Species ID – Caribbean Footprint

We were proud and happy to receive our new nature book in the series ‘Know your fauna’ at Drukkerij Rad Dordrecht in the Netherlands last Friday May 2nd. It is now available in Netherlands and later in the year on the ABC-islands!

Fauna Marine environment - Mariene milieu

Shells: Zebra Nerite

mei 1, 2025

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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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Wild flowers: Haematoxylum brasiletto

april 28, 2025

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There are two (2) tree species on the island that have been the source of an enormous amount of discussions and disagreements between people because of their name; the Kibrahacha and the Brasia.

Fauna Insects - Insecten

Tiny critters: Sceliphron asiaticum

april 23, 2025

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Meet the wasp species responsible for the mud constructions on the walls that appear almost overnight.

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Wild flowers – Pinda shimaron

april 21, 2025

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A small delicate yellow flower almost everybody oversees.

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Shrubs and trunks full of shells

april 16, 2025

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Anyone who walks in the mondi of Jan Thiel on Curaçao during the dry season, and other locations as well, can regularly come across a strange phenomenon; trees, grasses and shrubs that are completely covered with the white Kokolishi di kalakuna (Cerion uva).

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Wild flowers: Melocactus macracanthos

april 14, 2025

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The month of April marks the flowering of the Melocactus locally called Milon di seru or Bushi (Melocactus macracanthos).

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Butterfly species: White peacock

april 11, 2025

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Meet the White peacock, a gorgeous butterfly species that can even be found in the dry season.

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Wild flowers: Yerba di lagadishi

april 9, 2025

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This tiny little beauty is almost always overlooked as too many people classify it as ‘only a weed’ (onkruid).

Fauna Marine environment - Mariene milieu

Shells: Spiny oysters

april 3, 2025

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Of course, you can also find shells of bivalves such as oysters on the beaches in the ABC-islands. And one of the families you can encounter is the genus of the Spiny Oysters.

Caribbean Footprint

Tag: Species ID

New natural history book ABC-islands (In Dutch) published!

Shells: Zebra Nerite

Wild flowers: Haematoxylum brasiletto

Tiny critters: Sceliphron asiaticum

Wild flowers – Pinda shimaron

Shrubs and trunks full of shells

Wild flowers: Melocactus macracanthos

Butterfly species: White peacock

Wild flowers: Yerba di lagadishi

Shells: Spiny oysters

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