Whoops this is what I get for posting these journal entries way after the fact. This was actually my first experience doing field work in Hawai'i. We were working in the wet forest of ‘Ōla‘a which is just outside of Volcanoes NP. It was my first time even seeing any kind of wet forest ecosystem and wow my mind was blown! There is just so much to look at! I tripped multiple times looking around at plants instead of where I was stepping, but it was beyond worth it. There are just so many l...

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Hi everyone,

Annotatathon

I want to start by thanking all those of you who were involved in the 'Annotatathon'. Over that weekend we added a splendid total of 33 044 annotations! I would be surprised if we didn't now have the best annotated national Syrphid fauna of any (large) country on the planet :-). Incidentally, if you want to contribute annotations abroad you can use much the same rules - in relation to sex annotation Syrphini in particular are saf...

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First camp trip in Hawai'i! Woohoo! It was incredible. I had forgotten how much I absolutely adore camping. It was my first time out in the subalpine shrublands of Hawai'i, so I tried to take photos of anything and everything I could on this app lol! The sunsets were gorgeous and there were so many Erckels that kept calling which was so funny. The views from the areas we were sampling were so vast and it looked like you could fall off the edge of the earth into sky. We crossed a ton of o...

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01/12/2023

First reports of observations are coming in through online sources (iNat and Tasmanian Insect ans Spiders facebook page)

I have seen one (at the possible origin site and site of first confirmed ID) fleetingly, and was unable to photograph.

Today, (Morty Berd) a facebook user told me of several he has seen on the wing at his property for roughly 3 weeks, today he captured male and female specimens.

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Guess what everyone, I have wonderful news! As of today, I've just published my first new species - not one but TWO very cute little mantises, and one was discovered right here on iNat! You can check out the paper here.

If you know where to look, the Paperbark Mantis (Ima fusca) is one of the most common mantis species around Cairns. There can be numerous individuals in...

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Introduction

Acacia était un genre de 1500 espèces,
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_(genre)
maintenant scindé en 3 : Acacia, ; Vachellia et Senegalia, voir
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia
???

Inventaire des Acacias (mimosas) du Clos de Reyrieux

Peu gélifs , capables de repartir d...

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https://natura.knnv.nl/nieuws/is-nederland-klaar-voor-rewilding/
https://tvblik.nl/noord-zuid-oost-west/de-hondsrug-op-pad
De documentaire gaat over het unieke landschap van de Hondsrug van Coevorden tot Groningen. Dit gebied is het enige UNESCO Global Geopark in ons land. In de Braba...

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皆様

いつも投稿頂きありがとうございます。

多摩市生きものさがしですが、おかげさまで投稿数が2万を超え、観察種数は1400種を超えました。

このたび、多摩市生きものさがしの成果を、多摩市のベルブ永山で開催される多摩市エコ・フェスタ2023でパネル展示します。

パネル展示はどなたでもご覧いただけます。また、他にも多くの興味深いイベントが開催されます。

ご都合よろしければ是非おいでください。

多摩市消費生活フォーラム＆エコ・フェスタ2023

開催日：2023年12月2日（土曜日） 、12月3日...

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Hi everybody!

We have decided to change our project type from Traditional to Collective. I originally wanted to keep it as "Traditional" because it gives you more control on who, what, and how the data gets collected, but it was also more complicated for the average user to contribute any observations. The "Collective" project type also wouldn't let you easily import a list of species you only want to focus on like in the "Traditional" project (at least not that I could find), ...

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The 2022 Forest Health Conditions in Alaska Report is now available online! Each year the USFS Alaska Region Forest Health Protection program publishes a report of insects, diseases, and invasive plants impacting our forests based on surveys both they and other partner agencies have conducted in Alaska. Follow the link below to view or download the 2022 Forest Health Conditions in Alaska Report:

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Olá, ficaríamos encantados em contar com a colaboração de todos preenchendo o formulário de satisfação da fase 1 da Grande Biobusca do Hemisfério Sul:

https://forms.gle/65hUuhGh5D2DapsA7

Lembrando que ainda estamos em maratona. Neste momento nos encontramos na maratona de identificação, a qual termina o 11 de dezembro. Pedimos para todas(os) ficarem atentes do que acontece com suas observações, revi...

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Virginia ctenucha, a day-flying tiger moth, was commonly seen at Barnes Prairie remnants from 1978 until 2004. In recent years, their populations appear to be declining. Although there has not been a reduction in acreage of the area surveyed, some of the adjacent farmland has been developed into housing and commercial use, which increased in 2000.

Surveys were conducted biweekly from mid-June through mid-August between 1978 and 2015. Surveys were conducted as described in Comm...

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On my college campus i spotted this guy, I named him goliath lol.

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We are at the end of the 2023 Dragonfly season. There may be some additional observations arrive, but the bulk of the data is now in place. Our latest flying adult Ode in the data (so far) is a Nov 27, 2006 Autumn Meadowhawk. Seems hard to believe my season's done - it's just been a week! Already looking forward to 2024.

2023 will be the top year in the Ohio Odonata Society database with over 38,000 observations from more than 1,000 contributors. All 88 Ohio Counties are represen...

