{"id":35,"date":"2017-10-06T00:34:58","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T00:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2019-08-21T20:59:53","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T00:59:53","slug":"insects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/index.php\/nature\/wildlife\/fauna\/insects\/","title":{"rendered":"Yucatan Insects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"0--yucatans-insects---a-wild-variety-of-small-creatures\"><strong>Yucatan&#8217;s Insects:<\/strong><br> A Wild Variety of Small Creatures:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"132\" data-attachment-id=\"504\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/index.php\/nature\/wildlife\/fauna\/insects\/insects-banner-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Insects-banner-3-e1566434580967.jpg?fit=800%2C160\" data-orig-size=\"800,160\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Insects found in Yucatan, Mexico\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Yucatan insects, Insects catalog of small creatures observe in Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Insects-banner-3-e1566434580967.jpg?fit=300%2C60\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Insects-banner-3-e1566434580967.jpg?fit=660%2C132\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Insects-banner-3.jpg?resize=660%2C132\" alt=\"Insects found in Yucatan, Mexico\" class=\"wp-image-504\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-table-of-contents uagb-toc__align-left uagb-toc__columns-1  uagb-block-859c8e79-e316-4575-8dd5-d7346a3b4630      \"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-scroll= \"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-offset= \"30\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-toc__wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-toc__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTable Of Contents\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-toc__list-wrap \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#yucatans-insects-a-wild-variety-of-small-creatures\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Yucatan&#039;s Insects: A Wild Variety of Small Creatures:<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#butterflies-and-moths\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Butterflies and Moths:<\/a><ul class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#morpho-butterflymorpho-menelaus\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Morpho\u00a0 butterfly\u00a0Morpho menelaus<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#orange-yellow-sulphur-butterfliescolias-eurytheme\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Orange Yellow Sulphur butterfliesColias eurytheme<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#zebra-heliconiaheliconius-charithonia\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Zebra HeliconiaHeliconius charithonia<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#malachitesiproeta-stelenes\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Malachite\u00a0Siproeta stelenes<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#monarch-butterflydanaus-plexippus\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Monarch butterfly\u00a0Danaus plexippus<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#maya-forest-moths\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Maya Forest Moths:<\/a><ul class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#yucatan-kanan-dzunut-moth\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Yucatan Ka&#039;nan Dzu&#039;nut Moth<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#white-motheulepidotis-rectimargo\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">White MothEulepidotis rectimargo<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#fireflies-and-beetlesfamily-lampyridae\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Fireflies and Beetles:Family Lampyridae<\/a><ul class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#yucatan-fireflies\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Yucatan Fireflies<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#iridescent-green-beetles\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Iridescent Green Beetles<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#ladybug-beetlecoleoptera\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Ladybug BeetleColeoptera<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#green-june-beetles-cotinus-nitida\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Green June Beetles Cotinus nitida<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#dragon-flies-in-yucatan\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Dragon Flies in Yucatan:<\/a><ul class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#roseate-skimmer-dragonflyorthemis-ferruginea\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Roseate skimmer dragonflyOrthemis ferruginea<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#bees-wasps-and-flies\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Bees, Wasps, and Flies<\/a><ul class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#melipona-bees\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">\u00a0Melipona Bees<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#yucatan-honey-bees\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">\u00a0Yucatan Honey Bees<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#yucatan-paper-wasps\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">\u00a0Yucatan Paper Wasps<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#mosquitoes-and-common-flies\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Mosquitoes and Common Flies:<\/a><ul class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#common-flymusca-domestica\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Common FlyMusca domestica<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#southern-house-mosquitoculex-tarsalis\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Southern House MosquitoCulex tarsalis<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#house-mosquitoaedes-aegypti-mosquito\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">House MosquitoAedes aegypti mosquito<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#ants-and-termites\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Ants and Termites:<\/a><ul class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#ants-found-in-the-yucatan\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Ants found in the Yucatan<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#arboreal-termitesnasutitermes\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Arboreal termitesNasutitermes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#crickets-grasshopper-locusts-and-mantids\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Crickets, Grasshopper, Locusts, and Mantids:<\/a><ul class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#monster-or-saltamontes-gigantetropidacris-cristata\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Monster or Saltamontes Gigantetropidacris cristata<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#yucatan-mantidmantoida-maya\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Yucatan MantidMantoida maya<\/a><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#praying-mantidmantis-religiosa\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Praying MantidMantis religiosa<\/a><\/ul><\/ul><\/ul><\/ul><\/ul><\/ul><\/ul><\/ul><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\" id=\"1--butterflies-and-moths-\"><strong>Butterflies and Moths<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\">All butterflies and moths undergo four stages of metamorphoses: egg, larva, inactive pupal stage; the final transformation called metamorphosis. Butterflies are diurnal and feed on nectar found in fruits and flowers as they have a coiled sucking mouthpart.  