Wild flowers: Hilu di diabel

The Hilu di Diabel is very easy to recognize. If you see a bush along the side of the road that is covered with long orange-yellow tentacle-like threads, then you have located a specimen of Dodder

Nature in August – Cicada Concerts

In various locations on Curaçao, Bonaire and Aruba, it’s happening again: those incredibly loud chirping sounds emanating from the mondi, growing to deafening proportions. The cicadas have awakened.

An evening for the ‘books’

On July 19th we officially presented the newest Nature book at Landhuis Bloemhof on Curaçao.

Invasives: Giant African snail

Giant African snails are invasive species that have been introduced and established on the islands of Bonaire and Curaçao.

Tiny critters: Spotless Lady Beetle

The Spotless Lady Beetle is an indigenous species for Bonaire and Curaçao.

Wild flowers – Sida ciliaris

Yerba di pinda, a native plant, most people will not look at twice!

Natural introductions: Southern lapwing

The Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) was a bird species that only occasionally visited the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao and was known as an infrequent visitor from South America. Now it is a breeding bird.

Nature in July – Breeding season of plovers

What happens in nature in the month of July? Some sea and shorebirds are still in the middle of breeding season. Reason for us humans to be careful.

Young and adult – Monarch butterfly

There is almost no greater difference between young and adult stages as there is in the taxonomic class of insects. Butterflies are often the most ‘in your face’ example of this fact. Take Monarch butterflies for instance.

Wild flowers – Indigofera tinctoria

The True Indigo or Indigofera tinctoria is not native to the islands but was introduced in colonial times.

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