Recently while photographing in São Paulo Botanical Garden, @jv_ge encountered undescribed species of Cladonota sp. perched on a leaf. The 2nd time he's recorded this species, and the 3rf record @inaturalist and expanding the distribution.
Something amazing from GSB Wongan Hills : Identified by Chris Lambkin as 'Neosardus cosmus', a Bee Fly. It has never been photographed and has only been collected six times—five of those from one location in the Great Victoria Desert, east-northeast of Cosmo Newbery.
🌏🌿 Great Southern BioBlitz 2024: Record-Breaking Observations! 🌿🌏
What an incredible effort from all our participants across the Southern Hemisphere! 🙌 We’re thrilled to announce that so far, 3 areas have surpassed 10,000 observations, with 6 more regions contributing between 5,000 and 10,000 records! 🎉
This is a remarkable display of teamwork, curiosity, and passion for biodiversity. Every observation helps us better understand and protect our natural world. 🌍💚
Let’s keep this momentum going as we continue to document our unique ecosystems—every observation counts!
🌿 Upload and identify records until the 7th of October📸 Keep exploring and observing💪 Celebrate our collective achievements
We are now in the Uploading and Identification phase of the GSB, after a few days of well-earned rest.
GSB 2024 officially ends on 07 October. 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:
Please only identify those that you know to family or finer level.
Don't waste your time with "Plants" - you need to get it to grasses, proteas, peas, or daisies. Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish, Insects, Spiders, Fungus, Lichen are perfectly fine.
Go as detailed as you can, but at this stage just push them as fast as you can to a low level: don't worry about the field guides at this stage. We will come to those in a day or two.
Please everyone help. If you want to focus first on your city, then add your city to the filter box.
<b>Dont' forget to FAVE any exciting observation that you come across </b>
We are looking for support with identifications, every contribution helps, while acknowledging that some observations can't be further identified.
The links below are for the global umbrella observations require ID: .
we have always been inclusive of the day, so at the end of the day, but the numbers will come out the day after as estimates in some places as we need to wait for you guys in South America
Last Saturday morning (September 21st), the Karawatha Forest was louder than usual - it was buzzing with the excitement of participants in our Great Southern BioBlitz BUG OUT guided walk, joined by the lively sounds of the bugs all around!
This was one of our largest events to date, with over 50 enthusiastic bug lovers joining us!
We hope you discovered something new about these fascinating creatures, from their unique appearances and behaviours to their habitats and ecological roles. Our goal was to help you appreciate the incredible bugs that often stay camouflaged or being ignored from our everyday view. We hope you’ll keep this spirit alive and always be on the lookout for them whenever you head out, because let’s be honest—bugs are everywhere, and we really can’t live without them.
Can’t get enough of these photos? There are plenty more on iNaturalist to see! A quick reminder that our iNaturalist project still needs your help! Whether you missed this event and want to help with some species identifications or haven’t uploaded your findings from the weekend yet, we encourage you to do so as soon https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2024-brisbane
Remember, a sighting with a slightly wrong ID is always better than a sighting without an ID!
Curious about how Brisbane is standing compared to the entire Southern Hemisphere? This is not a competition but you can check out how we are doing in the link below. We are currently sitting at 18th place, with the Greater Melbourne region on top of the leaderboard.
Considering how bio-diverse Brisbane is, this really isn’t the best result, but it is not too late yet to upload and ID, and maybe we can catch up, but hopefully we can do better next year if everyone can encourage your friends and family members to take part!
Hope to see you again at our next event!
Society for Conservation Biology SEQ chapter
Photos credit to Penelope Mills, Fei Castillo, Mica Teh, Kate Flink, Serena Nielsen and Yiqian (Victor) Li
🌿🌏 Final Day of the Great Southern BioBlitz 2024! 🌏🌿
The final day to make observations has just past, and the numbers are looking amazing for the Great Southern BioBlitz 2024 Umbrella:
📊 170,586 observations🐾 20,471 species discovered🔍 2,745 Identifiers working tirelessly👥 7,405 Observers contributing from across the globe!