Moths are mainly nocturnal, a few are diurnal. Butterflies prefer to fly during daylight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\">These lovely insects have similar body parts: scaled wings, head, antennae, and a main body. Butterflies and months have behavior differences that can easy be observed.  Butterflies vertically fold their wings; instead, moths spread their wings as they rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\" id=\"2-morpho--butterfly---morpho-menelaus-\">Morpho&nbsp; butterfly<br>&nbsp;<em>Morpho menelaus<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"395\" height=\"391\" data-attachment-id=\"320\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/blue_morpho_caterpillar-web\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Blue_Morpho_Caterpillar-web.jpg?fit=395%2C391\" data-orig-size=\"395,391\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Blue_Morpho_Caterpillar-web\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The Blue_Morpho_Caterpillar is protected at Hacienda Chichen&amp;#8217;s grounds and nature reserve&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Blue_Morpho_Caterpillar-web.jpg?fit=300%2C297\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Blue_Morpho_Caterpillar-web.jpg?fit=395%2C391\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Blue_Morpho_Caterpillar-web.jpg?resize=395%2C391\" alt=\"Blue_Morpho_Caterpillar\" data-id=\"320\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/blue_morpho_caterpillar-web\/\" class=\"wp-image-320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Blue_Morpho_Caterpillar-web.jpg?w=395 395w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Blue_Morpho_Caterpillar-web.jpg?resize=300%2C297 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"247\" height=\"227\" data-attachment-id=\"327\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/morpho-butterfly\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Morpho-Butterfly.jpg?fit=247%2C227\" data-orig-size=\"247,227\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Morpho Butterfly\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Morpho  butterfly, Morpho menelaus, belongs&lt;br \/&gt;\n to the Morphidae family.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Morpho-Butterfly.jpg?fit=247%2C227\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Morpho-Butterfly.jpg?fit=247%2C227\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Morpho-Butterfly.jpg?resize=247%2C227\" alt=\"Morpho butterfly, Morpho menelaus at the Hacienda Chichen gardens\" data-id=\"327\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/morpho-butterfly\/\" class=\"wp-image-327\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"419\" height=\"400\" data-attachment-id=\"332\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/blue-morpho-back-web\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/blue-morpho-back-web.jpg?fit=419%2C400\" data-orig-size=\"419,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"blue-morpho-back-web\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Morpho butterflies back wings have a distinctive brown and golden pattern  &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/blue-morpho-back-web.jpg?fit=300%2C286\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/blue-morpho-back-web.jpg?fit=419%2C400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/blue-morpho-back-web.jpg?resize=419%2C400\" alt=\"blue-morpho-back-wings\" data-id=\"332\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/blue-morpho-back-web\/\" class=\"wp-image-332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/blue-morpho-back-web.jpg?w=419 419w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/blue-morpho-back-web.jpg?resize=300%2C286 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\">The&nbsp;<strong>Morpho&nbsp; butterfly,&nbsp;<\/strong><em><strong>Morpho menelaus<\/strong>,<\/em>&nbsp;belongs&nbsp;to the Morphidae family.&nbsp; This amazingly beautiful has truly iridescent &#8211; blue inside its wings; yet the designs of the wings&#8217; back side resembles wood like camouflage with shades of brown, pale ochre, and beige with a top circular design similar to an owl&#8217;s eye. It undergoes four distinct phases of metamorphoses.    Eggs are pale green eggs like dewdrops.    Its caterpillars have top red-brown bright&nbsp; large&nbsp; patches of lime-green, plus toxic stinging&nbsp;hairs.&nbsp;   Morpho caterpillars feed on leaves.  Morpho butterflies are diurnal and drink juice out of dew, rotten sweet fruits, specially bananas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\" id=\"3-orange-yellow-sulphur-butterflies--colias-eurytheme-\">Orange Yellow Sulphur butterflies<br><em>Colias eurytheme<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"337\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/yellow-butterfly-colias-eurytheme\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Yellow-butterfly-Colias-eurytheme.jpg?fit=296%2C301\" data-orig-size=\"296,301\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Ben Kolstad&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Ben Kolstad&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Yellow butterfly Colias eurytheme\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The cartepillar detail for a Orange Yellow Sulpher Butterfly, Colias eurytheme&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Yellow-butterfly-Colias-eurytheme.jpg?fit=295%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Yellow-butterfly-Colias-eurytheme.jpg?fit=296%2C301\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Yellow-butterfly-Colias-eurytheme.jpg?resize=230%2C240\" alt=\"Orange Yellow Sulpher Butterfly, Colias eurytheme\" class=\"wp-image-337\" width=\"230\" height=\"240\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"328\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/large-orange-sulphur\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Large-Orange-Sulphur.jpg?fit=244%2C225\" data-orig-size=\"244,225\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Large-Orange-Sulphur\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Orange Yellow Sulphur butterflies are common in the Yucatan Maya forest&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Large-Orange-Sulphur.jpg?fit=244%2C225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Large-Orange-Sulphur.jpg?fit=244%2C225\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Large-Orange-Sulphur.jpg?resize=256%2C250\" alt=\"Orange Yellow Sulpher Butterfly, Colias eurytheme\" class=\"wp-image-328\" width=\"256\" height=\"250\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><strong>Orange Yellow Sulphur butterflies<\/strong>&nbsp;are common to the Yucatan Maya forest.   This deep yellow butterfly is diurnal and feeds with its coiled sucking mouthpart on nectar found in fruits and flowers.&nbsp; This species belongs to the members of the Papilionoidea family. Many plants depend on butterflies like this lovely Orange Yellow beauty for pollination.  You can observe these butterflies during the mornings while strolling the Hacienda Chichen gardens in Chichen Itza.