For those seeking a reference guide that is both affordable as well as portable, Cornell University Press has now published the eminently useful and informative “Pocket Guide to the Insects of Costa Rica” as the most recent addition to their Zona Tropical Publications / Antlion Media series of their Comstock imprint.
Far more difficult than teaching a cat a trick or eating only one potato chip is the challenge of explaining to someone that the Brown Recluse spider he or she claimed to have recently seen was, in fact, very likely not one. There’s just something about this species that has taken hold of our imaginations; […]