In insects, wings are subjected to strong natural selection pressures for camouflage, mimicry and warning coloration. The patterns and colours of butterfly wings, for example,
Étiquette : french guiana
Hypocephalus armatus: a (very) unusual long-horned beetle
Hypocephalus armatus is a large South American Beetle em>Hypocephalus armatus is a large South American Beetle of a unique morphology among long horn beetles (long
Morpho’s blue colour: a structural origin
Color is not an intrinsic characteristic (own to) of living objects and organisms. It depends on the type of receivers and the information processing process
Publication in the journal Nature/Heredity of some of my results on Heliconius butterflies
Heliconius within the « Institute of Systematics, Evolution and Biodiversity » of Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris (UMR 7205-CNRS) and on the Gamboa site (Panama) of
Fauna & Flora – Station des Nouragues
Album photos of the fauna and flora observed during my stay at the Nouragues station as part of a scientific mission with the Muséum National
Wildlife and Flora in the mountains and marshes of Kaw (French Guiana)
Album photos of animal and plant species that I had the chance to meet in the Kaw region (mountains and marshes) in French Guyana, as
Heliconius butterfly breeding
My research mission at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Gamboa, Panama consisted in breeding the species Heliconius hecale and in hybridizing between populations
Article on Heliconius published in the journal Insectes (OPIE)
Following my research mission on Heliconius conducted at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Gamboa, Panama, I proposed to the journal Insects of OPIE
Stay in French Guiana
Photo album of my stay in the Guyanese rainforest during a scientific research mission with the CNRS and the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris
Meeting with a 3-fingered Sloth (Bradipus tridactylus)
During a day of prospecting and collecting Heliconius in Kaw Mountain, I hear a noise, a crack in a tree… a fall of branches 5m
