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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Smiles and GSB spirit in Nairobi! Tobias and Suvarna are helping build enthusiasm for iNaturalist and biodiversity recording in Kenya. Thank you both for flying the GSB flag high! Join us for #GSB2026, 27–30 November. buff.ly/mnOdzR0

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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

⏳ One month left to enter the RES #InsectWeek Photography Competition! If you've been meaning to sort through your favourite insect photographs, now's the time. We can't wait to see the incredible images you've captured. 📸 Deadline: 31 October buff.ly/rdahCIp

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Royal Entomological Society Photography Competitions - Insect Week

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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🌏 Only 60 days until #GSB2026! 🌿 94 local and regional projects 🗺️ 35 countries and territories 📅 Observations: 27–30 November Our Southern Africa coordinator Suvarna has also been flying the GSB flag high in Kenya! Join us: buff.ly/mnOdzR0

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Top End Biodiversity @topendbiodiversity.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Today is the last day for the Rapid Creek Home River Bioblitz 2026. So get out and explore and record its wonderful biodiversity

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Top End Biodiversity @topendbiodiversity.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Splendid day down at rapid creek, we have found so many interesting things!

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Top End Biodiversity @topendbiodiversity.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🌿 Rapid Creek already has 2,866 iNaturalist observations covering 755 species! Common sightings include Chalky Perchers, Slender Skimmers and Rainbow Bee-eaters. Explore the creek from 18–20 September and record what you find. #HomeRiverBioBlitz #RapidCreek

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Top End Biodiversity @topendbiodiversity.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🌊 The Home River BioBlitz starts tomorrow @ Rapid Creek! From 18–20 September, people around the world will explore their local rivers and record biodiversity using iNaturalist. Join the seventh #HomeRiverBioBlitz—organise an event or make observations along your local river! 🌿🐟

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Top End Biodiversity @topendbiodiversity.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🌊 The Home River BioBlitz begins in two days! From 18–20 September, explore Rapid Creek and record its plants, animals, fungi and other wildlife on iNaturalist. Every observation helps document the biodiversity of this important urban waterway. #HomeRiverBioBlitz #RapidCreek

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Top End Biodiversity @topendbiodiversity.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🌿 Home River BioBlitz 2026 – Rapid Creek Join Stephen Fricker to explore and record Rapid Creek’s wildlife using iNaturalist. 📅 Saturday 19 September, 8.00 am 📍 Charles Eaton Drive car park, 150 m from McMillans Road Club members’ field trip. Bring insect protection!

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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

🌏 Only 75 days until #GSB2026! From 27–30 November, help document the incredible biodiversity of the Southern Hemisphere using iNaturalist. 🌿🦋🐦🍄 Find your local project: buff.ly/7Y5pPUQ 📲 Upload and identify observations by 14 December 2026. Where will you explore during #GSB2026?

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NaturalistaUY @naturalistauy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Este año, la Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur será del 27 al 30 de noviembre y por sexto año consecutivo, ¡nos sumamos desde Uruguay! Guardate la fecha 🌎💚 @gsbioblitz.bsky.social @inaturalist.bsky.social @biodiversidata.bsky.social

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Stephen Fricker @stephenfricker.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The impressive 'Poecilobdallus formosus' from Katherine recently. A massive and quite handsome bug www.inaturalist.org/observations...

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Stephen Fricker @stephenfricker.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Check out this Green Lynx Spider 'Peucetia albescens'? I found just north of Katherine NT this week www.inaturalist.org/observations...

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Top End Biodiversity @topendbiodiversity.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This weekend is threatened species week so come and meet the Territory Wildlife Park's newest resident this Saturday.

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Top End Biodiversity @topendbiodiversity.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

🌿 NT Field Naturalists explored Berry Springs Nature Park on 16 August, recording: 📸 100 observations 🌱 44 species 👥 5 observers 🔎 28 identifiers Explore the records or contribute your own: www.inaturalist.org/projects/ter... #iNaturalist #CitizenScience

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NT Field Naturalists explore Berry Springs Nature Park

On 16 August 2026, members of the NT Field Naturalists visited Berry Springs Nature Park to explore and document the area’s biodiversity. Together, five observers contributed: 100 observations 44 spec...

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Top End Biodiversity @topendbiodiversity.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

🌿🎯 June iNaturalist Bingo is here! How many of these species can you find this month? 📸🐦🕷️🐊 Upload your observations to iNaturalist, tick them off your card, and see if you can complete a row, or the whole card! Every observation helps document local biodiversity and supports citizen science.

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Top End Biodiversity @topendbiodiversity.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Looking forward to seeing the entries for this!