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\" id=\"4-zebra-heliconia--heliconius-charithonia-\">Zebra Heliconia<br><em>Heliconius charithonia<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"142\" data-attachment-id=\"326\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/zebra-heliconia-caterpillar-sq\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/zebra-heliconia-caterpillar-sq.jpg?fit=144%2C142\" data-orig-size=\"144,142\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"zebra-heliconia-caterpillar-sq\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;This is the caterpillar for the zebra-heliconia butterfly found in Hacienda Chichen gardens, Yucatan, Mexico&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/zebra-heliconia-caterpillar-sq.jpg?fit=144%2C142\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/zebra-heliconia-caterpillar-sq.jpg?fit=144%2C142\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/zebra-heliconia-caterpillar-sq.jpg?resize=144%2C142\" alt=\"zebra-heliconia-caterpillar\" data-id=\"326\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/zebra-heliconia-caterpillar-sq\/\" class=\"wp-image-326\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"217\" data-attachment-id=\"329\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/zebra-heliconia-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Zebra-Heliconia-1.jpg?fit=232%2C217\" data-orig-size=\"232,217\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Zebra-Heliconia-1\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Yucatan Butterflies,  Nymphalidae Family, found in Yucatan, Mexico&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Zebra-Heliconia-1.jpg?fit=232%2C217\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Zebra-Heliconia-1.jpg?fit=232%2C217\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Zebra-Heliconia-1.jpg?resize=232%2C217\" alt=\"Zebra Heliconia, Heliconius charithonia\" data-id=\"329\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/zebra-heliconia-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-329\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\">Dramatic and elegant, the&nbsp;<strong>Zebra Heliconia<\/strong> belongs to the family of Nymphalidae,&nbsp;<strong><em>Heliconius charithonia<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;it is&nbsp;a Brush &#8211; footed&nbsp; butterfly that displays black and pale yellow, almost white, stripped wings with spot bright lime green marking in the body.   The caterpillar enjoys passion vine plant to feed upon; the adult butterfly prefers feeding on lantana flower nectar.&nbsp; Zebra Heliconia is a nocturnal creature. Female lays 5 to 12 eggs on its favorite host plant leaves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\" id=\"5-malachite---siproeta-stelenes-\">Malachite<br>&nbsp;<em>Siproeta stelenes<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"322\" height=\"319\" data-attachment-id=\"348\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/malachite-siproeta-stelenes-sq\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Malachite-Siproeta-stelenes-Sq.jpg?fit=322%2C319\" data-orig-size=\"322,319\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Malachite, Siproeta stelenes-Sq\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Malachite-Siproeta-stelenes-Sq.jpg?fit=300%2C297\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Malachite-Siproeta-stelenes-Sq.jpg?fit=322%2C319\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Malachite-Siproeta-stelenes-Sq.jpg?resize=322%2C319\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"348\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/malachite-siproeta-stelenes-sq\/\" class=\"wp-image-348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Malachite-Siproeta-stelenes-Sq.jpg?w=322 322w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Malachite-Siproeta-stelenes-Sq.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Malachite-Siproeta-stelenes-Sq.jpg?resize=300%2C297 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"294\" height=\"267\" data-attachment-id=\"345\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/index.php\/nature\/wildlife\/fauna\/insects\/malachite-cartepillar-sq\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/malachite-cartepillar-sq.jpg?fit=294%2C267\" data-orig-size=\"294,267\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"malachite-cartepillar-sq\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;the caterpillar of Malachite, Siproeta stelenes&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/malachite-cartepillar-sq.jpg?fit=294%2C267\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/malachite-cartepillar-sq.jpg?fit=294%2C267\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/malachite-cartepillar-sq.jpg?resize=294%2C267\" alt=\"Malachite caterpillar, Siproeta stelenes\" data-id=\"345\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/index.php\/nature\/wildlife\/flora\/insects\/malachite-cartepillar-sq\/\" class=\"wp-image-345\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"236\" height=\"209\" data-attachment-id=\"330\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/malachite-butterfly-b\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Malachite-Butterfly-b.jpg?fit=236%2C209\" data-orig-size=\"236,209\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Malachite-Butterfly-b\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;A Neo-tropical butterfly, the Malachite, Siproeta stelenes, is found in Yucatan, Mexico&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Malachite-Butterfly-b.jpg?fit=236%2C209\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Malachite-Butterfly-b.jpg?fit=236%2C209\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Malachite-Butterfly-b.jpg?resize=236%2C209\" alt=\"Malachite, Siproeta stelenes\" data-id=\"330\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/malachite-butterfly-b\/\" class=\"wp-image-330\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><em>A&nbsp;<\/em>Neo-tropical butterfly, the&nbsp;<strong>Malachite,&nbsp;<em>Siproeta stelenes<\/em>,<\/strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em>has la large wing span with a lovely design of black liner and a brilliant emerald green or yellow-green on the upper sides.&nbsp; The under-sides wing color forms a pattern with light brown and olive green shades.&nbsp;This beautiful butterfly enjoys low bushy fields and palm plantations. It feeds in flowers nectar and rotting fruit.&nbsp; Females lay eggs on new ruellia&nbsp; plant leafs.&nbsp; Larvae are horned, spiny black caterpillars with read marks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\" id=\"6-monarch-butterfly---danaus-plexippus-\">Monarch butterfly<br>&nbsp;<em>Danaus plexippus<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"148\" height=\"150\" data-attachment-id=\"323\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/monarch-cartepillar-sq\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/monarch-cartepillar-sq.jpg?fit=148%2C150\" data-orig-size=\"148,150\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"monarch-cartepillar-sq\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/monarch-cartepillar-sq.jpg?fit=148%2C150\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/monarch-cartepillar-sq.jpg?fit=148%2C150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/monarch-cartepillar-sq.jpg?resize=148%2C150\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"323\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/monarch-cartepillar-sq\/\" class=\"wp-image-323\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"322\" height=\"229\" data-attachment-id=\"321\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/monarca-mariposa\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/monarca-mariposa.jpg?fit=322%2C229\" data-orig-size=\"322,229\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"monarca mariposa\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, a milkweed butterfly&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/monarca-mariposa.jpg?fit=300%2C213\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/monarca-mariposa.jpg?fit=322%2C229\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/monarca-mariposa.jpg?resize=322%2C229\" alt=\"monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, found in Hacienda Chichen gardens\" data-id=\"321\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/monarca-mariposa\/\" class=\"wp-image-321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/monarca-mariposa.jpg?w=322 322w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/monarca-mariposa.jpg?resize=300%2C213 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\">The&nbsp;<strong>Monarch butterfly,&nbsp;<em>Danaus plexippus<\/em><\/strong>, is a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milkweed_butterfly\">milkweed butterfly<\/a>, in the family Nymphalidae. It is perhaps Mexico&#8217;s best known butterfly. The Monarch caterpillar is very attractive with yellow, white and black body shapes.  Adult female Monarch butterflies lay eggs that are creamy white.