Here are the most observed species so far:🐝 European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) – 337 observations🐦 Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) – 334 observations🌼 Capeweed (Arctotheca calendula) – 266 observations🌸 Waxlip Orchid (Glossodia major) – 230 observations🦆 Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata) – 213 observations
There's still time! Upload and identify records until the 7th of October. Let’s make the most of this final day and push those numbers even higher! 🦋🌱🌍
Keep observing and keep celebrating our beautiful biodiversity! 💪✨
Don't forget to Fav what you think is the best observations
The #GSB2023 continues to grow this year with 159 registered areas across the southern hemisphere. The event will be held from the 24-27thNovember on the Citizen science platform iNaturalist.org
tenemos un cartel genérico en español gracias al fabuloso Antonio de Perú, y aquí está. El póster está en Canva para que puedas hacer una copia y personalizarlo para tu región.
Here are some underwater housings that Rachelle Brown from Reef Ecologic has suggested that people can use with their smart phones that hopefully will help break down the equipment barrier to underwater observations. here are her comments. 'We have used the SeaLife housings with great success which we’ve found can be used with any but the very largest of smartphones (my Galaxy S21 Ultra is too big but every other phone has worked, you just need to download the free SportDiver app to connect with the housing). This one is fully vacuum sealed so allows for use in diving or snorkelling. We have about 3 so we can lend out to people on excursions and hopefully increase participant numbers. There are some cheaper ones that people seem to have success with snorkelling that Sea Link sells, but I don’t have experience with them so can’t recommend one way or the other – they are certainly more affordable and SeaLink usually sells out when they stock them. Just some ideas to help get more people making underwater observations!'
Have you made any interesting records latley, here is mine, two Pacific Reef-Heron 'Egretta sacra' My first record of this species and saw both a black and white colour morph out at Lee Point #darwin
This species has an unusual, non-sexual dimorphism, having both a 'light' & 'dark' morph, that is some members having entirely white plumage ('light' morph) and others (the larger portion) being charcoal-grey ('dark' morph).
Did you participate in the Great Southern BioBlitz? If you answered yes, you are invited to participate research which aims to investigate the outcomes of the Great Southern BioBlitz for participants.
To be eligible to participate, you must be over 18 years of age, be a competent English speaker and have participated in the Great Southern BioBlitz in 2022.
To participate, complete the 10-15 minute online survey. Access the survey here or via the QR code on the graphic.
Check out this amazing Stilbula sp. from scottwgavins in Talegalla Weir QLD (link here), #Australia part of our #GSBiogroup project on @inaturalist discovering and documenting the diversity of our natural world!
What do you think?
Did you know that Stilbula is a genus of parasitoid wasps that are known for their beautiful metallic colors and intricate patterns? They're an important part of our ecosystem, playing a crucial role in controlling pest populations.
The #GSB2022 is approaching 210, 000 Records!We have around 1500 records before we reach this milestone. I208,580 OBSERVATIONS23,063 SPECIES3,388 IDENTIFIERS6,057 OBSERVERSWe have a few participants that have been in very remote areas and may keep adding records as internet becomes available. However have you added all you records?Have you helped with the ID's?have a look at the umbrella and see if you can ID 5 or 10 thinks in your region!
Spanish
¡El #GSB2022 se acerca a los 210 000 registros!Tenemos alrededor de 1500 registros antes de alcanzar este hito. yo208.580 OBSERVACIONES23.063 ESPECIES3.388 IDENTIFICADORES6.057 OBSERVADORESTenemos algunos participantes que han estado en áreas muy remotas y pueden seguir agregando registros a medida que Internet esté disponible. Sin embargo, ¿ha agregado todos sus registros?¿Has ayudado con las identificaciones?¡eche un vistazo al paraguas y vea si puede identificar 5 o 10 pensamientos en su región!
Portuguese
O #GSB2022 está se aproximando de 210.000 recordes!Temos cerca de 1500 registros antes de atingirmos esse marco. EU208.580 OBSERVAÇÕES23.063 ESPÉCIES3.388 IDENTIFICADORES6.057 OBSERVADORESTemos alguns participantes que estiveram em áreas muito remotas e podem continuar adicionando registros à medida que a Internet estiver disponível. No entanto, você adicionou todos os seus registros?Você ajudou com as identidades?dê uma olhada no guarda-chuva e veja se você consegue ID 5 ou 10 pensa em sua região!
