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This species is believed to be native to Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Mexico. [3] It has spread to certain Caribbean Islands, Hawaii and French Guiana, [ 4 ] and also to parts of Southeast Asia, including India, Indonesia and Thailand. [ 1 ]
Diachlorus ferrugatus, commonly known as the yellow fly in the United States or doctor fly in Belize, is a species of highly aggressive biting horse-fly of the family Tabanidae native to North and Central America to Costa Rica. [2] [3]
Two crocodilians, the widespread spectacled caiman and the large, sometimes dangerous American crocodile are found in Costa Rica. The country's reptiles range in size from the delicate 15 cm (6 in) Hallowell's centipede snake of the genus Tantilla to the hulking leatherback turtle , at 500 kg (1100 lb) and 150 cm (60 in).
Oncopeltus fasciatus, known as the large milkweed bug, is a medium-sized hemipteran (true bug) of the family Lygaeidae. [2] It is distributed throughout North America, from Central America through Mexico and the Caribbean to southern areas in Canada. [2] Costa Rica represents this insect's southern limit. [3]
Bull shark. Sharks were responsible for a large number of attacks and deaths in the region, Brazil has the highest number, about 107, and 30 deaths, followed by Mexico with 62 attacks and 35 fatalities, Cuba with 28 attacks and 16 deaths, Panama registers 27 attacks and 17 deaths, Venezuela has 11 cases and 5 deaths, Costa rica has 6 fatalities of 10 attacks, Colombia with 1 fatality of 8 ...
Some dragonflies, including libellulids and aeshnids, live in desert pools, for example in the Mojave Desert, where they are active in shade temperatures between 18 and 45 °C (64 and 113 °F); these insects were able to survive body temperatures above the thermal death point of insects of the same species in cooler places. [22]
Across most of Puerto Rico, AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperatures have exceeded 110 degrees Fahrenheit on a regular basis so far this month, while the actual temperature has consistently reached ...
For the purposes of this category, Central America comprises Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the Central American Pacific Islands Wikimedia Commons has media related to Insects of Central America .