Species ID – Pagina 3 – Caribbean Footprint

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.

Flora Wild flowers - Wilde bloemen

Wild flowers- Banana di ref/rif

februari 13, 2025

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Along the entire northern coast of our island, in the saliñas and along inlets and inner bays, grows a small plant that we all walk over carelessly and hardly look at.

Fauna Marine environment - Mariene milieu

Ten-legged alien

februari 9, 2025

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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.

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Wild flowers- Mexican poppy

februari 8, 2025

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A wild plant you can mainly find on places where the original vegetation is heavily disturbed is the so called Mexican poppy or Flowering thistle.

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Wild flowers – Cawara / Karawara (di mondi) (Cordia dentata)

februari 7, 2025

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When it rains the mondi is full with these cream coloured flowers, growing in dense clusters on shrubs or small trees that have dark green leaves that feel rough to the touch.

Fauna Marine environment - Mariene milieu

Shells: Common purple snail

februari 5, 2025

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In 1758 Linnaeus gave the scientific name Janthina janthina to a tiny and very delicate purple / blue snail shell and its snail inhabitant.

Birds - Vogels Fauna

Birds ID: Black-faced grassquit

februari 2, 2025

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The avifauna of the Leeward islands, the diversity of bird species on the islands, consists of several seed eaters, and the most inconspicuous and often overlooked species is the Black Faced grassquit or Mòfi (Tiaris bicolor)

Fauna Marine environment - Mariene milieu

Shells – The Bleeding Tooth Nerite

januari 31, 2025

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This snail and shell species has quite a name in English: the Bleeding Tooth Nerite. It is kind of logical though if you take a good look at the shell this snail species builds for itself.

Fungi

The Flower pot parasol

januari 24, 2025

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Mushrooms, the reproductive organs of fungi, are everywhere during the rainy season of the islands and in different colors and sizes. Some appear in plant pots and disappear as quickly…

Fauna Insects - Insecten

Butterfly species: Cracker

januari 1, 2025

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This post is also available in: Dutch (below) Butterflies are very good indicators of the health of ecosystems. In recent years, the number of butterflies and the diversity of butterfly…

Caribbean Footprint

Tag: Species ID

Shells: Caribbean Four-tooth Nerite

Wild flowers- Banana di ref/rif

Ten-legged alien

Wild flowers- Mexican poppy

Wild flowers – Cawara / Karawara (di mondi) (Cordia dentata)

Shells: Common purple snail

Birds ID: Black-faced grassquit

Shells – The Bleeding Tooth Nerite

The Flower pot parasol

Butterfly species: Cracker

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