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Posts about invasive species. A @paludarium.org project.

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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Physocyclus globosus, sometimes known as the short-bodied cellar spider is a species of spider belonging to the family Pholcidae. Invasive to: Samoa
female Physocyclus globosus from Okinawa. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Acacia dealbata, commonly known as silver wattle, blue wattle or mimosa, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. Invasive to: Madagascar
Acacia dealbata Link, Black Mountain, Canberra, ACT, 3 November 2010 (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Cytisus scoparius, the common broom or Scotch broom, is a deciduous leguminous shrub native to western and central Europe. Invasive to: British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Australia, and California
Common Broom (Cytisus scoparius),  Location: Lahntal-Goßfelden, Hesse, Germany (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Pseudelephantopus spicatus, commonly known as dog's-tongue or false elephant's foot. Invasive to: People's Republic of China
Dog's-Tongue (Pseudelephantopus spicatus). Species of plant. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Persicaria perfoliata is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family. Invasive to: European Union
Persicaria perfoliata (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Protula tubularia is a species of polychaete in the family Serpulidae. Invasive to: India
Protula tubularia, Serpulidae, White Tufted Worm; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Consolida ajacis is an annual flowering plant of the family Ranunculaceae native to Eurasia. Invasive to: People's Republic of China
Consolida ajacis (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The round goby is a euryhaline bottom-dwelling species of fish of the family Gobiidae. Invasive to: Great Lakes and Baltic Sea
Neogobius melanostomus (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The common rudd is a bentho-pelagic freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae. Invasive to: New Zealand
The Common Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus). Ukraine, the fish from the Southern Bug river. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The Chinese sleeper, also known as the Amur sleeper, is a species of freshwater sleeper native to the Amur River basin in eastern Asia with introduced populations in other regions of Eurasia. Invasive to: Serbia, European Union, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, and Moldova
Perccottus glenii (Chinese sleeper) (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Triadica sebifera is a tree native to eastern Asia. Invasive to: United States
Triadica sebifera (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Centaurea cyanus, commonly known as cornflower or bachelor's button, is an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to Europe. Invasive to: Shanghai and Oregon
chabry bławatki Centaurea cyanus jako chwasty polne (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Acmella oleracea is a species of flowering herb in the family Asteraceae. Invasive to: Indonesia and People's Republic of China
Acmella oleracea in the Botanischer Garten, Berlin-Dahlem (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Solanum mammosum, commonly known as nipplefruit, fox head, cow's udder, or apple of Sodom, is an inedible Pan-American tropical fruit. Invasive to: People's Republic of China
A photography of Solanum mammosum-Fruits from Jakarta Floral Exhibition (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Acanthospermum australe is a South American species of herbaceous plants first described as a species in 1758. Invasive to: Madagascar
Spiny-bur (Acanthospermum australe) : plant (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Johnson grass or Johnsongrass, Sorghum halepense, is a plant in the grass family, Poaceae, native to Asia and northern Africa. Invasive to: Shanghai
Plant of Johnson grass. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Gomphrena celosioides is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant belonging to the family Amaranthaceae and a cosmopolitan pioneer plant of disturbed areas, and one of 51 species in the genus Gomphrena. Invasive to: People's Republic of China
Gomphrena celosioides Mart. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Coriander, or Coriandrum sativum, is an annual herb in the family Apiaceae. Invasive to: Shanghai
A scene of Coriander (Coriandrum sativum) leaves (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Zinnia peruviana, the Peruvian zinnia, is an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Invasive to: People's Republic of China
Zinnia peruviana, die peruanische Zinnie, ist eine einjährige blühende Pflanze aus der Familie der Korbblütler. Sie ist in Nordamerika und Südamerika beheimatet. Die Pflanze wird bis zu 50 Zentimeter groß und ihr Blütenkopf hat bis zu 20 Strahlenblüten. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Alternanthera philoxeroides, commonly referred to as alligator weed, is a native species to the temperate regions of South America, which includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Invasive to: European Union, Indonesia, Australia, People's Republic of China, and United States
Alligator weed (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Poa compressa, the Canada bluegrass or flattened meadow-grass, is a perennial flattened meadow grass, similar to common meadow-grass, Poa pratensis. Invasive to: Shanghai
Picture taken in Commanster, Belgian High
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Poa compressa (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Capsella bursa-pastoris, commonly known as shepherd's purse or lady's purse, is a small flowering plant in the mustard family. Invasive to: People's Republic of China
Capsella bursa-pastoris (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Clematis vitalba is a shrub of the family Ranunculaceae. Invasive to: New Zealand and North America
Echte Waldrebe (Clematis vitalba): Samenstand – Österreich/Steiermark/Salzkammergut/Bad Aussee/Waldgraben, Salzsteig (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Aedes albopictus, from the mosquito (Culicidae) family, also known as the (Asian) tiger mosquito or forest mosquito, is a species of mosquito native to the tropical and subtropical areas of Southeast Asia. Invasive to: Barcelona and Tuvalu
Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, showing the typical white stripe on its back. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Okra, Abelmoschus esculentus, known in some English-speaking countries as lady's fingers, is a flowering plant in the mallow family native to East Africa. Invasive to: People's Republic of China
Swindler Cove Park (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Amaranthus viridis is a cosmopolitan species in the botanical family Amaranthaceae and is commonly known as slender amaranth or green amaranth. Invasive to: Indonesia
Amaranthus viridis; (tupuʻa) a weed in a Tongan garden (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Canna indica, commonly known as Indian shot, African arrowroot, edible canna, purple arrowroot, Sierra Leone arrowroot, is a plant species in the family Cannaceae. Invasive to: Malawi and Madagascar
Blüte vom „Indisches Blumenrohr (Canna indica)“. Die Pflanze stammt ursprünglich von Zentralamerik und ist durch Kreuzungen eine wegen ihrer gelb bis rot gefärbten Blüten eine weit verbreitete Zierpflanze. Aus dem Stiel des indisches Blumenrohrs wird eine Faser als Ersatz von Jute gewonnen. Gesehen in Badenweiler. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Rye is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. Invasive to: People's Republic of China
an ear of rye (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Andrographis paniculata, commonly known as creat or green chiretta, is an annual herbaceous plant in the family Acanthaceae, native to India and Sri Lanka. Invasive to: Indonesia
Andrographis paniculata, Botanischer Garten Berlin (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Salix alba, the white willow, is a species of willow native to Europe and western and Central Asia. Invasive to: Australia
Weidenbaum an renaturierter Isar (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Dinoderus minutus, the bamboo borer, is a species of wood-boring beetle. Invasive to: Sardinia
This image of D. minutus at "http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/images/cain1371.jpg" is an image in the public domain with no copyright or any other constraints whatsoever. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Dasineura gleditchiae, commonly known as the honeylocust podgall midge, is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae. Invasive to: Serbia
Bejlomorka dřezovcová (Dasineura gleditchiae),hálky, Gleditsia triacanthos 'Sunburst' , Gymnázium Brno-Řečkovice (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Pectobacterium carotovorum is a bacterium of the family Pectobacteriaceae; it used to be a member of the genus Erwinia. Invasive to: Russia
Slime flux on a Wikipedia:Camperdown Elm (Ulmus glabra Huds. cv. 'Camperdownii') caused by Erwinia carotovora. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The Oriental fire-bellied toad is a small semiaquatic frog species found in northeastern Asia, where they primarily dwell in slow-moving bodies of water and temperate forests. Invasive to: United States
Photographer: LA Dawson
Oriental Fire-belly Toad, Bombina orientalis

