We all had a good laugh when we found these flowers. We were told that the name of this flower is "Hot Lips". I wonder why?



Ted and Percy, our Peruvian bird guide, in the stunted forest.




... terrestrial bromeliad:




We found this impressive Buprestid beetle while we walked here. It crashed down from the canopy and thumped onto the trail in front of us. I was told that this is a Ceiba Borer.





Streams in the forest were heavily stained with tannins:





The band in the wing of this damselfly matched the colour of the flowering bromeliads:




Scarlet Peakcock (Anartia fatima) -- common along edges of roads or the periphery of the forest.




White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae) -- another common roadside butterfly.