Fauna – Pagina 2 – Caribbean Footprint

With a world investing more and more in egos and deep pockets of a few, it is essential that we as a people fight for the quality of the daily habitat we all live in, including wildlife. This is not only the job of just a few individuals or organisations, it is the job of us all as users of these habitats. So what will you do in the close future to help protect wildlife?

Fauna Insects - Insecten

Butterfly species: Tropical striped blue

februari 28, 2025

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Almost all year round this mini butterfly, the Tropical striped blue (Leptotes cassius) can be found on the flowers of the Wayaca, the Banana di ref, the Wabi, the Beyísima and many other flowering plants.

Fauna Uncategorized

Birds: the Green Heron

februari 27, 2025

Michelle Pors-da Costa Gomez

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Wherever there is a body of water, there is a good chance that a Green Heron is somewhere nearby.

Fauna Marine environment - Mariene milieu

Blue-legged hermit crabs

februari 25, 2025

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There are several species of hermit crabs and one of them is the blue-legged hermit crab, an animal that can be found in shallow water in various parts of the Caribbean Sea and therefore also on our island.

Behaviour - Gedrag Fauna

Fatherly care

februari 24, 2025

Leon Pors

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Years ago I had the fortunate opportunity to work with a professional nature photographer, Peter van der Wolf. He had a highly developed sense of animal behavior, and this helped him, for example, to trace nests of breeding birds.

Fauna Reptiles - Reptielen

Island endemics – Anolis lineatus

februari 20, 2025

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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