Tag: Grecia
Rangpur Lime
🔍 Rangpur Lime 🍋 📍 Grecia, Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Despite the name, it’s not a true lime at all — it’s a mandarin-lemon hybrid, prized for its tart juice and often used as hardy rootstock for other citrus trees.
Gray Cracker
🔍 Gray Cracker | Hamadryas februa 🦋 📍 Grecia, Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 The Gray Cracker is one of the few butterflies in the world that makes an audible cracking sound — males snap their wings together mid-flight to defend territory and attract mates!
Stingless Bee
🔍 Stingless Bee | Trigona sp. 🐝 📍 Grecia, Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Stingless bees are nature’s tiny powerhouses — they’ve been managed by indigenous Mesoamerican cultures for thousands of years for their medicinal honey! Unlike honeybees, they defend their hives by biting rather…
Multi-Colored Asian Ladybug
🔍 Multi-Colored Asian Ladybug | Harmonia axyridis 🐞 📍 Seen in Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 When threatened, they release a yellowish fluid from their leg joints (called reflex bleeding). It smells bad, tastes worse to predators, and can even stain walls or fabrics.
Multi-Colored Asian Ladybug
🔍 Multi-Colored Asian Ladybug | Harmonia axyridis 🐞 📍 Seen in Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 This is one of the most variable species in the world, with an exceptionally wide range of colour forms. It is native to eastern Asia, but has been artificially…
Garden Geranium
🔍 Garden Geranium | Pelargonium hortorum 🌺 📍 Seen in Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Geraniums are among the most popular ornamental plants of all – they can be admired everywhere in the UK. But they are also extremely popular in many other European countries:…