&nbsp; Monarchs are known for their lengthy annual migration. They are temporary visitors at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.haciendachichen.com\/eco-design.htm\">Hacienda Chichen Resort<\/a> gardens and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.haciendachichen.com\/eco-design.htm\"> Maya Jungle Reserve<\/a>, in Chichen Itza, Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\" id=\"7--maya-forest-moths-\"><strong>Maya Forest Moths<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"211\" height=\"205\" data-attachment-id=\"334\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/kanan-dzunut-oro\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Kanan-Dzunut-oro.jpg?fit=211%2C205\" data-orig-size=\"211,205\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ka&amp;#8217;nan-Dzunut-moth\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Yucatan Moths: There are many moths and creatures that Maya people know but we have yet to ID their scientific name.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Yucatan Moths: Ka&amp;#8217;nan Dzu&amp;#8217;nut named by the Maya&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Kanan-Dzunut-oro.jpg?fit=211%2C205\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Kanan-Dzunut-oro.jpg?fit=211%2C205\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Kanan-Dzunut-oro.jpg?resize=211%2C205\" alt=\"Kanan Dzunut moth found in the Yucatan\" data-id=\"334\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/kanan-dzunut-oro\/\" class=\"wp-image-334\"\/><figcaption>Ka&#8217;nan Dzu&#8217;nut named by the Maya<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"665\" data-attachment-id=\"333\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/eulepidotis-rectimargo-moth-jan-2010\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eulepidotis-rectimargo-moth-jan-2010.jpg?fit=650%2C665\" data-orig-size=\"650,665\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Eulepidotis rectimargo moth &amp;#8211; jan 2010\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Eulepidotis rectimargo moth found in Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Eulepidotis rectimargo moth&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eulepidotis-rectimargo-moth-jan-2010.jpg?fit=293%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eulepidotis-rectimargo-moth-jan-2010.jpg?fit=650%2C665\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eulepidotis-rectimargo-moth-jan-2010.jpg?resize=650%2C665\" alt=\"Eulepidotis-rectimargo-moth adult\" data-id=\"333\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/eulepidotis-rectimargo-moth-jan-2010\/\" class=\"wp-image-333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eulepidotis-rectimargo-moth-jan-2010.jpg?w=650 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eulepidotis-rectimargo-moth-jan-2010.jpg?resize=293%2C300 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption>Eulepidotis rectimargo moth<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"8-yucatan---kanan-dzunut---moth\">Yucatan <strong><em>Ka&#8217;nan Dzu&#8217;nut<\/em><\/strong> Moth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><strong><em>Ka&#8217;nan Dzu&#8217;nut<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;is the Mayan name given to this beautiful moth. A true master of disguise, this elegant camouflage month abide at Hacienda Chichen Mayan Forest Reserve. Its intriguing wings and body camouflage design and patterns resembles dried twits and stems in a truly efficient pattern of color, texture, and movement. Camouflage body designs help decrease the vulnerability of any moth as it rest in forest debri in broad daylight.&nbsp;<em>Ka&#8217;nan Dzu&#8217;nut is a<\/em>&nbsp;perfect example of geometrid moths, displaying an asymmetric organic design offers protection from its Mayan forest predators.&nbsp; Its legs are shaped and colored as twigs with uneven angles, a great protective adaptation. Its antennae are perfect feathery pollinators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"9-white-moth--eulepidotis-rectimargo-\">White Moth<br><em>Eulepidotis rectimargo<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><em><strong>Eulepidotis rectimargo<\/strong><\/em><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>is a&nbsp;moth&nbsp;of the family Erebidae found in the western hemisphere tropics, including in Yucatan, Mexico. Little is known about this lovely creature. This moth&#8217;s patterning gives the impression that the head is at the rear end. A predator might interpret the two dark spots as compound eyes, the two hairlike appendages below the bogus eyes as antennae, the golden area as the thorax, and the spread wings as radiate from the &#8220;golden thorax.&#8221; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\" id=\"10--fireflies-and-beetles-family-lampyridae-\"><strong>Fireflies and Beetles:<br>Family Lampyridae<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"11-yucatan-fireflies\">Yucatan Fireflies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"243\" height=\"294\" data-attachment-id=\"351\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/adult-firefly-photuris-lucicrescens\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Firefly-Photuris_lucicrescens.jpg?fit=243%2C294\" data-orig-size=\"243,294\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Bruce J. Marlin&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;KODAK DC4800 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Adult Firefly - Photuris lucicrescens&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1058291484&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Creative Commons 2.5 sharealike attribution noderivatives&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;17.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Adult Firefly - Photuris lucicrescens&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Adult Firefly &amp;#8211; Photuris lucicrescens\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt; Firefly beetles, Photuris lucicrescens are night luminous insects &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Firefly-Photuris_lucicrescens.jpg?fit=243%2C294\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Firefly-Photuris_lucicrescens.jpg?fit=243%2C294\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Firefly-Photuris_lucicrescens.jpg?resize=243%2C294\" alt=\"Firefly beetle, Photuris lucicrescens\" data-id=\"351\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/adult-firefly-photuris-lucicrescens\/\" class=\"wp-image-351\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"217\" height=\"215\" data-attachment-id=\"325\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/firefly-beetle-sq\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/firefly-beetle-sq.jpg?fit=217%2C215\" data-orig-size=\"217,215\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"firefly-beetle-sq\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Fireflies are a joy to watch their larvae are found in rotting wood.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/firefly-beetle-sq.jpg?fit=217%2C215\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/firefly-beetle-sq.jpg?fit=217%2C215\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/firefly-beetle-sq.jpg?resize=217%2C215\" alt=\"Firefly beetle member of the Lampyridae family\" data-id=\"325\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/firefly-beetle-sq\/\" class=\"wp-image-325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/firefly-beetle-sq.jpg?w=217 217w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/firefly-beetle-sq.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\">&nbsp;<strong>Fireflies<\/strong> are truly beetles, not &#8220;flies&#8221; as their name misleads. They are members of the family&nbsp;<strong>Lampyridae<\/strong>, within the&nbsp;<strong>Coleoptera<\/strong>&nbsp;order. Most fireflies are known as &#8220;lightening bugs;&#8221; they are bioluminescent as adults.  All fireflies emanate cool pale yellow, green, or blue light in intervals Firefly larvae are found in rotting wood or forest litter.&nbsp; Adult fireflies stay in the same general habitats as their larvae. Travelers enjoy observing this insects specially during summer nights at Hacienda Chichen.