The whale #shark (Rhincodon typus) seen in #Jamaican waters 🇯🇲, 08/11/2024
endangered due to impacts of fisheries, by-catch losses, & vessel strikes. The largest extant #fish species.
Filter feeder 🦐
Harmless
Majestic
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The Greater Antillean grackle (Quiscalus niger crassirostris) locally aka “Cling cling” attributed to its call
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A species of stilt-legged #fly #Micropezidae family seen in #jamaica #wildjamaica

The tropical Buckeye butterfly on a wall in Kingston, Jamaica. It has two eyespots per wing this patterning helps to confuse predators⁠
Caterpillar 🐛🌱: Larval host plants include the native blue porterweed (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis) aka Vervian. Adults nectar on that species, native species of Tournefortia, & species of Lantana. Adults also may nectar on Spanish-needles (Bidens alba var. radiata).
Range: Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, & tropical South America


Tropical Buckeye (Junonia zonalis)⁠
🐛🌱: Larval host plants include blue porterweed (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis). Adults nectar on variety of flowering plants 
Range: Florida, the Caribbean,, Central America, & tropical South America
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