Host a Invertebrates Australia bug lantern and help scientists understand the Bogong moth’s vital migration: Invertebrates Australia provides training, equipment, and support, with expressions of interest due by February 22. buff.ly/WENmzuq

Donuca orbigera This stunning moth was an exciting new visitor to our Perth Hills moth light last night. These are usually seen in the far north in WA, so this guy is ~2,000km off course! Wondering if the recent cyclone might be responsible. #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

Nile Crocodile 'Crocodylus niloticus' seen in Livingstone, Zambia by @claremateke buff.ly/fiTuxd5

The new GSB Newsletter is now live! you can access the English version here buff.ly/pWCEwAF Spanish buff.ly/iKIcgda Portuguese buff.ly/QA7hHkT

Yesterday or today is #WorldPangolinDay, generating awareness of the world’s most trafficked mammal. The GSB2025 had recorded only one Pangolin, copyright settings prevent a share

Welcome to the Great Southern Bioblitz 2026: Whittlesea! Although GSB2026 is a way off it's great to see projects up early so interested group know that their area is represented and they can organise events for this year www.greatsouthernbioblitz.org/group/great-...

An emerald-green moth missing for nearly 150 years has been rediscovered in South Africa. Photos posted online confirmed the survival of Drepanogynis insciata, once known only from 1870s specimens — highlighting the power of citizen science platforms like iNaturalist.

Tarantula-hawk Wasps and Allies Tribe Pepsini 📸 © By.Ulises, Elqui, Chile during the #GSB2025 on #iNaturalist www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Meet Scytodes ytu — a spitting spider with just 18 observations on iNaturalist. True to their name, spitting spiders hunt by launching wads of venom-laced silk at their prey. 🕷️ 📷 jeanmartins on iNaturalist 📍 Brazil 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay

Este mangangá (Xylocopa), observado en Artigas por nhim, ¡es nuestra Observación del Mes en NaturalistaUY! Más detalles en www.naturalista.uy/observations... #Hymenoptera #Apidae #polinizadores #abejasnativasuy #carpenterbees #observaciondelmesnaturalistauy

Demos la bienvenida a nuestros amigos de #NaturalistaUY y sigámoslos.

BIODIVERSIDAD DEL SUR DEL ECUADOR 🔎: Cutín Nomo / Pristimantis andinognomus 🏞️: Parque Nacional Podocarpus 📷: Daniel Hualpa Vega - Green Jewel & GIBS Ad Austra #BiodiversidadDelSurDelEcuador #GreenJewel #Chelonia #BiodiversidadEc #Ranas #CienciaCiudadana #Biodiversidad #SomosInaturalistEc

I have seen several Canopus Swallowtail 'Papilio canopus' caterpillars but this is my first Adults I have seen, a nice surprise at Lee point. www.inaturalist.org/observations...

I heard several Lemon-bellied Flyrobins making some noise in a tree, I had a closer look and saw a Tawny Frogmouth 'Podargus strigoides' #BirdsSeenIn2026 in Darwin #Australia www.inaturalist.org/observations... #wildoz #aves

I'm excited to welcome 'Ridgeway Backyard Biodiversity' created by @elusiveorchids to the Pelzer Project, a collection of Backyard Biodiversity Projects across #Australia Read about their efforts here www.inaturalist.org/projects/the...

A study in Nature Ecology & Evolution shows the long-term changes in tree species diversity across tropical forests in the Andes and Amazon. go.nature.com/45FPc1M 🌍 🧪

In @biolinvasions.bsky.social 27(10) "Co-occurrence patterns of introduced terrestrial flatworms in metropolitan France revealed by citizen science" Fourcade,Y., @jean-lou-justine.bsky.social @isyeb.mnhn.fr et al. #Platyhelminthes #Citizen_science #Invasion #Soil_ecosystems 🪱 doi.org/10.1007/s105...

