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Scarlet Accordia/Geiger Tree
And this why Bonaire has iridescent geiger tortoise beetles (https://www.jungledragon.com/image/57886/geiger_tree_tortoise_beetle.html). It is because their food tree, the geiger tree or scarlet accordia is also very common in Bonaire.
http://www.dutchcaribbeanspecies.org/linnaeus_ng/app/views/species/nsr_taxon.php?id=178267&cat=CTAB_NAMES
''Cordia sebestena'' is a shrubby tree in the borage family, Boraginaceae, native to the American tropics. It ranges from southern Florida in the United States and the Bahamas, southwards throughout Central America and the Greater Antilles. Common names have included siricote or kopté in 19th Century northern Yucatán, scarlet cordia in Jamaica, and Geiger tree in Florida.
Similar species: Boraginales
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Uploaded Mar 4, 2018. Captured Sep 14, 2017 14:43 in Hilltop, Kralendijk, Caribbean Netherlands.