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"202\" height=\"187\" data-attachment-id=\"355\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/green-irradecent-beetle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/green-irradecent-beetle.jpg?fit=202%2C187\" data-orig-size=\"202,187\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"green-irradecent-beetle\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;green iridescent beetle found in Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Iridescent Green beetles&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/green-irradecent-beetle.jpg?fit=202%2C187\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/green-irradecent-beetle.jpg?fit=202%2C187\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/green-irradecent-beetle.jpg?resize=202%2C187\" alt=\"green iridescent beetle\" data-id=\"355\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/green-irradecent-beetle\/\" class=\"wp-image-355\"\/><figcaption>Iridescent Green beetles<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"204\" height=\"190\" data-attachment-id=\"356\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/green-jade-beetle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Green-Jade-Beetle.jpg?fit=204%2C190\" data-orig-size=\"204,190\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Green-Jade-Beetle\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Green June beetles, Cotinus  nitida are commonly found during rainy season in Yucatan&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Green June beetle&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Green-Jade-Beetle.jpg?fit=204%2C190\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Green-Jade-Beetle.jpg?fit=204%2C190\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Green-Jade-Beetle.jpg?resize=204%2C190\" alt=\"Green June beetles, Cotinus  nitida\" data-id=\"356\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/green-jade-beetle\/\" class=\"wp-image-356\"\/><figcaption>Green June beetle<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"210\" data-attachment-id=\"357\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/ladybug-beetle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ladybug-beetle.jpg?fit=201%2C210\" data-orig-size=\"201,210\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ladybug-beetle\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ladybug beetle, Coleoptera&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ladybug-beetle.jpg?fit=201%2C210\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ladybug-beetle.jpg?fit=201%2C210\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ladybug-beetle.jpg?resize=201%2C210\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"357\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/ladybug-beetle\/\" class=\"wp-image-357\"\/><figcaption>Ladybug beetle, Coleoptera<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"12-iridescent-green-beetles\">Iridescent Green Beetles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><strong>Iridescent Green Beetles <\/strong>are from the family<em>&nbsp;<\/em><strong>Scarabaeidae<\/strong><em>,<\/em>&nbsp;which groups over 30,000 species of scarabs or robust or stout beetles with bright metallic green exoskeleton. The hard body covering forewings is called &#8220;elytra&#8221; which protects the delicate beetle&#8217;s wings.&nbsp; There are beetles like the Bess beetle that do not fly and its &#8220;elytra&#8221; is fused to its body.&nbsp; Beetles have distinctive well defined antennas with odor sensors (left photo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"13-ladybug-beetle-coleoptera\">Ladybug Beetle<br>Coleoptera<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><strong>Ladybug Beetle,&nbsp;<\/strong><em><strong>Coleoptera<\/strong>,<\/em>&nbsp;an arthropod invertebrate insect that always bring us a smile with deep joy.&nbsp; Ladybugs have oval to semi-circular convex&nbsp; bodies; their &#8220;elytra&#8221; colors range from bright yellow to scarlet with a few black spots on it.&nbsp; This little insect flies away if frighten; but can be very comfortable if handled by a human. (Above photo) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"14-green-june-beetles--cotinus-nitida\">Green June Beetles<br> Cotinus nitida<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><strong>Green June Beetles,&nbsp;<em>Cotinus&nbsp;nitida<\/em><\/strong>, feed on leafy bushes, such as a hibiscus and other shrubs.  Adults of the Green June beetles have a dull velvety bright lime green a top with yellow markings (see right photo).&nbsp; One generation of adults matures each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\" id=\"15--dragon-flies-in-yucatan-\"><strong>Dragon Flies in Yucatan<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"16-roseate-skimmer-dragonfly--orthemis-ferruginea--\">Roseate skimmer dragonfly<br><em>Orthemis ferruginea <\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"495\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/dragonfly\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dragonfly.jpg?fit=199%2C185\" data-orig-size=\"199,185\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Roseate Skimmer Dragonfly\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Roseate skimmer dragonfly, Orthemis ferruginea. This beautiful insect is called by the Maya people of Yucatan &amp;#8220;Turish&amp;#8221; and it is praised as good luck forest creatures.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dragonfly.jpg?fit=199%2C185\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dragonfly.jpg?fit=199%2C185\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dragonfly.jpg?resize=264%2C245\" alt=\"Roseate skimmer dragonfly, Orthemis ferruginea, found in Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico\" class=\"wp-image-495\" width=\"264\" height=\"245\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><strong>Roseate Skimmer Dragonfly, <em>Orthemis ferruginea<\/em><\/strong>,  (photo shows a male dragonfly), the Maya call them &#8220;<em>Turish<\/em>&#8221; and praise them as good luck forest creatures.  Young males have a deep pink or red\/rose colored abdomen and can be seen mainly after the rainy season starts in May.  Roseate skimmer dragonflies&#8217; wings are almost clear with the edge closer to the body a bit orange\/tan colored. At our Maya Jungle Reserve, the nymphs grow in &#8220;sartinejas o chuntules,&#8221; carved natural holes in stones that capture the rain water creating little pond like water reserves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\" id=\"13---bees-wasps-and-flies-\"><strong> Bees, Wasps, and Flies<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"178\" height=\"173\" data-attachment-id=\"361\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/melipona_quadrifasciata\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Melipona_quadrifasciata.jpg?fit=178%2C173\" data-orig-size=\"178,173\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Melipona_quadrifasciata\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Melipona_quadrifasciata.jpg?fit=178%2C173\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Melipona_quadrifasciata.jpg?fit=178%2C173\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Melipona_quadrifasciata.jpg?resize=178%2C173\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"361\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/melipona_quadrifasciata\/\" class=\"wp-image-361\"\/><figcaption>Melipona Bee<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"169\" height=\"157\" data-attachment-id=\"360\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/honeybee\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/honeybee.jpg?fit=169%2C157\" data-orig-size=\"169,157\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"honeybee\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/honeybee.jpg?fit=169%2C157\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/honeybee.jpg?fit=169%2C157\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/honeybee.jpg?resize=169%2C157\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"360\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/honeybee\/\" class=\"wp-image-360\"\/><figcaption>Yucatan