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National Centre for Atmospheric Science @ncas-uk.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

El Niño is one of the most important climate patterns affecting weather across the globe. It shapes temperatures, rainfall and extreme events - with impacts that extend to economies, infrastructure and human health. ncas.ac.uk/el-nino-expl... #earth-science #SciComm 🧪

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El Niño explained: Global weather, UK impacts, and climate change - NCAS

El Niño shapes temperatures, rainfall and extreme events - with impacts that extend to economies, infrastructure and human health.

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Martin Price @smart0406.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Forest Kingfisher - near Mossman, Queensland #Australia #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

She wasn't looking for anything special … but found a scientific first. Read the full story via our newsletter, The Nature Notice: www.inaturalist.org/pages/newsle...

Close-up top view of an antlion on a light surface, showing its patterned body and long antennae.

Side view of an antlion, showing its slender elongated abdomen.

An antlion with wings spread, photographed against a white background.

Top view of an antlion at rest on a light surface, wings folded flat along its body.

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Stephen Fricker @stephenfricker.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Bar-shouldered Dove from 'Geopelia humeralis' Darwin, #Australia. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsofoz

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Stephen Fricker @stephenfricker.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

No not Aedes vigilax, this is 'Aedes phaecasiatus' from Nhulunbuy, NT species 120 on the #MozzieMonitors project on @inaturalist, and the only record of the species on the platform. While the two look similar to the trained eye they are quite distinct. www.inaturalist.org/observations...

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Stephen Fricker @stephenfricker.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Green Oriole 'Oriolus flavocinctus' snacking on some figs in Jabiru, #Australia #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsofoz

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Aussie Moths @wa-moths.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Monopis argillacea (I think) A moth we've seen only a handful of times in our Perth Hills garden. If my ID is correct, the caterpillars of this moth feed on feathers lining birds' nests and hair on dead animals... not the nicest of diets! #teammoth #ausinverst #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

Side view of a small moth with forewings that are generally a light brown with darker spots across them and a lighter patch in the middle

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Starting to see a few more of our native flowers making their appearance in the Perth Hills now… which means the bush is starting to look more colourful 🌿 Andersonia lehmanniana Drosera collina Styphelia nitens Hibbertia hypericoides #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #inaturalist

Andersonia lehmanniana - cluster of small pink and pale blue flowers.

Drosera collina - white flower of a native sundew with 5 petals

Styphelia nitens - a row of four small white tube like flowers

Hibbertia hypericoides - bright yellow flower with dark green foliage behind

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Stephen Fricker @stephenfricker.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I was in Pine Creek, #Australia last week and saw so many Hooded Parrots 'Psephotellus dissimilis' they really are splendid birds. #BirdsSeenIn2026

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Top End Biodiversity @topendbiodiversity.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🐝 #WorldBeeDay - Northern Territory 1,022 bee observations across 76 species on iNaturalist! Top sightings include European Honey #Bee, Amegilla walkeri & Orange-footed Stingless Bee 📢 to 264 observers & 132 identifiers on iNaturalist helping document NT’s pollinators #CitizenScience

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Caladenia drummondii - the Winter Spider Orchid One of the first spider orchids of the season to flower in Western Australia. These orchids can be hard to spot, not only are they really small but they blend in against the forest leaf litter. #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist 🌿

Picture of a single orchid flower growing in hard, red earth of the Australian bush. The orchid has a single flower which is cream and dark reddish/purple

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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Nature is everywhere, even in the busiest cities. From April 24–27, over 100k people around the world will step outside & photograph the wild nature around them for the #CityNatureChallenge — the largest annual community science event. 🧵⤵️

A collage of nature, including a green snake, a songbird, a yellow flower, an iridescent beetle, a clownfish, and a frog on a lilypad.

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Stephen Fricker @stephenfricker.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

The Varied Eggfly 'Hypolimnas bolina' the most common of the 19 species of Butterflies (Superfamily Papilionoidea) recorded on iNaturalist in the recent Darwin and Palmerston #CNC2026 inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations...

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Stephen Fricker @stephenfricker.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

A Shining Flycatcher 'Myiagra alecto' deep in the mangroves of Rapid Creek during the #CNC2026 #BirdsSeenIn2026 #wildoz #Australia #birdsofoz

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Stephen Fricker @stephenfricker.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Tropical Paper Wasp Polistes stigma (I think) from Tiwi, what a great time of year up here so many interesting insects around inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations...

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Stephen Fricker @stephenfricker.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Endemic to Mexico 'Calligrapha pantherina' was introduced to control some common invasive weeds, another species recorded last weekend in the #CSN2026 inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations...