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自由時報 2023/11/29 12:07
〔記者闕敬倫／新北報導〕新北大眾捷運股份有限公司舉辦安坑輕軌「好鄰好里」參與式預算徵件，經初選、決選，及i-voting等加總票數加權之後，今（28）日公佈優勝名單，其中以地方深度旅行及生態保育最受民眾、評審青睞勝出。新北捷運公司指出，勝出的2名「特優」作品將於頒獎典禮後進入細部規劃階段，年底前即會開始逐步推動，在安坑輕軌通車滿週年時，有望推出相關執行成果。

新北捷運公司7月份推出「好鄰好里參與式預算活動」，募集沿線居民對於安坑輕軌的創意及想法，以安坑輕軌周邊的軟、硬體為主，徵件數量達15件。

經初選小組評選後，共選出6組進入複選，內容包括在地文化、林木生態、歷史人文、觀光串連等，再由提案人以現場簡報方式說明，並經i-voting系統進行投票後，綜合票數加權後產生最終優勝，今天公開宣佈並進行頒獎。

新北捷運公司指出，這次最終勝出的「特優」名單有2名，其中之一為以生態保育目的為主的「來趣小城森友會」，內容包括在地原生態的保育及整理，並以安坑輕軌為載具，詳加介紹輕軌建設後與自...

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Perhaps you have heard of the largest single flower in the world?
Let us be clear.
It is a single flower.
It is not a composite of flowers (the largest of these of which is produced by the famous Amorphophallus titanum ).

No, the largest single flower in the world,
up to about 20-inches (50 cm) across,
is produced by Rafflesia arnoldii.

And yet to see the plant that produces this enormous flower <...

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This month's featured photograph is of Orsima ichneumon, photographed by Nicky Bay, a hobbyist macro-photographer from Singapore! The above photograph is his stunning image showing the bizarre yet beautiful spinnerets of this spectacular jumping spider.

Question 1.: When/where/why did you photograph the...

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By definition, a persistent plant part is retained after its normal function has been completed. I created an observation field for persistent plant part, with the following values:

• bud scales
• calyx
• frond
• fruit
• seed
• strobilus
• style

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Well done everyone on 4-days of surveying.
We are now in the Uploading and Identification phase of the Challenge, after a few days of well-earned rest.

GSB 2023 officially ends on 14 December though time is moving pretty-fast as we look forward to year-end partying. We encourage everybody to upload ASAP so that we have sufficient time to identify as many observations as possible.

If you are desperate to get going then perhaps start here:

We need to...

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If while looking through observations, you find one that you like, that enthralls you, or that surprises or amazes you, Please VOTE for it.
To vote, look for the FAVE button. It is a star just under the map on the top right of every observation. Just click on the star to record your vote.

If while making identifications, you see an eligible observation, please VOTE for it.
The Fave button is at the bottom of the left-hand picture panel, in the middle, to the lef...

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Progreso del grupo:

Hola a todos, ¿cómo les va con las cargas?
En toda Ecuador, ¿le gustaría ayudar a identificar los récords que todos hemos hecho?
primero la ayuda más básica para mover las observaciones de desconocido a la categoría más básica
Desconocido

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Ladies and gentlemen,

@scops @kattenkwaad @terrajanis @loggi @opi...

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搵咗呢位小朋友足足三年，早在2020年已錄到佢哋雨後大合唱，當時我好肯定有海量嘅蛙蛙樂團包圍住我，但我竟半隻都揾唔到。利害的@tomleechunwa 及 @samuelho 憑聲辨認到是巴氏小雨蛙，耳殘及Seeing is Believing嘅我當然一直半信半疑!

三年來造訪該地點無數次，仍然係只聞其聲不見其影! 平常心啦! 但去年手多多影蝌蚪，又比
＠oryzias 發現當中有一隻巴氏幼體! 之後每次見蝌蚪都望多眼，但當刻意去搵又係唔見!

直到昨天

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2 декабря (суббота) в 11:00

Онлайн-лекция «Растительный мир Камчатки» в рамках Лектория «Флоры России»

📢 В 1908 г., к началу работы экспедиции Русского географического общества на Камчатке, здесь было уже известно не менее 500 видо...

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[in English]
The Anolis auratus species group requires multiple posts to review. Anolis fuscoauratus, A. trachyderma, A. ortonii are discussed here with the other most common anole of the Amazon. The remainder of the auratus group, including A. auratus, are reviewed...

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Contact me with any issues you came across while using this key, if an the result seems incorrect tag me in the observation and I’ll have a look.

1 Mesofemora and metafemora dentate or subdentate...2
1’ Mesofemora and metafemora never dentate...4
2 Elytral punctures strongly muricate...E. moesta
2’ Elytral punctures simple or slightly muricate...3
3 Pronotum widest anterior of middle, femoral spines large...E. armata
3’ Pronotum widest at middle, femoral spine...

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Hi this is a test

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It's time for our annual update!

Last December the project was only a few months old and our total number of observations was 209, with 123 species documented. Today, we sit at 1260 observations of 348 species! That includes 147 species of plant, 111 insect species, 36 birds, 15 reptiles, 14 mammals, 13 arachnids, and 10 species of fungi.

We've welcomed a new Park Manager to the Asombro Institute...

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This is a basic guide for the identification of some of the most common species of Kalanchoe subgenus Bryophyllum, which are invasive in the tropics and subtropics. Some of the species are easily confused, especially when leaves are not present. I've seen many observations go unidentified because the photo showed only flowers and not leaves, so I did some research and found key differences between the species that are helpful for identification. I will try to make this as simple as possi...

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Evergreen

• C. barbarae

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