base of the Walking Palm has sharp spikes to keep animals off it


Frog


Bull Ant


Mary on one of the bridges


A tree that is sometimes called the "Viagra Tree"





A millipede on Mary's arm


Termite nest


Back to the river and time to go rafting down the Napo


Building a balsa wood raft


Rafting down the river




After lunch we went to a butterfly farm


Several varieties of butterflies are raised inside a large greenhouse and allow to fly freely. Cut up banana is place throughout the greenhouse for the butterflies to eat.


The main butterfly raised here is the large (2.6–7.9 in) Owl Eye butterfly (genus Caligo)


Owl eye eggs


Owl eye eggs attached to the underside of a leaf


A small owl eye caterpillar.


Some of the other butterflies












A close up look






Back at the lodge I found this large cicada