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Biodiversity awareness through citizen science October 24th-27th 2025 on iNaturalist @AGrandeBioblitz (Portuguese & Spanish) #GSBioblitz https://linktr.ee/gsbioblitz
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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · Dec 7

Join the Great Southern BioBlitz: October 24th-27th!
The Great Southern BioBlitz (GSB) is back this spring, running from October 24th to 27th, and we’re thrilled to invite you to participate in this incredible event that spans the Southern Hemisphere!
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Join Us for the Great Southern BioBlitz: October 24th-27th! 🌍✨
The Great Southern BioBlitz (GSB) is back this spring, running from October 24th to 27th, and we’re thrilled to invite you to participate in
www.greatsouthernbioblitz.org
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Glen Ryan @silverdory.bsky.social · 11h
Waxlip orchids (Glossodia/Caladenia major*) near the Wonboyn River, NSW. Fairly common orchid at this location - sometimes growing alongside the closely related Glossodia minor (Caladenia glossodia*).

*Some recent reviews of the genus return the 2 x Glossodia species back into Caladenia #orchids
Waxlip orchids (Glossodia / Caladenia major) near the Wonboyn River, NSW - spring orchids 2025. Waxlip orchids (Glossodia / Caladenia major) near the Wonboyn River, NSW - spring orchids 2025. Waxlip orchids (Glossodia / Caladenia major) near the Wonboyn River, NSW - spring orchids 2025.
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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · 1d
🌍 Zambia joins the Great Southern BioBlitz 2025 on iNaturalist ! 🐾

Take part 24–27 Oct 2025 by photographing plants, animals, or fungi in #Zambia and upload before 10 Nov 👉 buff.ly/vixC7uv

Can’t join outdoors? Help by identifying observations online!

📸 Reichard's Checkered Sengi © kylafick
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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · 1d
🌿 GSB2024 – eThekwini 🌍

a flashback of the kwaCele community exploring grassland patches on the slopes of Nwabi Mountain to hundreds of local nature lovers, #eThekwini continues to shine!

In the #GSB2024 , the region recorded:
📸 3,689 records
🌱 1,260 species
🔍 344 identifiers
👥 82 observers
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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · 1d
For the third time, #WildlifeDirect will host the #GSB2025 at the Field Lab!
Join this 3-day adventure of fun and nature discovery.
🏕️ Camping available at an affordable rate — limited spots, so sign up now!
👉 forms.gle/SdnMzRBwwNUo...
#BioBlitz2025 #biodiversity #ConservationInAction #inaturalist
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Luis Moliner Cachazo @lmolinc.bsky.social · 1d
You won't see a map like this very often on iNaturalist! the only record of 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘢 𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘢 (with its characteristic moustache) in the whole of the UK! non-biting midges (Chironomidae) are extremely underrecorded at species level! #taxonomy #chironomidae #biodiversity
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 1d
All but four of New Zealand’s 120 lizard species are threatened or at risk. But little consideration is given to lizards during most land development projects.
NZ’s native lizards are at risk from land development – future policy must ensure better protection
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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · 2d
🦋 Antiblemma calais

📸 Maria Isabel Weyermanns, 21 Sept 2024, this marked only the 2nd record for southern #Brazil- and one of just three records nationwide listed on GBIF! A remarkable find highlighting the power of #citizenscience in uncovering regional biodiversity. 🌿

#GSB2024 #Biodiversity
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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · 2d
🦋 #BogongMoth — Agrotis infusa 🌌

Observed by Matt Campbell in Jeeralang Junction, Victoria, during the #GSB2024 this remarkable migrator travels to the Australian Alps each summer to escape the heat, now Endangered due to drought and climate change. 🌿

#GSB2025 #CitizenScience #Biodiversity
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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · 2d
Yes, looks like Perth is spoilt for choice!
So many amazing opportunities to get out and explore nature and so some #citizenscience
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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · 3d
Day 2 of GSB20222 in #Kenya involved a herpetological adventure!

What will the #GSB2025 bring ?
#citizenscience
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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · 3d
🌏 #GSB2025 is almost here (24–27 Oct)!
Looking for something to do? Explore nature near you and see what’s happening across the Southern Hemisphere. 🌿🐞🐦

🗺️ Check out the GSB events map:
www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
#BioBlitz #CitizenScience #Biodiversity #iNaturalist
GSB Events in 2025 - Google My Maps
Locations of local events during the GSB 2025
www.google.com
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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · 4d
🌿 #Abyssinian Banana — Ensete ventricosum 🍌

A rare find! This marks the first and only sighting of the species during the Great Southern BioBlitz 2023, and just the 13th record in #Kenya. An impressive contribution to documenting Africa’s rich plant diversity! 🌍

#GSB2025 #Biodiversity
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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · 4d
🌍 African Baobab — Adansonia digitata, from Zambezi, Namibia, one of Africa’s most iconic trees.🌳

📸 Tristan Kolling, known as the “upside-down tree”, it can live for over a thousand years, its trunk stores water, providing food, shelter, and medicine to countless species including people.
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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · 4d
🌿 Gert Sibande District, Mpumalanga, joins the #GSB2025! 🌎
www.inaturalist.org/projects/gre...
📅 24–27 Oct 2025
📸 Snap & upload local plants, animals & fungi to @inaturalist.bsky.social
🔍 Help ID until 10 Nov!