Honey Bee<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"192\" data-attachment-id=\"362\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/paper_wasp\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/paper_wasp.jpg?fit=201%2C192\" data-orig-size=\"201,192\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"paper_wasp\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/paper_wasp.jpg?fit=201%2C192\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/paper_wasp.jpg?fit=201%2C192\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/paper_wasp.jpg?resize=201%2C192\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"362\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/paper_wasp\/\" class=\"wp-image-362\"\/><figcaption>Paper Wasp<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"14-\u00a0melipona-bees-\">&nbsp;Melipona Bees <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\">The&nbsp;<strong>Melipona<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>bees<\/strong>&nbsp;belong to a genus of stingless bee widespread in warm areas of the globe.&nbsp; In Yucatan, the&nbsp;<em>melipona bee&nbsp;<\/em>honey is highly valued by the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/inlaakeech.htm\">Maya<\/a>&nbsp;for its rich sweet-herbal taste and light amber clear color.&nbsp; In Mexico and Yucatan, the melipona bee is a great pollinator of the vanilla orchid,&nbsp;<em>Vanilla planifolia,&nbsp;<\/em>and nowadays it is always present in its green-house production to increase crops.&nbsp; Melipona bees are closely related to the sting bee.&nbsp; This little bees are active all year round at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.haciendachichen.com\/eco-design.htm\">Hacienda Chichen<\/a>; their numbers have increased because the hotel placed protective measurements to avoid harming them. In Yucatan&#8217;s apiaries, melipona bee keeping continues to be of great value to the Maya people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"15-\u00a0yucatan-honey-bees-\">&nbsp;Yucatan Honey Bees <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\">&nbsp;<strong>Yucatan&nbsp; Honey Bees<\/strong>&nbsp; have a range &nbsp;of of hybridization of the Africanized&nbsp; bees with the European &nbsp;bees, as most Neo-Tropical regions in the New World. &nbsp;A genetic analysis of Yucatan&#8217;s honey bees shows that&nbsp;the hybrid&nbsp; honey&nbsp; bee&nbsp; population<sup>&nbsp;<\/sup>include many bee colonies with&nbsp; intermediate &nbsp;morphologies.&nbsp; Genotypes of&nbsp;mitochondria have disassociated from regular correlated<sup>&nbsp;<\/sup>Africanized \/ European morphology collected data,  producing diverse phenotypic associations.   The size of the resident European bee population may help explain the&nbsp;previously reported asymmetrical&nbsp;bee hybridization, which&nbsp;has resulted in higher production of pure honey recorded by&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/Colonial%20Traditions.htm\">Maya<\/a>&nbsp;apiaries in Yucatan, Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"16-\u00a0yucatan-paper-wasps-\">&nbsp;Yucatan Paper Wasps <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><strong>Paper Wasps<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.haciendachichen.com\/eco-design.htm\">Yucatan<\/a> has an incredible number and variety of&nbsp;&nbsp;wasps, all of them have two things in common, they can cause incredible irritation and pain if they sting you, and they spend hours building up their paper fiber nests, known to the Maya as a &#8220;Xux&#8221; in the style of honeybee combs.&nbsp; Paper wasps like most other insects, are fascinating to watch; there is no biological boundary between a wasp and a bee, both belong to the&nbsp;<em>Hymenoptera&nbsp;<\/em>family, as do ants. The most common wasp found in Chichen Itza is from the sub-family Polistinae (right photo). Best to avoid disturbing them at all times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\" id=\"17--mosquitoes-and-common-flies-\"><strong>Mosquitoes and Common Flies<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"172\" data-attachment-id=\"363\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/common-fly\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Common-fly.jpg?fit=150%2C172\" data-orig-size=\"150,172\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Common-fly\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Yucatan&amp;#8217;s insects: Bees, Wasps, and Flies&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Common Fly&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Common-fly.jpg?fit=150%2C172\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Common-fly.jpg?fit=150%2C172\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Common-fly.jpg?resize=150%2C172\" alt=\"Yucatan's Bees, Wasps, and Flies\" data-id=\"363\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/common-fly\/\" class=\"wp-image-363\"\/><figcaption>Common Fly<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"357\" height=\"353\" data-attachment-id=\"389\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/mosquito-culex\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mosquito-culex.jpg?fit=357%2C353\" data-orig-size=\"357,353\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mosquito-culex\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Common flies and mosquitoes found in Yucatan, Mexico&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mosquitoes culex&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mosquito-culex.jpg?fit=300%2C297\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mosquito-culex.jpg?fit=357%2C353\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mosquito-culex.jpg?resize=357%2C353\" alt=\"Yucatan Flies and Mosquitoes\" data-id=\"389\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/mosquito-culex\/\" class=\"wp-image-389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mosquito-culex.jpg?w=357 357w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mosquito-culex.jpg?resize=300%2C297 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><figcaption>Mosquitoes culex<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"392\" height=\"359\" data-attachment-id=\"390\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/mosquito-aedes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mosquito-aedes.jpg?fit=392%2C359\" data-orig-size=\"392,359\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;JPEG&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1249146083&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;44.4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mosquito-aedes\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Common mosquitoes in Yucatan, Mexico&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mosquitoes aedes&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mosquito-aedes.jpg?fit=300%2C275\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mosquito-aedes.jpg?fit=392%2C359\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mosquito-aedes.jpg?resize=392%2C359\" alt=\"Mosquitoes aedes\" data-id=\"390\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/mosquito-aedes\/\" class=\"wp-image-390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mosquito-aedes.jpg?w=392 392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mosquito-aedes.jpg?resize=300%2C275 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><figcaption>Mosquitoes aedes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"18-common-fly--musca-domestica-\">Common Fly<br><em>Musca domestica<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\">&nbsp;A&nbsp;<strong>fly,&nbsp;<\/strong><em><strong>musca domestica,<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/em>is the most&nbsp; common of all insects; flies belong&nbsp; to the order&nbsp;<em>&nbsp;Diptera<\/em>,&nbsp; meaning &#8220;two-winged.