Michael & Patricia Fogden / Cup Fungus (Cookeina tricholoma) group of five growing out of log, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird feeding at and pollinating epiphytic Orchid (Elleanthus sp), Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Ogre-faced Spider (Deinopis sp) do not wait passively for an insect to fall into their web, instead, they cast sticky nets, La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica

Mark Moffett / Golden Scarab Beetle (Plusiotis resplendens) portrait, Monteverde Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (Phaeochroa cuvierii) near a Heliconia flower (Heliconia latispatha) in rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird feeding, pollinating epiphytic orchid flower, cloud forest ecosystem, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) hummingbird male feeding on nectar from a Bromeliad flower, La Selva Biological Research Station, Rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy) hummingbird feeding on and pollinating Coral Tree (Erythrina sp) flowers, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) hummingbird juvenile male feeding at and pollinating Ginger (Costus montanus) flowers, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Nymphalid Butterfly (Pteronymia sp) of the family Ithomiinae, at flowers of Asteraceae, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Purple-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis calolaemus) hummingbird female feeding at and pollinating epiphytic Orchid flowers (Elleanthus sp), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Tiger Longwing (Heliconius hecale) butterfly at Lantana flowers, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Nymphalid Butterfly (Pteronymia sp) at Coral Tree (Erythrina sp) flowers, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus) portrait, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus) portrait, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird feeding at and pollinating flowers of epiphytic Heath (Macleania insignis), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Perfumed Passion Flower (Passiflora vitifolia) flowers and fruit, rainforest, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Coppery-headed Emerald (Elvira cupreiceps) hummingbird male feeding on and pollinating Shiney Maxillaria (Maxillaria fulgens) in cloud forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Coppery-headed Emerald (Elvira cupreiceps) hummingbird male feeding on and pollinating Shiney Maxillaria (Maxillaria fulgens) in cloud forest, Costa Rica

Chris Newbert / Rosy-lipped Batfish (Ogcocephalus sp) portrait, 100 feet deep, Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) eggs harvested by villagers with permission of conservation program designed to discourage poaching, Ostional Beach, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Stink Bug (Loxa viridis) portrait, a true bug of the Heteroptera suborder, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Stink Bug (Loxa viridis) portrait, a true bug of the Heteroptera suborder, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Stink Bug (Edessa sp) portrait, a true bug of the Heteroptera suborder, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Tim Fitzharris / Parrot Snake (Leptophis ahaetulla) head, Costa Rica

Tim Fitzharris / Heliconia (Heliconia sp), close up, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Purple-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis calolaemus) hummingbird drinking nectar, Monte Verde, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Powdery Flower Orchid (Coelogyne dayana), Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Powdery Flower Orchid (Coelogyne dayana), Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Orchid (Lepanthes ciliisepala), a tiny miniature epiphytic species, flower only 3 to 4 mm across, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Perfumed Passion Flower (Passiflora vitifolia) flowers, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Costa Rica Brook Frog (Duellmanohyla uranochroa) population numbers have been affected by climate change, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Smokey Jungle Frog (Leptodactylus pentadactylus) predating Masked Puddle Frog (Smilisca phaeota), Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Reticulated Glass Frog (Hyalinobatrachium valerioi) pair guarding two clutches of eggs, each at different stages of development, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Reticulated Glass Frog (Hyalinobatrachium valerioi) pair guarding two clutches of eggs, each at different stages of development, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Zetek's Treefrog (Hyla zeteki) portrait, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Rove Beetle (Staphylinidae) showing warning coloration, extremely caustic secretions, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Giant Millipede pair mating, displaying warning colors, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Tree Frog (Hyla calypsa) portrait, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Golfodulcean Poison Frog (Phyllobates vittatus) portrait, on leaf, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Rufous-eyed Tree Frog (Hyla rufioculis) on curled Heliconia leaf, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Yellow Cricket Treefrog (Hyla microcephala) on leaf, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Starrett's Treefrog (Hyla tica) on leaf, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Dry Forest Anole (Norops cupreus) male displaying dewlap, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Silky Anole (Norops sericeus) male displaying dewlap, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Swift Anole (Norops tropidolepis) male displaying dewlap, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Newly discovered but as yet unnamed species of Katydid, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Male Flies engaged in communal courtship display known as leking, rainforest, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Helmeted Iguana (Corytophanes cristatus) portrait, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Leafroller (Pseudatteria leopardina) rare diurnal moth, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Tiger Moth (Dysschema leda) is brightly colored to advertise its distastefulness to potential predators, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Cricket (Phalangopsis sp) on mushroom, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Cricket (Paragryllus sp) eating old cuticle after molting, Costa Rica, sequence 4 of 4

