Panama

Punta Paitilla in the heart of Panamá City is a superb locality for intertidal collecting, but only at the lowest tides. Many giant specimens are collected here, among sewage run-off.

Icaco on Golfo de Montijo, at low tide.

Simon searches for Neritina latissima on Isla Cebaco, Golfo de Montijo.

Isla Gobernadora in the Golfo de Montijo is famed for its shells, some of which can be collected intertidally on a handful of days each year.

Jenny Ernest displays the species named in her honour: Distorsio jenniernestae (family Personidae). Isla Gobernadora, Golfo de Montijo.

Juvenile Titanostrombus galeatus are cooking for the evening meal on Isla Gobernadora, Golfo de Montijo.

The toilet on Isla Gobernadora is ‘rustic’ style. Check that your vaccinations are up-to-date.

Shrimp boats in Puerto Vacamonte, Panamá Oeste Province. Some of these boats collect the sought-after deep-water shells.

Togarna stripestreak (Arawacus togarna), Veracruz, Panamá Oeste Province. Family Lycaenidae.

The nymph of an unidentified bug (Heteroptera sp.), Veracruz, Panamá Oeste Province.