Living World, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club is an annual publication of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club featuring studies and observations on natural history carried out in Trinidad and Tobago, and in countries in the Caribbean Basin.
The 2016 issue of the Living World contains seven research papers, six nature notes, and one report. The articles cover a wide range of animal taxa including insects, arachnids, molluscs, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
Living World content is also freely available on our website www.ttfnc.org
Table of Contents
Research Papers
Staphylus spp. (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Pyrginae, Carcharodini) in Trinidad, West Indies
Matthew J.W. Cock
Comparative Activity Patterns of Some Neotropical Bees in a Suburban Area in Trinidad, West Indies
Donna-Marie Alexander, Christopher K. Starr
Notes on Colony Composition in the Social Wasp Mischocyttarus baconi (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
Andrea A. Scobie, Christopher K. Starr
A Preliminary Survey for Spiders on St. Eustatius, West Indies
Joe Morpeth, Jo-Anne Nina Sewlal, Christopher K. Starr
Apparent Absence of Chytrid Infection in Trinidad's Frogs
Ruth Shepherd, Paul A. Hoskisson, J.R. Downie
Activity Patterns of Terrestrial Mammals at Springhill, Arima Valley, Trinidad
Mike G. Rutherford, Kimberly Chu Foon
Mollusc Shells Findings from the Red House Excavation, Trinidad
Ryan S. Mohammed, Lanya Fanovich
Nature Notes
Sightings of Capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris in the Caroni River System, Trinidad
Mike G. Rutherford
First Record of Autotomy in the Neotropical Scorpion Ananteris cussinii Borelli, 1910 in Trinidad, W.I.
Rakesh Bhukal
The discovery of Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman, Paleosuchus palpebrosus (Reptilia: Alligatoridae) in Trinidad
Saiyaad H. Ali, Nalini Rampersad-Ali, John C. Murphy
A live Double-Striped Water Snake Thamnodynastes ramonriveroi (Reptilia: Serpentes), from Trinidad
Saiyaad H. Ali, Nalini Rampersad-Ali
Common Black Hawk, Buteogallus anthracinus predating Oilbird, Steatornis caripensis at Cumaca Cave, Trinidad and Tobago
Mike G. Rutherford
Mammal Observations from Camera Trapping in Cat's Hill, Trinidad
Kris A. Sookdeo, Charles Sookdeo
Reports
Thirteenth Report of the Trinidad and Tobago Birds Status and Distribution Committee Records Submitted During 2015
Martyn Kenefick