French
Le #GSB2022 approche les 210 000 Records !Nous avons environ 1500 enregistrements avant d'atteindre ce jalon. je208 580 OBSERVATIONS23 063 ESPÈCES3 388 IDENTIFIANTS6 057 OBSERVATEURSNous avons quelques participants qui ont été dans des régions très éloignées et qui peuvent continuer à ajouter des enregistrements à mesure qu'Internet devient disponible. Cependant, avez-vous ajouté tous vos enregistrements ?Avez-vous aidé avec les pièces d'identité ?jetez un coup d'œil au parapluie et voyez si vous pouvez identifier 5 ou 10 pensées dans votre région !
Recently while photographing in São Paulo Botanical Garden, @jv_ge encountered undescribed species of Cladonota sp. perched on a leaf. The 2nd time he's recorded this species, and the 3rf record @inaturalist and expanding the distribution.
Something amazing from GSB Wongan Hills : Identified by Chris Lambkin as 'Neosardus cosmus', a Bee Fly. It has never been photographed and has only been collected six times—five of those from one location in the Great Victoria Desert, east-northeast of Cosmo Newbery.
First record on iNaturalist.org great find @
Daniel Heald, don't you have a project for this Thomas Mesaglio
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/244274287
@followers everyone.
🌏🌿 Great Southern BioBlitz 2024: Record-Breaking Observations! 🌿🌏
What an incredible effort from all our participants across the Southern Hemisphere! 🙌 We’re thrilled to announce that so far, 3 areas have surpassed 10,000 observations, with 6 more regions contributing between 5,000 and 10,000 records! 🎉
This is a remarkable display of teamwork, curiosity, and passion for biodiversity. Every observation helps us better understand and protect our natural world. 🌍💚
Let’s keep this momentum going as we continue to document our unique ecosystems—every observation counts!
🌿 Upload and identify records until the 7th of October📸 Keep exploring and observing💪 Celebrate our collective achievements
Together, we’re making a difference! ✨ #GSB2024 #GreatSouthernBioBlitz #Biodiversity #CitizenScience
Well done everyone on 4-days of surveying.
We are now in the Uploading and Identification phase of the GSB, after a few days of well-earned rest.
GSB 2024 officially ends on 07 October. 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 clear the Unknowns for starters
<a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?iconic_taxa=unknown&verifiable=true&project_id=189379" target="_blank"><b>Global unknowns </b></a>
Please only identify those that you know to family or finer level.
Don't waste your time with "Plants" - you need to get it to grasses, proteas, peas, or daisies. Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish, Insects, Spiders, Fungus, Lichen are perfectly fine.
Go as detailed as you can, but at this stage just push them as fast as you can to a low level: don't worry about the field guides at this stage. We will come to those in a day or two.
Please everyone help. If you want to focus first on your city, then add your city to the filter box.
<b>Dont' forget to FAVE any exciting observation that you come across </b>
We are looking for support with identifications, every contribution helps, while acknowledging that some observations can't be further identified.
The links below are for the global umbrella observations require ID: .
*Plants
*Insects
* Arachnids
*Fungi and Lichens
*Mollusks
*Birds
*Mammals
* Amphibians
*Reptiles
** Dragons
**Geckos
**Skinks
**Snakes
*Fish
Last Saturday morning (September 21st), the Karawatha Forest was louder than usual - it was buzzing with the excitement of participants in our Great Southern BioBlitz BUG OUT guided walk, joined by the lively sounds of the bugs all around!
This was one of our largest events to date, with over 50 enthusiastic bug lovers joining us!
We hope you discovered something new about these fascinating creatures, from their unique appearances and behaviours to their habitats and ecological roles. Our goal was to help you appreciate the incredible bugs that often stay camouflaged or being ignored from our everyday view. We hope you’ll keep this spirit alive and always be on the lookout for them whenever you head out, because let’s be honest—bugs are everywhere, and we really can’t live without them.
Can’t get enough of these photos? There are plenty more on iNaturalist to see! A quick reminder that our iNaturalist project still needs your help! Whether you missed this event and want to help with some species identifications or haven’t uploaded your findings from the weekend yet, we encourage you to do so as soon https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2024-brisbane
Remember, a sighting with a slightly wrong ID is always better than a sighting without an ID!
Curious about how Brisbane is standing compared to the entire Southern Hemisphere? This is not a competition but you can check out how we are doing in the link below. We are currently sitting at 18th place, with the Greater Melbourne region on top of the leaderboard.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2024-umbrella
Considering how bio-diverse Brisbane is, this really isn’t the best result, but it is not too late yet to upload and ID, and maybe we can catch up, but hopefully we can do better next year if everyone can encourage your friends and family members to take part!
