Hello all, My name is Bret Manning and for the last few winters I have been working in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology lab at Dartmouth college under the facilitation of Matthew P. Ayres, the Physiological Ecologist within the Biological Sciences Department.
I am currently doing a studies on the invasive/other insects/parasitoids of the Neotropical rainforest in the province of Manabi on the Northwestern/central Coast of Ecuador. I have been catching insects for the past couple weeks and will be putting a small study together in a month or so using the data I have gathered. If anyone has or could suggest a guide for the invertebrates of the Neotropics/South America or even Central America it would be a very helpful addition to understanding some of the patterns of individuals I have found. Another helpful guide would be something related to to the parasitoid wasps of the neotropics/tropics, I have been catching a lot of parasitoid wasps on Cacao plants, a very interesting discovery. Thank you to anyone that could provide help. With gratitude and best regards, Bret Manning
