Butterfly species: West Indian Mangrove buckeye

The West Indian Mangrove buckeye is a jewel amongst the mangrove trees. Using the Black mangrove as a larval plant, it is nonetheless rare.

Young and adult – Rufous-collared sparrow

All wildlife has many life phases. This series puts the spotlight on animals in both their young or immature life stage and their adult stage, beginning with the Rufous-collared sparrow.

Tiny critters: Six-spotted zigzag ladybird

The Six-spotted zigzag ladybird is a species native to Asia and Australia but now widespread across the world, including the Caribbean.

Shells: Mouse cone

The family of Conidae or Cone snails as it is called in English contains an enormous variety of genera and species. Meet the Mouse cone.

Marine wildlife – Variegated sea urchin

Sea urchins have a bad reputation, but they are essential to a healthy marine environment including reefs. The Variegated sea urchin is one of several species of sea urchin.

Tiny critters: Toxomerus Sp. hoverfly

The insect in the photo is a Toxomerus species, a species yet to be described for Curaçao.

Butterfly species: Telea hairstreak

Meet the Telea Hairstreak, a small butterfly with interesting coloration.

Shells: White Hoof Shell

One of the most fun shells to look for during treasure hunts is what we lovably call the Smurf hats, because of the shape and color of the shells.

Island endemics – Bananaquit

Did you know that Curaçao and Aruba share an endemic subspecies of Bananaquit and that Bonaire has its very own endemic subspecies that is somewhat different! Read on for more…

Shells: Zebra Nerite

This small shell called the Zebra Nerite does not grow larger than 11 millimetres in diameter and is not always easy to find on the coasts of our islands

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