Hope to see you again at our next event!
Society for Conservation Biology SEQ chapter
Photos credit to Penelope Mills, Fei Castillo, Mica Teh, Kate Flink, Serena Nielsen and Yiqian (Victor) Li
🌿🌏 Final Day of the Great Southern BioBlitz 2024! 🌏🌿
The final day to make observations has just past, and the numbers are looking amazing for the Great Southern BioBlitz 2024 Umbrella:
📊 170,586 observations🐾 20,471 species discovered🔍 2,745 Identifiers working tirelessly👥 7,405 Observers contributing from across the globe!
Here are the most observed species so far:🐝 European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) – 337 observations🐦 Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) – 334 observations🌼 Capeweed (Arctotheca calendula) – 266 observations🌸 Waxlip Orchid (Glossodia major) – 230 observations🦆 Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata) – 213 observations
There's still time! Upload and identify records until the 7th of October. Let’s make the most of this final day and push those numbers even higher! 🦋🌱🌍
Keep observing and keep celebrating our beautiful biodiversity! 💪✨
Don't forget to Fav what you think is the best observations
#GSB2024 #GreatSouthernBioBlitz #Biodiversity
The Zambezi team, in the heat of 38 degrees.
#GSB2024 @inaturalistorg @inaturalist_za
Serious ID going on fir the #GSB2023 in Pondoland South Africa… Note Ntate Sinegugu’s wonderful book in use.
Please remember to share any significant records you fine or GSB stories via the form below.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe5KQxTdHRLEldGmQN84tqps115jtboxVl_6Jxh5uohvsEN1A/viewform?usp=pp_url
Hi all I have the latest from the GSB Spreadsheet
Continent Country
Africa Botswana 4
Eswatini 1
Kenya 2
Malawi 1
Mozambique 2
Namibia 2
Republic of the Congo 1
Rwanda 1
South Africa 21
Zambia 1
Zimbabwe 1
Africa Total 37
Oceania Australia 61
Fiji 1
New Caledonia 1
New Zealand 15
Vanuatu 1
Oceania Total 79
South America Argentina 3
Bolivia 5
Brazil 6
Chile 7
Colombia 5
Ecuador 8
Paraguay 1
Peru 14
Uruguay 18
South America Total 67
Grand Total 183
Continent Countries
Africa 12
Oceania 5
South America 9
Grand Total 26
GREAT SOUTHERN BIOBLITZ 2023
The #GSB2023 continues to grow this year with 159 registered areas across the southern hemisphere. The event will be held from the 24-27thNovember on the Citizen science platform iNaturalist.org
Save the date!
Africa
Botswana 4
Eswatini 1
Kenya 1
Malawi 1
Mozambique 2
Namibia 1
Republic of the Congo 1
Rwanda 1
South Africa 19
Zambia 1
Zimbabwe 1
Africa Total 33
Oceania
Australia 55
Fiji 1
New Caledonia 1
New Zealand 15
Vanuatu 1
Oceania Total 73
South America
Argentina 1
Bolivia 5
Brazil 3
Chile 7
Colombia 4
Ecuador 8
Paraguay 1
Perú 5
Uruguay 19
South America Total 53
Grand Total 159
Learn more https://lnkd.in/gMWnUaBz
#biodiversity #citizenscience #nature
Hola a todos los hispanohablantes,
tenemos un cartel genérico en español gracias al fabuloso Antonio de Perú, y aquí está. El póster está en Canva para que puedas hacer una copia y personalizarlo para tu región.
Another walk another new species for me this afternoon a Azure Kingfisher 'Ceyx azureus' from Palmerston, NT https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/188367528
Have you seen anything new of late
We have a new banner for the Moth nights project for GSB 2023, you need to join this project to contribute. https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/moth-night-2023-a-great-southern-bioblitz-project
Here are some underwater housings that Rachelle Brown from Reef Ecologic has suggested that people can use with their smart phones that hopefully will help break down the equipment barrier to underwater observations. here are her comments. 'We have used the SeaLife housings with great success which we’ve found can be used with any but the very largest of smartphones (my Galaxy S21 Ultra is too big but every other phone has worked, you just need to download the free SportDiver app to connect with the housing). This one is fully vacuum sealed so allows for use in diving or snorkelling. We have about 3 so we can lend out to people on excursions and hopefully increase participant numbers. There are some cheaper ones that people seem to have success with snorkelling that Sea Link sells, but I don’t have experience with them so can’t recommend one way or the other – they are certainly more affordable and SeaLink usually sells out when they stock them. Just some ideas to help get more people making underwater observations!'
