moths at toucan ecolodge & wildlife reserve

MOTH species of COSTA RICA

Costa Rica boasts of near 1.500 species of butterflies and 12.000 moths in the Lepidoptera order. The best time to observe butterflies in Costa Rica is generally from June till December, but please note, September and October can be extremely rainy. But basically during the whole year it is easy to observe hundreds of species of butterflies and moths during the whole year. Around 10% of the total butterfly species live in Costa Rica.

There are many amazing examples of Müllerian or Batesian mimicry amongst the various moths species which you can find in Costas Rica which you can misidentify or overlook believing that it is a wasp, leaf or butterfly for example.

IN OUR GARDEN & AT OUR FOREST RESERVE (walking distance)

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FEW MILES AWAY AT A RIVER

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LOWLANDS, MANGROVES & SEASIDE - within half an hour or an hour drive

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AT HIGH ELEVATION within 2 (3) hours drive

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COSTA RICAN MOTH PHOTO GALLERIES

You can find pictures at the GALLERIES main menu.

Full List of Costa Rican Moths

The below list is work of Heiner Ziegle, an excellent Swiss lepidopterist and photographer. The below links take you to his excellent website with photos of each species.

Moths species

Moths of Costa Rica: 4208 species

Contact

Phone: Call May-October; Text all year 
+36 30-645-9318 or +36 30-211-0006
Call Nov-April: +506 84961012 or 84961417
e-mails: 
ecotoursgabororban @ gmail.com
toucanbirdingecolodge @ gmail.com 

Our mission

Our first priority is to save habitats & species.

Secondly we would like to share our knowledge of wildlife and encourage you to participate directly or indirectly in protecting nature.

We are also working continuously on our carbon balance with developing our 23 hectares of wildlife reserve.

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