The last days of our trip was spent in São Paulo. We stayed in the guest house of Instituto de Botânica at the Jardim Botânico.
The guest house
After some hours in the lab on Saturday morning, we went out to explore the 12th largest city in the world.
Adriana, Viviana and Jimmy were our guides
A small fragment of the concrete jungle
In the heart of the city lies a beautiful forest park, Trianon. No Phyllopsoras!
A good meal at a Chinese restaurant
On Sunday, our lazy days continued ;-) Anne Karin and Malin went to the Museum of modern art, MASP. Sonja took a walk in the botanical garden and Einar went out on a long awaited bird watch. He got four new species on his life list (Cocoi Heron, Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail, Squirrel Cuckoo and Rufous Hornero).
Great and Snowy Egret
On Monday it was about time that we got back in the field. We took a look in a rainforest fragment within the botanical garden. It was actually quite good, we made about 20 interesting collections.
We also had Ricardo with us, one of Adriana's PhD stundents
We found a butterfly that had just come out of it's cocoon and was preparing for the first flight
In the lab, preparing the specimens
Tuesday was our last day in the field in this adventure. We travelled an hour out of the center of São Paulo to Reserva Biológica do Alto da Serra de Paranapiacaba. This was a wet and dense rainforest, so not a good spot for Phyllopsoras, but oh so beautiful. Even though we collected few species, they were all interesing.
Tiny orchid on a tree trunk
A last group photo
A farewell dinner with our wonderful hosts
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