Tick Hunting and More Snails

The day started with a walk to "drag" for ticks. Luckily, none attached themselves to me, but they attached to our drag cloths. We also just turned over leaves until we found them. What's interesting about the ticks on the leaves is that the "quest", meaning that they actively try to sense potential hosts by CO2 and other chemical signatures. Questing basically consists of wiggling their front legs--which have special, chemical-sensing organs in them--in the air. It would be cute...if they weren't out for blood.

On the walk we saw howlers, an agouti, and some pretty butterflies, including ones I can now identify! I also went to collect more snails today, and this bunch was more active!

They all moved! It was very exciting.