First of all: "caving in of the ground", as I so gracefully put it when speaking about disasters, is called a SINKHOLE.
Second: the following organisms were identified:
Flame Vine, Pyrostegia venusta (Bigoniaceae)
Morning glory, maybe the US species, Ipomoea purpurea (this one I thought was a morning glory)
Shrimp Plant, Pachystachys lutea (Acanthaceae)
Giant Ceiba Borer, Euchroma gigantea (Buprestidae - metallic wood-boring beetles)
Apparently, the beetles are actually red metallic in color, and they secrete a film over their bodies that is this yellow color. They are the largest beetle of this class. And if you look closely at the mid-line, you can see the red tinge coming through. Beautiful!
Ahh, biologists!
Giant Ceiba Borer, Euchroma gigantea (Buprestidae - metallic wood-boring beetles)
Apparently, the beetles are actually red metallic in color, and they secrete a film over their bodies that is this yellow color. They are the largest beetle of this class. And if you look closely at the mid-line, you can see the red tinge coming through. Beautiful!
Ahh, biologists!
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