

Digital shots of the wild inhabitants and places of my homeland / Fotos digitales de los habitantes salvajes y sus hábitats en mi tierra
Platyxanthus crenulatus
Barnacles on mussel (Balanus improvisus)
Remnants of a catfish (Genidens barbus) devoured by copepods.
Mussels (Mytella charruana, Mytillus edulis platensis) and crabs (Cyrtograpsus angulatus).
Calliandra is a genus of about 200 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Mimosoideae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, Madagascar and southern Asia. The genus comprises herbaceous perennial plants, shrubs and rarely small trees growing 0.5 - 6 m tall, with bipinnate leaves. The flowers have numerous long slender stamens, and are produced in cylindrical or globose inflorescences; giving rise to the common name of Powder-puff.

This is an univoltine species (it procreates one generation per year), although a small percentage of adult butterflies emerge in summer and will eventually breed a second generation. It winters as pupa completing its development around October and November. The oviposition period lasts from four to five weeks. Eggs are laid on the lower surface of leaves in a number of parallel and contiguous lines. The number of eggs per oviposition varies from 62 to 227. Larvae hatch in November and they are polyphagous, living on different species of trees and herbaceous plants.
Moss rose is a prostrate, trailing, multi-branched annual plant with semisucculent stems and leaves. It reaches about 15 cm tall with a spread of 30,5 cm. The leaves are cylindrical, about 1,6 long, and pointed on the tips. The roselike flowers are about 3,6 cm across and are borne on the stem tips, opening only during bright sunlight and closing at night or on cloudy days. Originally from the hot, dry plains of southern Brazil, Uruguay and northern Argentina, moss rose is cultivated throughout the world as a favorite garden annual.
manteniéndose cerradas durante la noche o los días nublados. Originaria de las planicies del sur de Brasil, Uruguay y el norte Argentino, la portulaca es cultivada alrededor del mundo como una planta anual de jardín.
Nicotiana glauca is an annual perennial shrub. It stands up to 8,5 m in height. Large plants have numerous multi-branched stems arising from their bases. The leaves are oblong, green, and clasp the stem. They become smaller as they near the end of the branches’ flowering top. The flowers are tubular and have a cream-colored, greenish white coloring. The seed capsules contain many small brown seeds. The entire plant is sticky and covered with small hairs.Tree tobacco, while related to tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), is said not to contain nicotine. Instead, Nicotiana glauca's active ingredient is anabasine - an alkaloid similar to the former. Certain parts of this plant are considered p
oisonous.
This species belongs to the sub-family of Satyrinae, commonly known as the Browns. It is estimated that the true number of Satyrinae species may exceed 2,400. They are generally weak fliers and often shun bright sunlight. The caterpillars feed chiefly on monocotyledonous plants such as palms, grasses and bamboos.




madre) que aparecen durante el verano y otoño. Sus tallos flexibles forman un amasijo irregular de hojas punteadas desprovistas de pelos de alrededor de 5 cm de largo por 1,6 cm de ancho. Sus flores son amarillentas con algo de rojo en las inflorescencias terminales. Esta especie es endémica de Uruguay, sur de Brasil, Paraguay y el noreste de Argentina, prosperando en suelos livianos, húmedos y bien drenados. Además de su valor ornamental también se la usa en la medicina popular como sedante. 