&#8221;&nbsp; Most other&nbsp;adult&nbsp; insects&nbsp; have four wings and&nbsp; with&nbsp; four dark stripes on the&nbsp;thorax.&nbsp; Flies have sponging, non-biting mouthparts for sucking up liquefied foods.&nbsp; Their life cycle has four&nbsp; stages: egg, larva, pupa&nbsp;and adult.&nbsp;&nbsp; Eggs are laid in decaying organic material, and&nbsp; hatch&nbsp;into pale, legless maggots.&nbsp; Be careful and avoid hotels opened buffet lunches such food setting is a feeding ground for flies to deposit their eggs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"19-southern-house-mosquito--culex-tarsalis-\">Southern House Mosquito<br><em>Culex tarsalis<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><strong>Southern House Mosquito<\/strong> is commonly found tropical&nbsp;and&nbsp;subtropical&nbsp;regions of the world, as in the Yucatan Peninsula&#8217;s forests and mangroves.  It is a brown medium-sized mosquito with dark areas around its body.  Adult female mosquitos after mating will feed on blood from mammals and other animals to have their eggs developed. The adult mosquito female flies to nutrient-rich standing water to lay eggs. The&nbsp;larva&nbsp;has a short and stout head and feed with the organic material found in the water where they hatch. The larvae pass through four larval&nbsp;stages.  They transmit various illnesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"20-house-mosquito--aedes-aegypti-mosquito-\">House Mosquito<br><em>Aedes aegypti mosquito<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><strong>House Mosquito<\/strong>, <em><strong>Aedes aegypti&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em>is the primary mosquito species that transmits viruses to humans, such as Dengue Fever, Chikungunya and Zika.  This mosquito originated in Africa, but due to International Trade, it has now  been distributed in all tropical and subtropical regions.&nbsp;Interestingly enough, <em>Aedes aegypti<\/em> female mosquitoes are the only transmitters of diseases; yet they are not born with a disease.  They are only carriers after biting an infected person; this is how diseases get transmitted and can become a health epidemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\" id=\"24--ants-and-termites--\"><strong>Ants and Termites: <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\">Ants and termites require similar living habitats, some build underground nests, while others excavate wood.  Termites and ants can be highly destructive. Both groups are complex eusocial species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"26-ants-found-in-the-yucatan\">Ants found in the Yucatan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-10 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"202\" data-attachment-id=\"442\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/ant-cutting-leaf\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ant-cutting-leaf.jpg?fit=212%2C202\" data-orig-size=\"212,202\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ant-cutting-leaf\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ants developed in the mid- Cretaceous period, 110 to 130 million years ago.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ant-cutting-leaf.jpg?fit=212%2C202\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ant-cutting-leaf.jpg?fit=212%2C202\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ant-cutting-leaf.jpg?resize=212%2C202\" alt=\"Ants Family: Formicidae\" data-id=\"442\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/ant-cutting-leaf\/\" class=\"wp-image-442\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"395\" height=\"284\" data-attachment-id=\"446\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/ants\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ants.jpg?fit=395%2C284\" data-orig-size=\"395,284\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ants\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ants live in complex colonies and social order&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ants.jpg?fit=300%2C216\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ants.jpg?fit=395%2C284\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ants.jpg?resize=395%2C284\" alt=\"Leaf-cutting-ants\" data-id=\"446\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/ants\/\" class=\"wp-image-446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ants.jpg?w=395 395w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ants.jpg?resize=300%2C216 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><strong>Yucatan Ants<\/strong>: There are multiple ant groups found in Yucatan, Mexico. Ants belong to the Family: <em>Formicidae<\/em> Order: <em>Hymenoptera<\/em>. Ants developed in the mid- Cretaceous period, 110 to 130 million years ago.   All ants species live in a colony with a complex eusocial order; same colony ants have exact body pheromone scent for ID.  Ants are related to wasps and bees; thus, only the Queen lays eggs.  Leaf cutting ants can lift 20 times their body weight and cultivate their food by collecting leaf cuttings.  Some ants bites are painful.<br>As part of Hacienda Chichen Resort&#8217;s green practices and nature conservation commitment, ants are left to move freely within the hotel&#8217;s grounds and gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"27-arboreal-termites--nasutitermes-\">Arboreal termites<br><em>Nasutitermes<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"480\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/termite-colony\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/termite-colony.jpg?fit=201%2C211\" data-orig-size=\"201,211\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"termite-colony\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Arboreal termites colonies can hold thousands of members in an eusocial complex system.  They form mud clusters nested in tall branches affecting many old trees and sometimes even homes.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/termite-colony.jpg?fit=201%2C211\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/termite-colony.jpg?fit=201%2C211\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/termite-colony.jpg?resize=241%2C253\" alt=\"Arboreal Termites found in the Maya jungle of Yucatan, Mexico\" class=\"wp-image-480\" width=\"241\" height=\"253\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><strong>Arboreal termites, <em>Nasutitermes,<\/em><\/strong> are the most important recyclers of wood debris in the Maya Jungle Reserve ecosystem. They built their colonies in many branches of large trees such as the Pitch or elephant ear fruit tree.  Shaped like a mud cluster or mount the colonies nest is firmly attached to tall tree branches. Only a few individual termites in the colony reproduce, although the colony may hold up to 50,000 residents. Like ants, these ants work in an &#8220;eusocial&#8221; highly developed caste system. Arboreal termites in Yucatan can be clearly detected in tree trunks and branches that have been affected by colonies of termites with long bulky scar like paths showing clearly over the tree bark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\" id=\"25--crickets-grasshoppers-locusts-and-mantis-\"><strong>Crickets, Grasshopper, Locusts, and Mantids<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-11 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"173\" height=\"227\" data-attachment-id=\"374\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/grasshopper\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/grasshopper.jpg?fit=173%2C227\" data-orig-size=\"173,227\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\", Monster Grasshopper Tropidacris cristata\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Monster Grasshoppers are called in Spanish Saltamontes&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Monster Grasshopper&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/grasshopper.jpg?fit=173%2C227\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/grasshopper.jpg?fit=173%2C227\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/grasshopper.jpg?resize=173%2C227\" alt=\"Moster Grasshopper or Saltamontes, Tropidacris