We were chased out of the water by an distant typhoon, so our host offered to drive us around the island. Our Hachijojima day tour was a nice chance to see the cultural and natural beauty of this small island, located about 180 miles south of Tokyo. One of our first stops was a preserved,…
Archives for October 2015
Cannonball tree, Couroupita guianensis
I was cleaning photo files this week and ran across pictures I took last year of a friend’s Cannonball tree, Couroupita guianensis. The first time I ever saw one was 15 years ago in the botanical garden on the island of St Vincent. I barely remember the garden, the oldest in the western hemisphere, but…
Mating Spiders!
More excitement this summer – mating spiders! I recently posted about some of our summer spider finds in the park. The Golden-silk Orbweaver, Nephila clavipes, at over two inches, was one of the largest we’d ever seen of this species. She was surrounded by smaller males and seemed to be attracting more by the day….