Have you made any interesting records latley, here is mine, two Pacific Reef-Heron 'Egretta sacra' My first record of this species and saw both a black and white colour morph out at Lee Point #darwin
This species has an unusual, non-sexual dimorphism, having both a 'light' & 'dark' morph, that is some members having entirely white plumage ('light' morph) and others (the larger portion) being charcoal-grey ('dark' morph).
check them out here
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?verifiable=any&taxon_id=4947&preferred_place_id=6744&locale=en&user_id=saltmarshsteve
©Gustavo Fernando Durán AKA 'trekman' from #argentina celebrates 40,000 records on @inaturalist with this Braconid Wasp!
check this and many more records out
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any...
#biodiversidad #Cienciaciudadana
We have some awesome news! Vanuatu has been added the #GSB2023 welcome @ConserveVanuatu
This is the first time they have participated!
what will be found?
Save the date & spread the word 24-27 Nov 2023
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2023-vanuatu😍
Did you participate in the Great Southern BioBlitz? If you answered yes, you are invited to participate research which aims to investigate the outcomes of the Great Southern BioBlitz for participants.
To be eligible to participate, you must be over 18 years of age, be a competent English speaker and have participated in the Great Southern BioBlitz in 2022.
To participate, complete the 10-15 minute online survey. Access the survey here or via the QR code on the graphic.
Thank you, Ferox Australis
Wasps are wonderful!
Check out this amazing Stilbula sp. from scottwgavins in Talegalla Weir QLD (link here), #Australia part of our #GSBiogroup project on @inaturalist discovering and documenting the diversity of our natural world!
What do you think?
Did you know that Stilbula is a genus of parasitoid wasps that are known for their beautiful metallic colors and intricate patterns? They're an important part of our ecosystem, playing a crucial role in controlling pest populations.
Announcement
The GSB23 will be from 24-27th November.
English Spanish, Portuguese and French below.
The #GSB2022 is approaching 210, 000 Records! We have around 1500 records before we reach this milestone. I 208,580 OBSERVATIONS 23,063 SPECIES 3,388 IDENTIFIERS 6,057 OBSERVERS We have a few participants that have been in very remote areas and may keep adding records as internet becomes available. However have you added all you records? Have you helped with the ID's? have a look at the umbrella and see if you can ID 5 or 10 thinks in your region!
Spanish
¡El #GSB2022 se acerca a los 210 000 registros! Tenemos alrededor de 1500 registros antes de alcanzar este hito. yo 208.580 OBSERVACIONES 23.063 ESPECIES 3.388 IDENTIFICADORES 6.057 OBSERVADORES Tenemos algunos participantes que han estado en áreas muy remotas y pueden seguir agregando registros a medida que Internet esté disponible. Sin embargo, ¿ha agregado todos sus registros? ¿Has ayudado con las identificaciones? ¡eche un vistazo al paraguas y vea si puede identificar 5 o 10 pensamientos en su región!
Portuguese
O #GSB2022 está se aproximando de 210.000 recordes! Temos cerca de 1500 registros antes de atingirmos esse marco. EU 208.580 OBSERVAÇÕES 23.063 ESPÉCIES 3.388 IDENTIFICADORES 6.057 OBSERVADORES Temos alguns participantes que estiveram em áreas muito remotas e podem continuar adicionando registros à medida que a Internet estiver disponível. No entanto, você adicionou todos os seus registros? Você ajudou com as identidades? dê uma olhada no guarda-chuva e veja se você consegue ID 5 ou 10 pensa em sua região!
French
Le #GSB2022 approche les 210 000 Records ! Nous avons environ 1500 enregistrements avant d'atteindre ce jalon. je 208 580 OBSERVATIONS 23 063 ESPÈCES 3 388 IDENTIFIANTS 6 057 OBSERVATEURS Nous avons quelques participants qui ont été dans des régions très éloignées et qui peuvent continuer à ajouter des enregistrements à mesure qu'Internet devient disponible. Cependant, avez-vous ajouté tous vos enregistrements ? Avez-vous aidé avec les pièces d'identité ? jetez un coup d'œil au parapluie et voyez si vous pouvez identifier 5 ou 10 pensées dans votre région !