A naturalist is someone who studies the natural world. They spend time outdoors observing plants, animals, and other features of nature. They record their observations and try to learn more about how the natural world works. Naturalists can be professionals who have degrees in biology, ecology, or other natural science fields. But they can also be amateurs who simply have a love of nature.

There are many different things that naturalists can study. Some naturalists focus on a p...

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在濁水溪的支流清水溝溪，我在水下看到了好多好近的白甲魚，包括苦花和霞面，他們的速度很快，快到讓人分辨不出來，姑且先叫他們白甲魚複合群吧XD。這時終於出現了一隻來回徘徊的朋友，衝進了我的視線裡，但他突然間一扭，伴隨強壯的尾柄出現一道反光，他用頭輕點一下石頭，或說是輕咬一下石頭，再看我一眼，再咬一下石頭，再同時看我一眼，然後五隻六隻七隻獵隊穿梭而過，讓那些錯落在淺瀨區的石頭身上，佈滿著坑坑巴巴的食痕，放眼望去，全部的石頭都像是月亮那樣，充滿圓形的坑，一整排綿延無盡，真的好壯觀呀，我欣賞了好久，一道午後的陽光傾灑了下來，看來陽光也懂激流裡愜意，難以想像這是花費多久的時間吃出來的痕跡。然而一到流速緩一點的緩流區，這些石頭又像是青苔廢耕區，食痕坑洞變少了，我才離開冲在我頭上的水流不到一個身體的距離，就剩下小石賓在看我。我的頭被水沖得好冷，我要回家了。

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Bursa'nın Mudanya ilçesindeki Hasköy Akaycık Deresi, biyoçeşitlilik açısından gerçekten zengin bir yer. Burada birçok farklı canlı türünü gözlemleyebilirsiniz. Doğayla iç içe olmak ve çeşitliliği görmek için harika bir bölge!

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ദേശീയ രാപ്പാറ്റവാരത്തോടനുബന്ധിച്ച്
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World of Moths രാപ്പാറ്റകളുടെ ലോകം by Balakrishnan Valappil

ഏവർക്കും സ്വാഗതം!

23-07-2024 (ചൊവ്വ) വൈകുന്നേരം 7 - 8.30 വരെ.
ഈ ലിങ്കിൽ ജോയിൻ ചെയ്യുക.
https://meet.google.com/pnn-avmt-nqt

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Hopefully we will have decent wi-fi signal for uploading and identifying observations while at the Crooked Creek field station morning and evening. But that's not guaranteed, and in any case there will be no service or signal while away in the field. For best observing results using the phone app, I recommend the following:

1. Go into the app settings, and set Auto Sync to OFF. That way your phone won't waste battery and resources trying to upload without a sign...

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This project collects all observations from workshop participants (and some honorary guests) who have iNaturalist accounts, from the two weeks surrounding the July 25-28, 2024 Jepson Weekend Workshop in the White Mountains of California. ALL observations (not just plants!) seen by participants during July 19-August 5 within the White Mountains Flora boundary will be included automatically when posted.

If you want to receive project update notifications, etc., you can also specifi...

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Moths at Butterflies and Moths
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&taxon_id=47157&user_id=studiopika&verifiable=any&rank=order

Moths at Noctuid

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Se reporta la presencia del nardo entre los Municipios de San Miguel El Alto Jalisco y Santa María del Valle en el municipio de Arandas, Jalisco a partir del 19 de julio 2024. No hay evidencia de campo, solo una foto que muestra unos ejemplares cortados o arrancados. Se reporta que crece al lado de la carretera.

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После многоснежной зимы и обилия весенних дождей, в мае,в Аккольских лесах массовый выход Сморчка и Шапочки сморчковой.
В березовых лесопосадках "Зеленого пояса" Астаны, в июне обильный и долгий слой Подберезовика и Лопастника ямчатого.
Июль порадовал обилием Лисички.
В аккольских лесах небывалое количество комаров!

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Hello Geelong iNaturalists,
The Great Southern BioBlitz is happening again this year but at an earlier part of the Spring season when many wildflowers will out in flower.
You are receiving this reminder note as you have participated in previous years, and we hope you can again get involved in this event
Your membership in last year’s project has carried across to the 2024

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The Louisiana Master Naturalist Northeast mounted an expedition to the J. C. "Sonny" Gilbert WMA in the Sicily Island Hills on July 20, 2024.

There were over 164 Observations recorded on iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/lmnne-s-j-c-sonny-gilbert-wma-7-20-24?tab=species

The quotation of the day was from Kimmie who had just passed out...

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Parco Nazionale Gran Paradiso

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Pseudosphinx tetrio é uma bela mariposa-falcão da família Sphingidae. Pode ser encontrada do Brasil aos EUA. Aqui no Brasil, as fêmeas dessa mariposa podem botar ovos juntos nas folhas de plantas conhecidas como jasmim, plantas da família Apocynaceae, principalmente do gênero Plumeria.
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Pseudosphinx tetrio is a beautiful hawk moth from the Sphingidae family. It can be foun...

