Posted November 18, 2019
Insects, arachnids and all their relatives are definitely of interest to me. I like to seek, find, photograph, document, and publish as many insects, arachnids and their relatives as possible.
These creatures are a sample of what was photographed by FLAAR Mesoamerica between 2018 and 2019 in cooperation with the park administrators IDAEH and CONAP. These insects are already known. But we feel there is potential for discovering lots more. | |||
Parque Nacional Yaxha Nakum Naranjo has potential for finding and photographing creatures not documented elsewhere in Peten because of the series of lakes, lagoons, rivers, swamps, and seasonally inundated ecosystems.
We have recently found, photographed, and published Tasiste palm for Yaxha, Nakum, and Naranjo sectors of the park. This palm is well known for Belize but is nowhere documented for Tikal in any list that we have seen published in the recent half century. Why in PNYNN and not at Tikal? Because the FLAAR Mesoamerica team has found ecosystems west of Yaxha and east of Nakum, habitats which do not exist at the Tikal park. And with the help of Naranjo sector team of Archaeologist Vilma Fialko, Arquitecto Raul Norega, plus Horacio Palacios, they took us to explore a savanna-cibal-jimbal ecosystem adjacent to Naranjo which is not present at Tikal. Plus, the corozera between the savanna and the Naranjo pyramids, temples, and palaces is also different than the corozera 4 km from Yaxha and the other corozera 4 km from Nakum.
So with these unique and biodiverse ecosystems, we feel there is potential to find insects not previously photographed or published for nearby Tikal nor elsewhere in Peten.
