From March 13 - June 13, 2001, SASI founder and director Steve Prchal was on sabbatical in Costa Rica. Follow his adventures in this photo-rich journal as he visited various locations around this center of biodiversity, living with families involved in the sustainable industry of breeding butterflies for export to exhibitions in the US, Canada and Europe.

Friends of SASI provided many plant and animal identifications during the 2001 Invertebrates in Captivity Conference and these pages have been updated with that information. Thanks to Harvey Fischer, Tom Hecker, Brent Karner and Tom Mason for their input. More identifications will be added as they become available.

Click the thumbnail images for a closer look at the plants, butterflies and other animals Prchal saw.

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ENTRY 1—March 17, 2001
The Butterfly Farm
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ENTRY 2—March 19, 2001
Mariposas de Trópico
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ENTRY 3—March 22, 2001
Las Rocas
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ENTRY 4—March 26, 2001
Braulio Carrillo
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ENTRY 5—March 27, 2001
Grace Fallas' Butterfly Farm
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. ENTRY 6—March 28, 2001
Mariposario/Atlantico
ENTRY 7—April 4, 2001
Bugwatching in La Guacima
ENTRY 8—April 10, 2001
La Paz/Fernando’s
ENTRY 9—April 10-13, 2001
In Sarapiquí
ENTRY 10—April 14, 2001
Nectandra Gardens and Cloud Preserve
ENTRY 11—April 17-20, 2001
In Guapiles
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ENTRY 12—April 24-27, 2001
Jardin Ecológico Pierella
ENTRY 13—May 9-12, 2001
EcoCentro Danaus
ENTRY 14—May 16-18, 2001
In Grifo Alto de Puriscal
ENTRY 15—May 21-27, 2001
Mariposas del Trópico After the Rains
ENTRY 16—May 23-24, 2001
Las Rocas After the Rains
ENTRY 17—May 30-June 2, 2001
Finca las Orquidias
ENTRY 18—June 8-9, 2001
Monteverde
ENTRY 19—June 9, 2001
Guanacaste
ENTRY 20—June 10, 2001
Santa Rosa National Park
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ENTRY 21—June 11, 2001
Headin’ Home
ENTRY 22—June 12, 2001
Blacklighting with Joris
Journal from Costa Rica images and text by Steve Prchal SASI@SASIonline.org
Design by Friend of SASI Michael Mayer mwmayer@mayer-graphics.com