https://ttfnc.org/livingworld/index.php/lwj/issue/feedLiving World, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club2024-04-21T15:46:42-04:00Graham Whiteg.whitett@gmail.comOpen Journal Systems<p>The Trinidad Field Naturalists' Club was started in July, 1891 and by February, 1892 was publishing a bi-monthly journal. The Journal consisted of a variety of papers which included reports of meetings and field trips, elementary information on a variety of subjects as well as scientific papers which included descriptions of new species. The journal ceased publication in 1896 but was restarted in 1956. From 1956 to 2000 it was published generally on a biennial basis, but from 2001 it became an annual journal.</p> <p><img src="https://ttfnc.org/livingworld/public/site/images/livingworld/lwcovercomposite1-cf68c1e1dbc9fabe21d6c5ac56c46836.png" alt="" width="844" height="300" /></p> <p>The journal is a semi-technical, peer reviewed publication which is produced annually by the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club. It publishes articles on studies and observations on natural history carried out in Trinidad and Tobago, and in countries in the Caribbean Basin. Contributors are not limited to members of the Club.</p> <p>Information on current and past issues is available on this site, including instructions for authors interested in having their work published in the Journal.</p> <p>Editorial work on the Journal is performed on a volunteer basis by members of the Club.</p>https://ttfnc.org/livingworld/index.php/lwj/article/view/george_ali_2024First record of an albino Lowland Paca Cuniculus paca in Trinidad, West Indies2024-04-21T15:42:41-04:00Shaquille Everod Georgegeorgewildlife@outlook.comZakariyya Alizakwildlifephoto@gmail.com<p>During a five-month biodiversity survey from 9 April to 12 August 2023, on a property near Mount Harris located in the Sangre Grande district of Trinidad, an albino paca Cuniculus paca was recorded.</p>2024-04-21T00:00:00-04:00Copyright (c) 2024 Living World, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Clubhttps://ttfnc.org/livingworld/index.php/lwj/article/view/muhammad2024First Records of Four Species of Tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Chacachacare, Trinidad & Tobago2024-04-21T15:46:42-04:00Saifudeen M. MuhammadSaifudeenherpresearch@gmail.com<p>This note reports on four species of tarantula not previously reported from the island of Chacachacare, observed during February, July and November 2023.</p>2024-04-21T00:00:00-04:00Copyright (c) 2024 Living World, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Clubhttps://ttfnc.org/livingworld/index.php/lwj/article/view/ali_et_al_2024Partial life history of Lophocampa walkeri (Rothschild, 1910) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) in Trinidad, West Indies2024-04-21T15:10:12-04:00Rashid K. Alirashid.k.ali@gmail.comTarran P. Maharajtmaharaj2010@gmail.comLinton L. Arneaudlintonarneaud1@gmail.comYasmin S. Baksh-Comeauysbaksh.comeau@gmail.comYuen Ting Yeapy.yeap@cabi.orgMatthew J.W. Cockm.cock@cabi.org<p>Here we document the colourful and regularly photographed caterpillar of <em>Lophocampa walkeri</em> from Trinidad. <em>Lophocampa walkeri</em> is a common and widespread moth in Trinidad, particularly in suburban and disturbed areas</p>2024-04-21T00:00:00-04:00Copyright (c) 2024 Living World, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Clubhttps://ttfnc.org/livingworld/index.php/lwj/article/view/arneaud2024The fate of primary-dispersed Mauritia flexuosa L.f. fruit in different microhabitats in the Aripo Savanna Environmentally Sensitive Area, Trinidad, West Indies2024-04-21T15:30:44-04:00Linton L. Arneaudlintonarneaud1@gmail.comAidan D. Farrelladmin@ttfnc.orgMichael P. Oathamadmin@ttfnc.org<p>The fate of 1,500 <em>Mauritia flexuosa</em> L.f. fruit was observed between three distinct microhabitats of the Aripo Savanna Environmentally Sensitive Area, in Trinidad, by situating fruit stations and monitoring fruit fortnightly. Most fruit were used as a food source, with the most common fruit fate in all microhabitats being seeds remaining with the mesocarp partially or totally removed. Seed dispersal mainly occurred in the closed canopy of eastern forest margins and was negligible in island microhabitats (where stands of trees are surrounded by savanna). A lack of seed dispersers does not seem to be an immediate concern; however, ecological managers should closely monitor dispersers and their scatter-hoarding activities.</p>2024-04-21T00:00:00-04:00Copyright (c) 2024 Living World, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Clubhttps://ttfnc.org/livingworld/index.php/lwj/article/view/cock2024aTuft moths (Lepidoptera, Nolidae) of Trinidad & Tobago2024-04-21T15:36:23-04:00Matthew J.W. Cockm.cock@cabi.org<p>Information and illustrations are provided regarding the 37 species of Nolidae moths now known from Trinidad, and eight known from Tobago (22% of Trinidad total). Eleven genera and five subfamilies are known from Trinidad & Tobago: Afridinae (1 species), Diphtherinae (2 species), Collomeninae (12 species), Eligminae (7 species), Nolinae (15 species). Before 2017, only five species of Nolidae had been recorded from Trinidad & Tobago, seven have been recorded since then, and 25 species are here recorded from the country for the first time</p>2024-04-21T00:00:00-04:00Copyright (c) 2024 Living World, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club