cristata\" data-id=\"374\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/grasshopper\/\" class=\"wp-image-374\"\/><figcaption>Monster Grasshopper<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"311\" height=\"322\" data-attachment-id=\"373\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/praying-mantid\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/praying-mantid.jpg?fit=311%2C322\" data-orig-size=\"311,322\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Praying Mantid, Mantis religiosa\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Praying Mantid are masters of camouflage and highly carnivorous  &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Praying Mantis&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/praying-mantid.jpg?fit=290%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/praying-mantid.jpg?fit=311%2C322\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/praying-mantid.jpg?resize=311%2C322\" alt=\"Mantis religiosa\" data-id=\"373\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/praying-mantid\/\" class=\"wp-image-373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/praying-mantid.jpg?w=311 311w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/praying-mantid.jpg?resize=290%2C300 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><figcaption>Praying Mantis<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"142\" height=\"142\" data-attachment-id=\"371\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/yucatan-mantid\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/yucatan-mantid.jpg?fit=142%2C142\" data-orig-size=\"142,142\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"yucatan-mantid\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Yucatan Mantid, Mantoida maya is a native species that is protected at Hacienda Chichen Resorts in Yucatan, Mexico&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mantoida Maya&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/yucatan-mantid.jpg?fit=142%2C142\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/yucatan-mantid.jpg?fit=142%2C142\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/yucatan-mantid.jpg?resize=142%2C142\" alt=\"Yucatan mantid\" data-id=\"371\" data-link=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/yucatan-mantid\/\" class=\"wp-image-371\"\/><figcaption>Mantoida Maya<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><strong>Crickets and grasshoppers have common ancestry<\/strong>, Order: <em>Orthoptera<\/em>, but belong to different suborders; <strong>Crickets<\/strong> (<em>Ensifera<\/em>) and <strong>grasshoppers <\/strong>(<em>Caeliferans<\/em>).  They can be distinguished mainly by their antennae, body size, and the way they use their body parts to stridulate or &#8220;sing.&#8221;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><strong>The difference between grasshoppers and locusts<\/strong> is mainly how they choose to live.  Grasshoppers tent to stay solitary; while locusts prefer a gregarious densely populated swarm that can devastate crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><strong>Mantises form their own order: <\/strong><em>Mantodae<\/em> they branched off from a common ancestor in the distant past.  Both species of insects have partial metamorphosis, but have many different body shape and abilities. Grasshoppers are mostly herbivorous, while mantids are highly carnivorous<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"29--monster-or-saltamontes-gigante----tropidacris-cristata--\"><strong>Monster or Saltamontes Gigante<\/strong><br><em><strong>tropidacris cristata<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"467\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/saltamontes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/saltamontes.jpg?fit=237%2C249\" data-orig-size=\"237,249\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"saltamontes,  tropidacris cristata\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Monster grasshopper or saltamontes, tropidacris cristata, mate in the Fall and can group in harmful swarms&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/saltamontes.jpg?fit=237%2C249\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/saltamontes.jpg?fit=237%2C249\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/saltamontes.jpg?resize=178%2C184\" alt=\"Saltamontes, Monster Grasshopper,  tropidacris cristata\" class=\"wp-image-467\" width=\"178\" height=\"184\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><strong>Monster or Great Grasshopper<\/strong> (English)<br><strong>Saltamontes Gigante<\/strong> (Spanish) <em><strong>tropidacris cristata<\/strong><\/em>,  Family: <em>Romaleidae,<\/em> in the order <em>Orthoptera<\/em>.  This slender long winged insect is a its body can reach four inches in length. Brightly colored and beautiful to see as an adult, but when grasshoppers appear in massive swarms they can destroy crops and land in an incredible manner; thus, we call them locusts swarms.  Monster grasshoppers can jump up to 20 times their body length; the males sing and stridulate. Mating is in the fall.  Great grasshoppers females lay eggs that turn into nymphs and then, after several molts, into adult grasshoppers. Their changing shape and colors make it difficult to ID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"30-yucatan-mantid--mantoida-maya-\">Yucatan Mantid<br><em>Mantoida maya<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"466\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/mantid-maya\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mantid-maya.jpg?fit=354%2C341\" data-orig-size=\"354,341\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mantid-maya\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Yucatan Mantid, Mantoida maya, is a native species protected at Hacienda Chichen grounds, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mantid-maya.jpg?fit=300%2C289\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mantid-maya.jpg?fit=354%2C341\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mantid-maya.jpg?resize=181%2C174\" alt=\"Yucatan Mantid, Mantoida maya\" class=\"wp-image-466\" width=\"181\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mantid-maya.jpg?w=354 354w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mantid-maya.jpg?resize=300%2C289 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><strong>Yucatan Mantid,<em> Mantoida maya<\/em><\/strong><em>,<\/em> is native to this Mayan region, but it is found as far as Florida, USA.  <br>A tiny thin body about one inch long, short neck, and bobble eyes, this coppery winged mantid has a beautiful metal copper body that is textured with small diamond shapes.  It is found near dry twits and wood chips and enjoy warm weather.  Yucatan Mantid is protected at Hacienda Chichen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"31-praying-mantid--mantis-religiosa-\">Praying Mantid<br><em>Mantis religiosa<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"464\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/praying-mantid-sq\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/praying-mantid-sq.jpg?fit=285%2C298\" data-orig-size=\"285,298\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"praying-mantid-sq\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;In the Yucatan different mantis are found, at Chichen Itza&amp;#8217;s private Mayan Jungle Reserve&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/praying-mantid-sq.jpg?fit=285%2C298\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/praying-mantid-sq.jpg?fit=285%2C298\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.yucatanadventure.com.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/praying-mantid-sq.jpg?resize=184%2C193\" alt=\"Praying mantid eating an insect\" class=\"wp-image-464\" width=\"184\" height=\"193\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><strong>Praying Manti<\/strong>d, <strong><em>Mantis religiosa<\/em><\/strong> are masters of camouflage and most subfamilies develop foliage or twit like body shapes and colors.  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