en:Category:Frog images (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Crotalaria juncea, known as brown hemp, Indian hemp, Madras hemp, or Sunn hemp, is a tropical Asian plant of the legume family (Fabaceae). Invasive to: Shanghai and Indonesia
Crotalaria juncea L. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Gunnera tinctoria, known as giant-rhubarb, Chilean rhubarb, quirusilla or nalca, is a flowering plant species native to southern Chile and neighboring zones in Argentina and Bolivia. Invasive to: European Union
Mt Tomah Botanical Garden 4 February 2022. Gunnera tinctoria (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Ambrosia psilostachya is a species of ragweed known by the common names Cuman ragweed and perennial ragweed, and western ragweed. Invasive to: Russia
Ambrosia psilostachya, Szczecin Dąbie (Poland) (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Centaurea stoebe, the spotted knapweed or panicled knapweed, is a species of Centaurea native to eastern Europe, although it has spread to North America, where it is considered an invasive species. Invasive to: People's Republic of China
Centaurea stoebe (Centaurea maculosa) produces a bloom of purplish flowering heads that are each delimited by an array of ornate bracts. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Ascidiella aspersa, the European sea squirt, is a species of solitary sea squirts native to the northeastern Atlantic, from the Mediterranean Sea to Norway. Invasive to: Australia
Ascidiella aspersa observé à Fos-Saint-Gervais (France). (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Canna indica, commonly known as Indian shot, African arrowroot, edible canna, purple arrowroot, Sierra Leone arrowroot, is a plant species in the family Cannaceae. Invasive to: Malawi and Madagascar
Canna indica (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
The American green tree frog is a common arboreal species of New World tree frog belonging to the family Hylidae. Invasive to: Puerto Rico
Hyla cinerea (American green tree frog) Appalachian Mountains, United States (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
The San Jose scale or China scale is a hemipterous insect in the family Diaspididae. Invasive to: Sardinia
San José Scale (Aspidiotus perniciosus). A, Male scale insect; B, female; C, larva; D, female scale; E, male scale. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The Siberian weasel or kolonok is a medium-sized weasel native to Asia, where it is widely distributed and inhabits various forest habitats and open areas. Invasive to: Japan
Siberian Weasel (Mustela sibirica) (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Yucca gloriosa, also known as moundlily yucca or soft-tipped yucca, is a species of flowering plant in the asparagus family, native to the southeastern United States. Invasive to: People's Republic of China
Yucca ex hortus (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Erechtites valerianifolius, common name tropical burnweed is a New World species of plants in the sunflower family. Invasive to: People's Republic of China
Erechtites valerianifolia (voucher 050405 47). Location: Maui, Keopuka (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Corythucha ciliata, the sycamore lace bug, is a species of lace bug in the family Tingidae that is associated with sycamore trees. Invasive to: Luxembourg
This insect landed on my friend Christina's bag when we sat at the river Neckar in Heidelberg, and she could take this incredible macro of it. It's really tiny.

Does somebody know what it might be? (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The sambar is a large deer native to the Indian subcontinent, South China and Southeast Asia that is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List since 2008. Invasive to: Australia
Specimen of Sambar deer skeleton prepared by the bone maceration technique and on display at the Museum of Veterinary Anatomy, FMVZ USP. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Ageratum conyzoides is native to Tropical America, especially Brazil, and is an invasive weed in many other regions. Invasive to: Malawi, Madagascar, and Indonesia
Photo of Ageratum conyzoides (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Zoropsis spinimana is a spider species belonging to the family Zoropsidae. Invasive to: Germany
Picture of  Mediterranean Spider (Zoropsis Spinimana) (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Invasive Species @invasives.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Styela plicata, commonly known as pleated sea squirt, is a species of tunicate in the family Styelidae. Invasive to: Australia
Styela plicata observé à Fos-Saint-Gervais (France). (alt text from Wikimedia)
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