Posted February 27, 2020
Pokomchi Mayan plant scout Norma Estefany Cho Cu not only is helping us find wild Coyo, Persea schiedeana, a wild Mayan avocado species, but she is also very adept at finding and photographing larvae of moths and butterflies.
We hope some day that a university, foundation or kind soul could help fund this project so we can get entomological identification of each Family, Genus and species. And then publish a book on these photogenic creatures. But in the meantime, here are three photos she took with a Google Pixel 3XL. | ||
We at FLAAR (USA) and FLAAR Mesoamerica (Guatemala) are dedicated to accomplishing research on all pollinators. It is crucial to create educational material in the local Mayan, Garifuna, Xinca and Spanish (and English) to explain to school children the importance of not killing potential future pollinators.
