Please contact us on Grand Cayman phone: 345 925 2760 or email: caymannature@candw.ky for more information or to book a tour

Visit Nature Tours page   http://www.caymannature.ky/Nature_Tours.html

Cayman Natural History images - native, naturalized and visitors.

Ghost Orchid Dendrophylax fawcettii, Grand Cayman endemic, rare, Critically Endangered

Ironwood Forest, George Town, Grand Cayman      

https://picasaweb.google.com/101164065346884869793/IronwoodForest

Wild Cinnamon Croton nitens Endangered Family: EUPHORBIACEAE, only larval food plant of

Cayman Brown Leaf Butterfly Memphis verticordia danielana (Witt, 1972), Cayman Islands endemic butterfly 

Visit  www.facebook.com/CaymANNature  click on Photos and the photo album: April is Earth Month - Wild Cinnamon shines! for photos of Wild Cinnamon and the life cycle of the Cayman Brown Leaf Butterfly from egg to larva (caterpillar) to pupa and then adult butterfly, which took 45 days

Pygmy Blue butterfly - Brephidium exilis thompsoni, Grand Cayman endemic subspecies Photo: Courtney Platt

http://www.flickr.com/photos/courtneyplatt/1579699297/in/set-72157602424866856

Grand Cayman Thrush -Turdus ravidus - extinct. It was the only Cayman Islands endemic bird species, as opposed to subspecies, and was last recorded in 1938.

For more CaymANNature Photo Albums visit https://picasaweb.google.com/Caymannature

Cayman Islands National Symbols:

National Flower:  Wild Banana Orchid  - Myrmecophila thomsoniana   Endangered   

National Bird:  Parrot - Amazona leucocephala

National Tree:  Silver Thatch Palm - Coccothrinax proctorii    Endangered