What is this caterpillar…?

What are the ‘monster’ caterpillars eating the Frangipani. And what is the real name of these trees many are so concerned about.

Fish: Blue Tang Surgeonfish

The Atlantic Blue Tang or Blue Tang surgeonfish is a species native to the Caribbean, Western and Eastern Atlantic as well as the Golf of Mexico. It belongs to the Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) family .

Wild flowers: Priva lappulacea

The flora of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao has many species that are often considered as mere pests or weeds when growing in undesired locations. Catstongue is a very good example.

Plants with a warning: Casearia tremula

As soon as the rainy season begins and these trees begin to grow at an accelerated pace, and the older plants begin to produce flowers and fruit, questions about this topic explode online. Since a love of greenery often comes through the stomach…

Tiny critters: Vagrant grasshopper

The ABC Islands are home to countless different species of crickets and grasshoppers, most of which haven’t yet been properly identified because little research has been done. The grasshoppers found on our islands live a mysterious life in nature

Breeding birds of the ABC-islands: White-cheeked pintails

There are several species of ducks present on the islands and one of the breeding species is the White-cheeked pintail (Anas bahamensis), a breeding bird on Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao.

Introduced species: Tokay gecko

The Tokay gecko is popular terrarium pet all over the world and can also be found in the collection of small zoos all around the world. That is exactly how the species ended up on the island of Curaçao

Wild flowers: Parkinsonia aculeata

A tree that also likes to grow in the nutritious and moist soil of a dam or similar kind of natural area is the relatively rare Bonchi strena (Parkinsonia aculeata).

Nature books now available at Veldshop.nl

Nature books now available at Veldshop.nl

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.

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