Especially during the rainy season many spider species suddenly appear in gardens. One of these species is a relatively small spider that weaves a beautiful web every day and is striking because of the orange spots on its abdomen and the greenish, white, and yellow stripes on the same abdomen.
Categorie: Fauna
Fauna
Yellow Birds on the ABC Islands – Save & share!
There are birds on our islands that still cause a lot of confusion when people ask for their identification. Despite the abundance of books, online information, and social media, some bird species are apparently so similar that they are consistently misnamed, practically creating online wars over who wants to be right.
Island endemics – land snail: Tudora megacheilos
Curaçao has no fewer than 31 species of land snails, 28 of which are native, meaning they are native to the area and haven’t been imported, for example, with plants and bags of soil from abroad. One of the most striking and well-known species is the Tudora megacheilos, the snails that suddenly appear on house walls or fences and can remain there for days, sometimes weeks, stuck to the material.