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INTRODUCTION

The reticulated giraffe (Giraffa reticulata) is an extreme animal, beyond the extreme nature of giraffes generally.

As a distinct species, the reticulated giraffe is the largest-bodied terrestrial animal on Earth that possesses camouflage-colouration at the scale of the whole body.

This thoroughly camouflaging colouration is all the more remarkable, because the reticulated giraffe is the only member of its family that is not subject to the 'xeric pall...

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Special thanks to brianktaft who contributed the project photo of a Golden Buprestid Beetle (Buprestis aurulenta). It was photographed in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho on 7/6/24.

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Para solucionar los problemas que mencioné en el post anterior, en relación con las franjas fuera de alcance para las áreas protegidas que se incluyeron, hice lo siguiente:

A. Edité los límites del Corredor Biológico Acuíferos para perfeccionar mejor estos límites y evitar omisiones y traslapes.

Primero desplacé todo el polígono con Google My Maps (en línea), ya que Google Earth no puede desplazar polígonos, al desplazarlo un poco hacia el sur, el mapa calzó mucho mejor ...

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So recently the project successfully reached 1000 species, a great surprised for me and my team as it far acceded our expectations. The first observation made in this area was around 6 years ago, and since then we discovered so many new and amazing things, from endangered and rare species, new distributions and even NEWLY discovered species. There are so many more to see and discover, to test new methods of restoration and conservation. To truly see the full potential of a urban biodiver...

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It was an overcast day … again … following a day of torrential rain, so our expectations weren’t high.
We found more than we expected perhaps, but saw two bees and only one butterfly in the hour we were there.
Hopi g that next time there’s a bit more around,

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Last year we saw MANY Eastern Carpenter Bees (Xylocopa virginica) nesting in the pergola and in the tool shed. They were working the Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia), busy, busy, busy! Then came the Sculptured Resin Bees (Megachile sculpturalis). They evicted the Carpenter Bees from the pergola and seemed to gauge out many of the Carpenter Bee galleries. The Carpenter Bees in the tool shed continued along while the Resin Bees took over the pergola. Then later in the season Tiger...

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A heartfelt "thank you!" to everyone who participated yesterday! We had pretty good weather, and while I don't yet have a sense of how the day went for others, I had pretty good hunting. I'll be processing and uploading photos today, and will also do what I can to assist with IDs over the next few days.

I'd like to ask a personal favor: if you have any recollections of a particularly good moment during this bioblitz, or any thoughts on why you enjoy bioblitzes generally, could yo...

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More or less unmistakable due to the grey scales on the pronotum and 11 antennal segments.

Original description and illustrations in:
Kadej, M. & Háva, J. 2006. Description of two new species of Anthrenus O. F. MÜLLER, 1764 from southern Africa (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae: Anthreninii)
https://www.cassidae.uni.wroc.pl/Anthrenus%20stelma.pdf
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Dorsal and ...

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After a great meeting with the Macedon Ranges Field Naturalists Club, it looks like maybe we can work towards lifting the profile of this project! Stay tuned...

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Notes from: a Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater hosted citizen science event.
Our dry winter came to an end this week with flooding creeks, gushing drainage lines and landslips in our region. Woori Yallock Creek's banks had overflowed, but were now just lapping at the top of the bank. We managed to avoid any showers and the weather was mild as 9 of us gathered for our survey. It was 10.8 deg C with no wind, a nice reprieve from recent icy cold days, and wet & windy weather. We r...

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Everyone knows that certain aphids (Aphididae, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphid) reproduce largely by parthenogenetic (= clonal) means (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis and https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1042/BC20...

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El día jueves 18 de julio de 2024 se realizaron nuevos registros para el parque en este proyecto, en el que destacan aves como la Piranga Roja, el Papamoscas Jose María y la Aguililla Rojinegra. También se realizaron registros de arañas cangrejo.

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In past years, when the sap would run on our Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera) , I would often notice a pinkish tinge would develop on the sap. But, being pre-iNat for me, it was merely an idle curiosity/observation. This spring after we had the tree pruned, one branch dripped copious sap and the pink/orangey stuff showed up again. I researched what this might be and it seems as if it's a complex of organisms with the primary ones ...

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Veronica officinalis (Heath Speedwell, Common Speedwell) is a small flower which can be easy overlooked.

V. officinalis grows well in a variety of habitats, despite the common name being the slightly misleading "Heath" Speedwell as the plant does enjoy acid ground but does not grow among thick heathers. Typically the plant can be seen in grasslands, verges- riparian zones.

Associated plants: Gallium saxatile

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Het Dream Team Epoch van de Technische Universiteit Delft heeft een uitzonderlijke prestatie behaald in een competitie gehost door de Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Ze ontwikkelden hét winnende model en versloegen 670 deelnemers waaronder Senior AI experts, Oceanografen en satelliet experts. Het door hun ontwikkelde model is bedoeld om onderzoekers te helpen bij het onderzoek naar de biodiversiteit en veerkracht van ecosystemen in de zee.

Wat maakte hen het best presterende ...

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