This Psylloid is mid-honeydew excretion! These bugs feed on plants, and species in the family can be found all around the world. 📷 bastian_gargiulo on iNaturalist 📍 Chile 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay

BIODIVERSIDAD DEL SUR DEL ECUADOR 🔎: Polilla del Pasto / Palpita sp. 🏞️: Reserva Madrigal del Podocarpus - Loja 📷: Ángel Mario Hualpa Erazo - Green Jewel & Chelonia #BiodiversidadDelSurDelEcuador #GreenJewel #Chelonia #BiodiversidadEc #iNaturalistEc #Mariposas #CienciaCiudadana #SomosInaturalistEc

look at the herad on this Atta Leaf-cutter Ant 'Atta sexdens' 📸 Giovanna Roque de Castro, Niterói, #Brasil buff.ly/8qbAbDc #Biodiversity

One of the beautiful Beaded Lacewings (Family Berothidae) that we occasionally see at the moth light in our Perth Hills garden. These #lacewings seem to be recorded only infrequently in Western Australia. #ausinverts #wildoz #Neuroptera #inaturalist #nature

Golden Pine Heath 'Erica pinea' in Hawekwas Nature Reserve, recorded by Tony Rebelo in #SouthAfrica. Tony has 400,000 observations on the #inaturalist platform and a great advocate for the platform in southern Africa #citizenscience #Biodiversity

#GSB2025 – by the numbers 🌱🐦🦋 📸 282,261 records 🧬 37,550 unique taxa 👥 9,993 observers Since 2020, observations ~ quadrupled and taxa ~doubled. Growing power of #CitizenScience across the Southern Hemisphere. Thank you to everyone who took part! 🙌 Learn more buff.ly/zUVBk2a #Biodiversity

🌿🦋 Great Southern BioBlitz 2025 – Part 2 is live! Dive into the taxonomic patterns behind the data, from plants and insects to birds and beyond. See how observations were distributed across kingdoms, classes, and orders. buff.ly/Dh56Una #GSB2025

A Slender Skimmer 'Orthetrum sabina' from #CharlesDarwinNationalPark, #Australia last weekend. www.inaturalist.org/observations... #wildoz

🦋 Insects were the undisputed stars of #GSB2025 🐞 Lepidoptera led the way with 20,000+ records & 4,100+ unique taxa! Beetles, flies, bees & bugs all kinds made huge contributions . Citizen science + expert eyes = real biodiversity insight. 📊 Full breakdown + figures here 👉 buff.ly/Dh56Una

Natal Forest Tree Frog 'Leptopelis natalensis' KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, recorded by Sunčana Bradley. buff.ly/r0VsIS6 #GSBiogroup

A Soldier Grasshopper 'Chromacris speciosa' observed in Cachoeira do Sul, Brasil by Lucila Boasso. #GSBiogroup buff.ly/mk0dEZg

Wavy Polyptychus 'Rufoclanis numosae' seen by botswanabugs in Serowe, Botswana buff.ly/3CAswYD #GSBiogroup

the vivid colours of Godart's Numberwing 'Catagramma pygas' from Misiones, #Argentina are amazing observed by trekman buff.ly/GsundCI

White-browed Woodswallow 'Artamus superciliosus' seen in Narrabri, New South Wales, #Australia by @nicklambert #GSBiogroup #inaturalist buff.ly/e2BSRbB

BICHEADA EN LA ARGELIA Lugar: Parque Universitario Francisco Vivar Castro - Ciudad de Loja Fecha: Sábado, 31 de enero del 2026 Hora: 08h00 – 12h00 Inscripciones: docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS... Ven, comparte y aprende junto a grandes expertos en biodiversidad.

🌿🦋 Great Southern BioBlitz 2025 – Part 2 is live! Dive into the taxonomic patterns behind the data, from plants and insects to birds and beyond. See how observations were distributed across kingdoms, classes, and orders. buff.ly/Dh56Una #GSB2025

Entometa fervens - Gum Snout Moth This beautifully marked Gum Snout moth was resting on our moth light tent this morning. These large moths can be seen around many parts of Australia. #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

Springtails are something I really need to take more notice of! It would be amazing to see the giant springtails found in Australia and New Zealand before a warming and drying climate makes that impossible. #ausinverts #wildoz #Springtail #Collembola #Hexapod theconversation.com/meet-the-spr...

