Fauna – Caribbean Footprint

The Tree Anole or Kaku is a frequently seen guest on beaches, in gardens and of course in the wild areas of both Aruba and Curaçao. It is an endemic species for these two islands, a species only occurring here and nowhere else.

Fauna Insects - Insecten

Butterfly species: Gulf fritillary

februari 17, 2025

Michelle Pors-da Costa Gomez

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Curaçao has about 58 butterfly species and in addition at least dozens of moth species, most of which have not yet been identified. Aruba and Bonaire have a similar diversity

Fauna Marine environment - Mariene milieu

Shells: Caribbean Four-tooth Nerite

februari 14, 2025

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Marine snails which are part of the Nerite family often have small teethlike protrusions which can often be found on the mouth plate (columella fold), the calcerous part at the opening at the bottom of the shell where the slug’s body moves to the outside.

Fauna Marine environment - Mariene milieu

Ten-legged alien

februari 9, 2025

Leon Pors

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This beautiful and delicate creature is a relatively abundant inhabitant of the Caribbean coastal waters. It belongs to the order of Decapoda which is Latin for ten (deca) legged (poda), but most non-scientists will just refer to the name crabs while talking about these creatures.

Fauna Marine environment - Mariene milieu

Shells: Common purple snail

februari 5, 2025

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In 1758 Linnaeus gave the scientific name Janthina janthina to a tiny and very delicate purple / blue snail shell and its snail inhabitant.

Birds - Vogels Fauna

Birds ID: Black-faced grassquit

februari 2, 2025

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The avifauna of the Leeward islands, the diversity of bird species on the islands, consists of several seed eaters, and the most inconspicuous and often overlooked species is the Black Faced grassquit or Mòfi (Tiaris bicolor)

Fauna Marine environment - Mariene milieu

Shells – The Bleeding Tooth Nerite

januari 31, 2025

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This snail and shell species has quite a name in English: the Bleeding Tooth Nerite. It is kind of logical though if you take a good look at the shell this snail species builds for itself.

Fauna Insects - Insecten

Butterfly species: Cracker

januari 1, 2025

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This post is also available in: Dutch (below) Butterflies are very good indicators of the health of ecosystems. In recent years, the number of butterflies and the diversity of butterfly…

Fauna Spiders - Spinnen

Spiny Spiders

januari 1, 2025

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Aruba and Curaçao do not have large hairy spiders like the feared Tarantulas in South America, but they do have a large number of other species, most of which are…

Behaviour - Gedrag Birds - Vogels Fauna

A bid for her favors

december 17, 2024

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Impress, dance, the most beautiful colors and feathers. It takes quite a bit of work for a male bird to seduce a female. With one species it is even more…

Caribbean Footprint

Categorie: Fauna

Island endemics – Anolis lineatus

Butterfly species: Gulf fritillary

Shells: Caribbean Four-tooth Nerite

Ten-legged alien

Shells: Common purple snail

Birds ID: Black-faced grassquit

Shells – The Bleeding Tooth Nerite

Butterfly species: Cracker

Spiny Spiders

A bid for her favors

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