Wild flowers: Melocactus macracanthos

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

Butterfly species: White peacock

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

Wild flowers: Yerba di lagadishi

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

Shells: Spiny oysters

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.

Wild flowers: Blue porterweed

If you want hummingbirds in your garden you need this plant in your garden. The Blue porterweed is a much loved garden plant for all who want to attract hummingbirds and butterflies to the garden.

Wild flowers: Castor bean

If you look closely at the flower cone on the photo you will see that it consists of 2 different kinds of flowers; creamy rounded ones on the underside and reddish ones on the upper side.

Wild flowers: Milkweed

Meet the plant named Katuna di Seda, Katúnbóm, Mata di lechi (Calotropis procera) or Milkweed. It is an introduced plant on Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao and all of the New World

Shells: Atlantic dove snail

A common shell found on beaches on the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao.

Tiny critters: Elaphidion irroratum

The Elaphidion irroratum, is a well known beetle species from the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao that will often be attracted to artificial light.

Wild flowers – Flaira

If there is a popular herb-like plant on the island it is the Flaira (Jatropha gossypiifolia). Either the variety with the green leaves, or the even more popular variety with the red leaves, the Flaira is one plant almost everyone wants in their garden.

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