👉 greatsouthernbioblitz.org

#CitizenScience #SouthAfrica
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Aussie Moths @wa-moths.bsky.social · 4d
A cold night (4°C) after a cool, grey day meant not many moths last night (just 6/6).

We did get another beautiful male Orgyia athlophora visiting though. The female of this species is flightless. A species only found in the southwest of WA
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #lepidoptera #inaturalist
Top view of a moth with forewings that have a complex pattern of dark brown, pale brown and white wavy lines. There are two pale patches on the bottom of each forewing. The antennae are large and feathery Side view of a moth with forewings that have a complex pattern of dark brown, pale brown and white wavy lines. There are two pale patches on the bottom of each forewing. The antennae are large and feathery. The front legs are stretched out
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VicBioCon @vicbiocon.bsky.social · 4d
VicBioCon is doing the Great Southern Bioblitz from 10am-2pm at Royal Park on Oct 26th! Join us at Ross Straw Field for an iNat training session, then explore Trin Warren Tam-boore wetland! Bring lunch & your friends, and join our project! @gsbioblitz.bsky.social
www.inaturalist.org/projects/vic...
A graphic with curved text that says "Join VicBioCon for the Great Southern Bioblitz" using the GSB logo of "Great Southern Bioblitz" over the bottom half of a globe map. Underneath this is curved text of the date and location, followed by stright text with the information listed in the post caption. The graphic is green with leafy corners, a cartoon blue banded bee in the top right and a cartoon female wren in the bottom left.
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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · 4d
🛡️✨ Metallic Shield Bug — Scutiphora pedicellata 🌿

Captured by Nick Lambert in Moonbi, NSW, this dazzling jewel bug is the only species in its genus, found along Australia’s eastern coast. Its metallic colours and shield-like form make it a true gem of Aussie insect life. 🪲

#GSB2025 #JewelBug
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green-jewel.bsky.social @green-jewel.bsky.social · 8d
BIODIVERSIDAD DEL SUR DEL ECUADOR

🔎: Cutín de lomo manchado / Pristimantis balionotus
🏞️: Reserva Madrigal del Podocarpus - Loja
📷: Santiago Hualpa Vega - Green Jewel & GIBS Ad Austra

#BiodiversidadDelSurDelEcuador #GreenJewel #Chelonia #BiodiversidadEc #GIBS #CienciaCiudadana #SomosInaturalistEc
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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · 5d
Really delighted to announce Tarkind art project (www.tarkind.org) in #Tasmania is collaborating with Great Southern Bioblitz : #citizenscience, #communityart, plantings and fun!
learn more 👇👇
magicalfarm.org/magical-musi...
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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · 5d
World Teachers’ Day is held annually on 5 October to celebrate all teachers around the globe.

#WorldTeachersDay
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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · 6d
It is also good to record what is attracted to your yard by joining the #AussieBirdCount this and the #GSB2025 of course 😉later this month.
Also recording birds and wider biodiversity throughout the year via apps like @inaturalist.bsky.social
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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · 6d
🌏 Great Southern BioBlitz 2025 🐞📸

Get ready to explore nature during the #GSB2025 (24–27 Oct) Join communities across the Southern Hemisphere recording #biodiversity on #iNaturalist. 🌿

How to take part? 👇 www.inaturalist.org/journal/gsba...

#CitizenScience
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025 – Global Tips & Tricks 🌍📸🐞
With only a short time until the Great Southern Bioblitz (24–27 October 2025), it’s time to get ready! Across the Southern Hemisphere, communities will be joining forces to document biodiversity and s...
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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · 7d
🦜 20 Days to #GSB2025!
The excitement is building — 20 days until we start recording nature across the Southern Hemisphere!
🐾 Every photo and sound recording you upload to iNaturalist helps us learn more about local species.
🎯 Let’s make this the biggest bioblitz yet!
#Biodiversity #CitizenScience
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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · 7d
🌿Just 20 days to go until the #GSB2025!

📸 Grab your camera or phone, head outdoors, and help record the amazing biodiversity around you. Every observation counts toward building a better picture of nature across the Southern Hemisphere.

🌍 Tell your buds and make this the biggest BioBlitz yet!
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Siobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · 8d
Have just read this impressive paper on the impact of #iNaturalist on biodiversity research. It makes fascinating reading. H/t to @rdmpage.bsky.social for sharing. academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biaf104/8185761 #HighlyRecommended
iNaturalist accelerates biodiversity research
Abstract. Participatory citizen science is expanding, with iNaturalist emerging as one of the most widely used platforms globally. However, its application
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