More news - January 2021



Jerusalem thorn
Parkinsonia aculeata
Cina cina/Jerusalem thorn
17-1-21 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Larger bur-marigold
Bidens laevis
Flechilla/Larger bur-marigold
17-1-21 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Peach tree
Prunus persica
Duraznero/Peach tree
17-1-21 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Giant arrowhead
Sagittaria montevidensis
Sagitaria/Giant arrowhead
17-1-21 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Dicliptera tweediana
Dicliptera tweediana
Canario rojo/Dicliptera tweediana
9-1-21 © Cora Rimoldi




Crab spider
Crab spider
17-01-21 © Sally Dietrich
Crab spider
17-01-21 © Sally Dietrich
Crab spider
17-01-21 © Sally Dietrich
Crab spider
17-01-21 © Sally Dietrich
European honey bee
Apis mellifera
European honey bee
23-01-21 © Sergio Cusano



Lesser swimming frog
Pseudis minuta
Lesser swimming frog
09-01-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Lesser swimming frog
09-01-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Lesser swimming frog
09-01-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Creole frog
Leptodactylus latrans
Creole frog
09-01-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Cicada
Dorisiana drewseni
Cicada
10-01-21 © Sally Dietrich



Lesser swimming frog
Pseudis minuta
Lesser swimming frog
08-01-21 © Milena LLopis
Lesser swimming frog
08-01-21 © Milena LLopis
Lesser swimming frog
08-01-21 © Milena LLopis
Lesser swimming frog
08-01-21 © Milena LLopis




Sweat Bee
Sweat Bee
08-01-21 © Milena LLopis

Tribe Augochlorini

The sky at midday
Cielo/Sky
8-1-21 © Milena Llopis



Wild fig tree
Ficus luchsnathiana
The wild fig tree is native to Brasil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina, being this location the southernmost distribution. It is a big tree reaching 15 metres. It is appreciated by the shade it provides. The bark is slightly rough. Its latex, leaves and fruits have medicinal uses and fruits are also used to prepare mermelades.

Its vulgar name refers to the resemblance to the common fig due to the fruit type, a syconim which is pollinated, in the case of this fig, specifically by the wasp Blastophaga cabrerae. It also has other names such as matapalo or agarrapalo due to its strangling habit.

The seeds are spread by birds and germinate in any crevice or crown or tree trunks where soil accumulates. At first it grows like epiphytes using the means as a support. The stems grow upwards looking for sun and the roots downwards till they reach the ground. They thicken and blend to form a false trunk wrapping the surface. The real trunk with leaves grows on the support, depriving it from light, which in the case of a plant, weakens it to death

Higuerón/Wild fig tree
3-1-21 © Milena Llopis
Higuerón/Wild fig tree
8-1-21 © Milena Llopis
Almost at the very beginning. We will follow the development
When the wild fig tree is cultivated it has terrestrial habits.
Higuerón/Wild fig tree
11-10-12 © Cora Rimoldi
Higuerón/Wild fig tree
11-10-12 © Cora Rimoldi
An individual of terrestrial habit. I guess this grew spontaneousy as most of the vegetation did. So we can estimate it is at the most 40 years old. It still stands some meters away from the beginning of the Lizard Path on the left moving to the Brasil end. The name on the board is one the guarani names this plant has. Iba poí means fruit of the water. It derives from ïva = fruit, pó which indicates contained in and ï = water



Jerusalem thorn
Parkinsonia aculeata
Cina cina/Jerusalem thorn
2-1-21 © Milena Llopis
Peach tree
Prunus persica
Duraznero/Peach tree
2-1-21 © Milena Llopis



Social cobweb spider
Anelosimus sp.
Social cobweb spider
03-01-21 © Milena LLopis



New exotic turtle
Florida red-bellied turtle
Pseudemys nelsoni
Florida red-bellied turtle
07-12-20 © Guillermo Iván Spajic
Florida red-bellied turtle
07-12-20 © Guillermo Iván Spajic
Native to USA. It has become very common in the worldwide pet trade since the importation of the red-eared turtle Trachemys scripta was restricted or prohibited