Fauna
Domestic Wild Mammals (Mammalia) Birds (Aves) Reptiles (Reptilia) Amphibians (Amphibia) Fish (Pisces) Crustaceans (Crustacea) Arachnids (Arachnida) Myriapods (Myriapoda) Insects (Insecta) Lepidoptera Hymenoptera Flies (Diptera) Beetles (Coleoptera) Mantids (Mantodea) ‘True bugs’ (Hemiptera) Orthoptera Termites (Isoptera) Cockroaches (Blattodea) -Domestic- -Wild- –Mammals (Mammalia)– –Birds (Aves)– (Birds in captivity) –Reptiles (Reptilia)– –Amphibians Continue Reading
Malawi insects: Mantids (Mantodea)
—Mantids (Mantodea)—
Crops, fruits, vegetables & medicinal plants
– Edible plants – — Fruits — –Vegetables– —Vegetables: Fruits — —Vegetables: Roots— —Vegetables: Leaves — —Vegetables: Seeds — – Aromatic & medicinal plants – – Plants used for technological or narcotic use – – Tolerated plants (inedible fruits) –
Cuisine
Local (Amazonian) Sierra (Andean) cuisine Coastal food
Flora
Ecuadorian Flora -Crops & vegetables- -Fruit plants- – Fruit trees – – Aromatic & medicinal plants – – Other trees – – Plants used for technological or narcotic use – – Other plants – – Flowering plants – – Fungi –
A day at the waterfalls
Cumbatza Beginning of November comes with news and changes. I got rid of the flu (I’m getting used again with cold showers), my bed sheets are clean (I got used again with hand washing) and the weather is more and more capricious lately with frequent rains, but we are all Continue Reading
Mystic
Mystic We wake early (05:00) and with almost all the family (two older siblings from the ‘city’ included) we go to the ‘countryside’, Arutam village, Macuma district, named by the river. For me it is the third time here, but everytime I feel so good and have new experiences. Continue Reading