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Stephen Fricker @stephenfricker.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Rose-crowned Fruit Dove 'Ptilinopus regina' adult and juvenile from east point Darwin, #Australia #BirdsSeenIn2026

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Stephen Fricker @stephenfricker.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

A Silver Gull 'Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae' I saw during the #CNC2026 along the Nightcliff foreshore #BirdsSeenIn2026 #wildoz #Australia #birdsofoz

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Top End Biodiversity @topendbiodiversity.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Dead stingray washed up on the beach. probably a Whiptail Stingrays Family Dasyatida, Can you help ID further www.inaturalist.org/observations...

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Top End Biodiversity @topendbiodiversity.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The observation period for the #CNC2026 is over, now the ID's start. Western Rainbowfish 'Melanotaenia australis' do you agree? If you do please help by confirming the ID on iNaturalist.org www.inaturalist.org/observations...

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Top End Biodiversity @topendbiodiversity.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

This City Nature Challenge, we will be celebrating nature in Darwin & Palmerston with the Field Naturalists tomorrow Sunday 26 April at 8.30 am at Casuarina Coastal Reserve. Meet in the free beach carpark at the end of Daribah Road.

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green-jewel.bsky.social @green-jewel.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

CITY NATURE CHALLENGE Loja Biodiversa 2026 Green Jewel en coordinación con Carrera de Ingeniería Forestal, realizaron la capacitación sobre "Ciencia Ciudadana y Uso de iNaturalist" a estudiantes de Ingeniería Forestal de la Universidad Nacional de Loja que participaran del City Nature Challenge

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EcoRecord @ecorecord.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Today we kicked off our City Nature Challenge activities, with an iNaturalist training session and wildlife walk at Handworth Park! It was great to see so many people using iNaturalist to record the park's wildlife!

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Top End Biodiversity @topendbiodiversity.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

1 DAY TO GO! 🌿🐾 Tomorrow’s the day! Join the City Nature Challenge in Darwin and Palmerston and help showcase the amazing biodiversity right in our backyard. Snap a photo, record a sound, and upload it to iNaturalist 📸 Every observation counts- let’s make this our biggest year yet! 💚

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Top End Biodiversity @topendbiodiversity.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Two Days to go! This weekend The City Nature challenge, Darwin and Palmerston will be held all weekend, use the iNaturalist.org platform to upload your nature record

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Top End Biodiversity @topendbiodiversity.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Not long till the #CNC2026 … and it’s not just what you see Tracks, feathers, nests, shells — the signs of life count too. Not every observation needs the organism itself 👀 Look closer

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Top End Biodiversity @topendbiodiversity.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

This weekend The City Nature challenge, Darwin and Palmerston will be held all weekend, use the iNaturalist.org platform to upload your nature record

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Top End Biodiversity @topendbiodiversity.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

This City Nature Challenge, we will be celebrating nature in Darwin & Palmerston with the Field Naturalists 8.30 am on Sunday 26 April at Casuarina Coastal Reserve. Meet in the free beach carpark at the end of Daribah Road.

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Top End Biodiversity @topendbiodiversity.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

The City Nature Challenge (CNC) is an annual four-day event where people around the world use iNaturalist to document the plants, animals, fungi, and other wildlife living in their cities and neighborhoods. 2026 marks the 11th year of the CNC! www.inaturalist.org/pages/cityna...

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Aussie Moths @wa-moths.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

A good selection of autumn moth species visited our Perth Hills moth light last night, including: Ardices glatignyi Thalaina angulosa Authomaema pentacosma (NFY) Oenosandra boisduvalii #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

Ardices glatignyi - black and white tiger moth - top view of a moth with creamy white forewings that gave a patchy brown pattern across them

Thalaina angulosa - Angled Satin moth - side view of a moth with pearly white wings that have black edged bronze/brown angled stripes across them

Authomaema pentacosma (I think) - side view of a small moth with forewings that gave bands of beige, white, dark grey, light grey and brown going from head to wing tip

Oenosandra boisduvalii - Boisduvalii Autumn moths- top view of a moth with silvery grey wings with a pattern of black and orange spots across them

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Top End Biodiversity @topendbiodiversity.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

April Nature Bingo – Top End Edition! 🌿 See how many species you can find around Darwin and the Top End, then record them on iNaturalist. Great for bioblitzes, families and young nature explorers. #CityNatureChallenge #DarwinNT #iNaturalist #CitizenScience

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Stephen Fricker @stephenfricker.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Saw my first Chequered Swallowtail (Papilio demoleus) in Katherine this week. This widespread tailless swallowtail occurs across Asia and Australia and its caterpillars feed on citrus plants. www.inaturalist.org/observations... #Butterflies #NorthernTerritory #Papilio #Biodiversity

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