Wild flowers: Wayaca (Guaiacum officinale)

The popular and striking native local tree Guaiacum officinale has, in addition to its scientific name, several other names that vary from island to island and from location to location on the ABC-islands

Shells: Amber Pen Shell (Pinna carnea)

When walking along the shores of our islands we you can sometime find delicate pink wing-shaped bivalve shelves of varying sizes that look and feel like they are made of the most fragile of materials.

Moth species: Fig Sphinx (Pachylia ficus)

Various species of sphinx moths can be found on Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao. The Fig sphinx (Pachylia ficus) is usually not very numerous on the islands.

Wild flowers: Buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus)

This post is also available in: Dutch (below) The Buttonwood is a tree species that has become part of the landscaping in various neighbourhoods on all three islands of Aruba,…

Marine treasures: The Blue button (Porpita porpita)

Anyone visiting and strolling along the coast regularly can encounter a bright blue organism resembling a jellyfish after a period of change in wave and wind patterns: the Blue Button.

Special visitors: Black skimmers

Black skimmers are regular visitors to the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao and can be spotted as early as May.

Wild flowers: Teku di palu (Tillandsia flexuosa)

The Teku di palu, also known as Yerba di cabai, tree bromeliad, or Tillandsia (Tillandsia flexuosa), is an epiphytic plant that grows in areas on the islands with high humidity.

Tiny critters: Cactus lady beetle (Chilocorus cacti)

Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao are home to various species of lady bugs, or lady beetles although most people do not really recognize them.

Wild flowers: Kibrahacha (Handroanthus billbergii)

There is no plant that indicates the state of the weather as well as the Kibrahacha. Every year, it is a big question when these trees will ‘feel’ enough rainwater to reveal themselves in an explosion of yellow flowers within a few days. In some years, it is not until well into June that we can really admire the beautiful flowers of this tree.

Fish: Longsnout seahorse (Hippocampus reidi)

It is not every day that you swim into a seahorse, and it is therefore a spectacular experience to be able to observe one.

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