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Martin @udc574.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

First Adult Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) @inaturalist.bsky.social observation of the year (14 July 2026) www.biodivlibrary.org/2026/07/firs...

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First Adult Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) observation of the year

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Martin @udc574.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

@inaturalist.bsky.social Highlight: 26,000th observation (L. oppositus) -- a leaf-footed taxonomic puzzle! This observation proved a challenge @biodivlibrary.bsky.social didn't fully solve ... www.biodivlibrary.org/2026/07/inat...

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iNaturalist Highlight: 26,000th observation (Leptoglossus oppositus) -- a leaf-footed taxonomic puzzle!

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Martin @udc574.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Looking back ... In the News: "Finding Flora and Fauna" in American Libraries (19 Jun 19). @biodivlibrary.bsky.social featured in The Bookend feature of American Libraries. It took a couple of photo shoots to get the picture. www.biodivlibrary.org/2026/06/in-n...

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In the News: "Finding Flora and Fauna" in American Libraries (19 June 2019)

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Martin @udc574.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

My first observation of a 4th stage instar for the Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) in Arlington, VA on 12 June 2026 / www.inaturalist.org/observations...

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Martin @udc574.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

@inaturalist.bsky.social Highlight: 25,000th observation (Podisus maculiventris, the spined soldier bug). A few days before this observation, I had another observation of a P. maculiventris attacking a much larger Nearctic Carpenter Ant (Camponotus nearcticus) www.biodivlibrary.org/2026/05/inat...

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Martin @udc574.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

A Visit to the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (Paris) in April 2026 / While on a work trip to Paris, I had some time and after strolling along the Seine I took a wander to one of the world's greatest natural history museums, none other than the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN).

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Martin @udc574.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

9 May 2007 was the official launch of the @biodivlibrary.bsky.social portal as part of the larger Encyclopedia of Life launch. There were was a press conference at the National Press Club & a gala celebration at the National Academies of Sciences www.biodivlibrary.org/2026/05/cele...

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Martin @udc574.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

One of the earliest (1st?) public @biodivlibrary.bsky.social related presentations took place at UIUC at "Refactoring Natural History Literature" meeting (17-18 April 2006 www.biodivlibrary.org/2026/04/meet... / Thanks to @treiceratops.bsky.social for later leadership of BHL over the years! #BHLat20

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Martin @udc574.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Meetings: DPLA West and other meetings | CAS / CDL / Apple (April 2012, San Francisco & Oakland) www.biodivlibrary.org/2026/04/meet...

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Martin @udc574.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

"Oh Time, Thy Pyramids!" The @biodivlibrary.bsky.social and the Unchaining of the Universal Library(?) / a presentation from 2008 at the Berkman Center at Harvard University for a meeting of the Information Futures Institute www.biodivlibrary.org/2026/04/meet...

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Martin @udc574.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Some posts on my recent visit to Copenhagen to attend the @gbif.org Midterm meetings / www.biodivlibrary.org/2026/03/meet...

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Martin @udc574.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

First Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) @inaturalist.bsky.social observation of the year / www.biodivlibrary.org/2026/04/firs...

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Martin @udc574.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Drontens død / NH Copenhagen

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Martin @udc574.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Looking back at a 2008 presentation for the Boston Library Consortium (18 March 2008) at Boston Public Library on the topic of the @biodivlibrary.bsky.social

Presenting to the Boston Library Consortium

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Martin @udc574.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Looking back at the 2017 @biodivlibrary.bsky.social meetings in Singapore / bit.ly/4dlEJNu

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Martin @udc574.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

A couple of lookback posts to @biodivlibrary.bsky.social meetings from the past, first up, "2011 WebWise (10-11 March 2011, Baltimore, MD)" / WebWise was a popular meet up conference for people involved with BHL ... www.biodivlibrary.org/2026/03/meet...

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Martin @udc574.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Looking back at the 2011 @biodivlibrary.bsky.social Institutional Council meeting (8-9 March 2011, Washington, DC) / www.biodivlibrary.org/2026/03/meet...

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Martin @udc574.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Recent Publication: "Data Born in Literature: The @biodivlibrary.bsky.social – A Global Digital Library Serving the Planet" (2025) / Learn more at bit.ly/4bmezYD

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Martin @udc574.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

@inaturalist.bsky.social Observations: In and Around Croatia & Slovenia (14-25 February 2026) / February in urban areas not the best time / bit.ly/4cl6dCG

Crossing the Croatian/Slovenian border by train

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Martin @udc574.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

@inaturalist.bsky.social Observations: In and Around London (23 December 2025 - 2 January 2026) www.biodivlibrary.org/2026/02/inat...

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Martin @udc574.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

@inaturalist.bsky.social Observations: In and Around London (30 November - 8 December 2025) #iNaturalist www.biodivlibrary.org/2026/02/inat...

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Martin @udc574.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Today's an important date for the @biodivlibrary.bsky.social marking the start of a key global gathering, “Library and Laboratory: The Marriage of Research, Data, and Taxonomic Literature” (London, 5 Feb 2005) attended by 80+ bioinformaticians, taxonomists, & librarians (1/4) More: bit.ly/4qu3biU

Anna Weitzman (Smithsonian), Chris Lyal (NHM), Tom Garnett (Smithsonian) & Graham Higley (NHM). Anna and Chris were important to the informatics development of BHL and Graham was later the first Chair of the BHL Executive Committee … #BHLib

Doug Holland (Missouri Botanical Garden) was later Secretary of the BHL Executive Committee; in 2004’s “WebWise 2004: Sharing Digital Resources” in Chicago he, along with @chrisfreeland.com, Suzanne Pilsk (Smithsonian), and I did a classic napkin sketch of a digital library for biodiversity … #BHLib

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Martin @udc574.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Mantids (Preying Mantis) are one of the most spectacular insects and come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, colors, behavior, & distribution; here are some examples from Saussure (1871), pl.4; www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14226526 (@BioDivLibrary via @NYBG)

H de Saussure's work "Mélanges Orthoptérologiques" in Memoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève

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