Piotr Naskrecki / Cricket (Paragryllus sp) next to old cuticle after molting, Costa Rica, sequence 3 of 4

Piotr Naskrecki / Cricket (Paragryllus sp) molting, showing insect emerging from cuticle, Costa Rica, sequence 2 of 4

Piotr Naskrecki / Cricket (Paragryllus sp) molting, Costa Rica, sequence 1 of 4

Piotr Naskrecki / Cricket (Phalangopsis sp) with mushrooms in the background, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Millipede (Polydesmus sp) group, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Ant (Sericomyrmex amabilis) on fungus garden, white clumps are gongylidia - the nutritious fungal growths consumed by the ants which sprout from the matrix of leaf matter, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans) portrait, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Hooded Tickspider (Cryptocellus sp) characteristic hood covers mouthparts, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Mite portrait, top view, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Whip Scorpion (Phrynus parvulus) just molted, will be vulnerable for a few hours until cuticle hardens, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Millipede males often guard their mates by riding on their backs, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Millipede on forest floor, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Jumping Spider (Phiale formosa) showing multiple eyes and palps, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Social False Scorpion pair, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Harvestman (Opiliones) portrait on moss, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Daddy-Long-Legs Spider (Pholcus phalangioides) devouring an arboreal Earthworm, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Monstera (Monstera sp) young leaves climbing up a host tree, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Stink Bug (Pentatomidae) displaying aposematic or warning coloration, produces sharp odor when attacked by a predator, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Hummingbird Flower Mite (Proctolaelaps kirmsei) on Firebush (Hamelia patens), Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Ant-mimic Bug (Hyalymenus sp) on Firebush (Hamelia patens) mimicking the ferocious Ant (Ectatomma tuberculatum), Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Spiked Spider (Gasteracantha sp) portrait, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Species Unknown, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Costa Rican Leaf-wing Katydid (Euceraia insignis) the yellow, red, and blue markings help it blend among partially decayed leaves, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Cockroach (Eurycotis sp) drinking honeydew from the abdomen of a Lantern Bug (Enchophora rosacea), Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Cockroach (Eurycotis sp) drinking honeydew from the abdomen of a Lantern Bug (Enchophora rosacea), Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Leaf Roller (Tortricidae) moth and an unknown species of Noctuid, compete for honeydew produced by a Lantern Bug (Enchophora sanguinea), Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Emerald Cicada (Zamara smaragdina) male after completing its final molt, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Treehopper (Membracis dorsata) nymphs, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Lantern Bug (Enchophora rosacea) with a Moth sucking the honeydew it produces, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Ischyra sp) flying, newly discovered, yet unnamed, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Costa Rican Dragonfly (Gynacantha tibiata) awaiting the end of rain to start hunting, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Golden Palm Tree Frog or Marbled Tree Frog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus) portrait, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Costa Rican Walking Stick (Metriophasma diocles) showing dark false eye spot on its hind wings during a startle display, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Metallic Wood-boring Beetle (Euchroma gigantea) portrait, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Leaf Katydid (Hyperphrona irregularis) profile, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / True Weevil (Curculionidae) flying, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Woodlouse (Isopoda) portrait, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Newly discovered, yet unnamed Katydid, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Little Earwig (Spongiphor sp) on mossy branch, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Granular Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates granuliferus) portrait on moss in rainforest, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Ctenuchid moth, warning colors, Mullerian mimic of Sphecid wasp, Costa Rica

Flip Nicklin / Squirrelfish (Holocentrus sp) portrait, Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Golden Palm Tree Frog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus) tadpole displaying warning colors, rainforest ponds, Costa Rica