Museo Nacional in Bogota

I spent a week staying across the street from the Museo Nacional. I was working and had little time to explore and observe the city. But in the museum's front yard, I made a few observations. Almost all were on this tree:

https://goo.gl/maps/xZuYSKmNkH4KZW6V7

This “chinche” was walking on the bark.

Probably the same kind of chinche had been caught by a spider in a nearby tree

This larva was on the bark

There were many of these gastropods all over the bark

The tree is infested with scale insects, including females
and males.

These pale lady beetles are probably eating the scale.

This spider was on a leaf of the tree and this larva was on another leaf.

Right nearby, also in the front yard of the museum, I saw flies, a weevil, and a caterpillar
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30123416
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30123431
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30124390
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30164156
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30164155

There were also a couple of typical North American weeds in the lawn:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29884990
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29884982

Posted on August 5, 2019 03:28 PM by steven-cyclist