BIODIVERSIDAD DEL SUR DEL ECUADOR 🔎: Mariposa Corazón / Parides erithalion 🏞️: Reserva El Edén - Olmedo - Loja 📷: Ángel Mario Hualpa Erazo - Green Jewel & Chelonia #BiodiversidadDelSurDelEcuador #GreenJewel #Chelonia #BiodiversidadEc #iNaturalistEc #Mariposas #CienciaCiudadana #SomosInaturalistEc

A new bug in my traps, looks like 'Stigmatonotum geniculatum' from Howard Springs NT, Thanks for the ID Danilo Lüdke, a second record for Australia on #iNaturalist. www.inaturalist.org/observations...

#GSB2025 – by the numbers 🌱🐦🦋 📸 282,261 records 🧬 37,550 unique taxa 👥 9,993 observers Since 2020, observations ~ quadrupled and taxa ~doubled. Growing power of #CitizenScience across the Southern Hemisphere. Thank you to everyone who took part! 🙌 Learn more buff.ly/zUVBk2a #Biodiversity

BIODIVERSIDAD DEL SUR DEL ECUADOR 🔎: Víbora Loro Mashaco / Bothrops pulcher 🏞️: Reserva Biológica Cerro Plateado 📷: Daniel Hualpa Vega - Green Jewel & GIBS Ad Austra #BiodiversidadDelSurDelEcuador #GreenJewel #Chelonia #BiodiversidadEc #Reptiles #CienciaCiudadana #Biodiversidad #SomosInaturalistEc

An Australian Magpie 'Gymnorhina tibicen' from the Adelaide parklands in #Australia. #BirdsSeenIn2026

Psychopsis mimica An unusual visitor to our Perth Hills garden moth light last night... not a moth but one of the Silky Lacewings. First time seeing one of these beauties! It was quite sizeable, about 2cm in length. #ausinverts #wildoz #Neuroptera #lacewing #insects #inaturalist #nature

Heliotrope Moth 'Utetheisa pulchelloides' from the family home in Adelaide. www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Welcome everyone for our 2nd summary of year for the #BirdsSeenIn2026 challenge! As every Sunday, I gather all the birds shared by you for each countries and make this friendly leaderboard: See you next weekend!

Spirama recessa from East Point on of my first records for the annual 2026 Moth Marathon in Memory of Victor Fazio III www.inaturalist.org/observations... Who was Victor? He was a a prolific user and contributor the the platform, learn more here inaturalist.ala.org.au/journal/theb...

The spectacular 'Tripteroides magnesianus' from Darwin, Australia. An interesting and distinctive mosquito we do not often see.

Velvet worm stare-down. (You're currently face-to-face with the species Peripatoides suteri!) 📷 emily_r on iNaturalist 📍 New Zealand 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay

Usually, this plant (Ourisia ruellioides) has vibrant red flowers — but an iNaturalist community member found and photographed one with a small colony of yellow flowers! 📷 matias58199 on iNaturalist 📍 Chile 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay

BIODIVERSIDAD DEL SUR DEL ECUADOR 🔎: Grillo Blanco / Tribu Phaeopariini 🏞️: Refugio de Vida Silvestre El Zarza 📷: Ángel Mario Hualpa Erazo - Green Jewel & Chelonia #BiodiversidadDelSurDelEcuador #GreenJewel #Chelonia #BiodiversidadEc #iNaturalistEc #GIBS #CienciaCiudadana #SomosInaturalistEc

Also from Mark and Angela McCaffrey for #BirdsSeenIn2026 @tonyrinaud.bsky.social a South Island Pied Oystercatcher Manning Point, NSW

Trafficking ant species, what could possibly go wrong...