Pensoft
@pensoft.net
Open-acces scholarly publisher known for its data & semantics publishing innovations & tools.
Developer of the ARPHA publishing platform.
Consortium member at multiple Horizon Europe-funded projects.
Website: https://pensoft.net
Developer of the ARPHA publishing platform.
Consortium member at multiple Horizon Europe-funded projects.
Website: https://pensoft.net
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A love letter to #spiders and everything they do for us, referencing a 2023 ZooKeys study by @mhedin.bsky.social and @forthespiders.bsky.social where they described 10 new cave spider species!
eu.knoxnews.com/story/life/2...
eu.knoxnews.com/story/life/2...
Wait, don’t kill that spider! They protect us from disease
When you see a spider in your house, stop and think before you kill it. Spiders do more good for humans than harm.
eu.knoxnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A love letter to #spiders and everything they do for us, referencing a 2023 ZooKeys study by @mhedin.bsky.social and @forthespiders.bsky.social where they described 10 new cave spider species!
eu.knoxnews.com/story/life/2...
eu.knoxnews.com/story/life/2...
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We were very saddened to find out about Don Lafontaine's passing.
He had a stellar career in lepidopterology and was deeply involved in our journal's development as editor and author.
He will be missed.
zookeys.pensoft.net/news/1031
He had a stellar career in lepidopterology and was deeply involved in our journal's development as editor and author.
He will be missed.
zookeys.pensoft.net/news/1031
Canadian lepidopterologist J Donald Lafontaine passed away
Renowned Canadian lepidopterologist J Donald Lafontaine passed away on 20 November 2025.After decades of collaboration with the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes in Ott...
zookeys.pensoft.net
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
We were very saddened to find out about Don Lafontaine's passing.
He had a stellar career in lepidopterology and was deeply involved in our journal's development as editor and author.
He will be missed.
zookeys.pensoft.net/news/1031
He had a stellar career in lepidopterology and was deeply involved in our journal's development as editor and author.
He will be missed.
zookeys.pensoft.net/news/1031
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🐝 Rounding off our #VALORwps series with Work Package 7: Co-developed tools for expanded engagement and interaction. This WP is led by @pensoft.net and undertakes five objectives.
➡️ Find out more about WP7 from our post and check out all WPs on our website: valor-project.eu/work-packages
➡️ Find out more about WP7 from our post and check out all WPs on our website: valor-project.eu/work-packages
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
🐝 Rounding off our #VALORwps series with Work Package 7: Co-developed tools for expanded engagement and interaction. This WP is led by @pensoft.net and undertakes five objectives.
➡️ Find out more about WP7 from our post and check out all WPs on our website: valor-project.eu/work-packages
➡️ Find out more about WP7 from our post and check out all WPs on our website: valor-project.eu/work-packages
📸 Last week, we joined @forestpaths.eu's 3rd Policy Lab, where the consortium teamed up with stakeholders to chart new pathways for #ClimateChange mitigation, while conserving European #forests and the services they provide.
👉 More about @forestpaths.eu on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2023/02/27/t...
👉 More about @forestpaths.eu on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2023/02/27/t...
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
📸 Last week, we joined @forestpaths.eu's 3rd Policy Lab, where the consortium teamed up with stakeholders to chart new pathways for #ClimateChange mitigation, while conserving European #forests and the services they provide.
👉 More about @forestpaths.eu on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2023/02/27/t...
👉 More about @forestpaths.eu on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2023/02/27/t...
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🏵️ This week’s #SafeguardResearch examines the distribution, impacts, and traits of the invasive ornamental Gaillardia aristata (great blanketflower).
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.83.97325
@pensoft.net @neobiota.pensoft.net
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.83.97325
@pensoft.net @neobiota.pensoft.net
November 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🏵️ This week’s #SafeguardResearch examines the distribution, impacts, and traits of the invasive ornamental Gaillardia aristata (great blanketflower).
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.83.97325
@pensoft.net @neobiota.pensoft.net
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.83.97325
@pensoft.net @neobiota.pensoft.net
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A newly discovered Colombian orchid faces 'foretold' extinction, despite being assessed as “Least Concern” according to the IUCN Red List.
Learn about the remarkable species and its Márquez-inspired name on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/19/n...
@wcs.org @rdpalacio.bsky.social
Learn about the remarkable species and its Márquez-inspired name on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/19/n...
@wcs.org @rdpalacio.bsky.social
Newly discovered orchid faces ‘foretold’ extinction
Inspired by its seemingly doomed fate, the Colombian species was named after the protagonist of Gabriel García Márquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold.
blog.pensoft.net
November 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A newly discovered Colombian orchid faces 'foretold' extinction, despite being assessed as “Least Concern” according to the IUCN Red List.
Learn about the remarkable species and its Márquez-inspired name on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/19/n...
@wcs.org @rdpalacio.bsky.social
Learn about the remarkable species and its Márquez-inspired name on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/19/n...
@wcs.org @rdpalacio.bsky.social
🤗 We were there at the #LivingData2025 conference too! 👉Find our highlights on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/10/28/t...
@tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org
@tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🤗 We were there at the #LivingData2025 conference too! 👉Find our highlights on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/10/28/t...
@tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org
@tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org
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🌊 The @biopole.bsky.social project (2022-2027) brings together #fieldwork & innovative #modelling to determine how polar #ecosystems regulate the balance of #carbon & nutrients in the world’s oceans; and their effect on global fish stocks & carbon storage.
📄Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio....
📄Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio....
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🌊 The @biopole.bsky.social project (2022-2027) brings together #fieldwork & innovative #modelling to determine how polar #ecosystems regulate the balance of #carbon & nutrients in the world’s oceans; and their effect on global fish stocks & carbon storage.
📄Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio....
📄Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio....
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🤔 How could #research #infrastructures be designed to embed #open #principles throughout their development & operation?
📃 A US team propose an open-by-design reference framework & guidance as prerequisites for a thriving #research and knowledge ecosystem.
🔓 Research paper: doi.org/10.3897/rio....
📃 A US team propose an open-by-design reference framework & guidance as prerequisites for a thriving #research and knowledge ecosystem.
🔓 Research paper: doi.org/10.3897/rio....
November 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🤔 How could #research #infrastructures be designed to embed #open #principles throughout their development & operation?
📃 A US team propose an open-by-design reference framework & guidance as prerequisites for a thriving #research and knowledge ecosystem.
🔓 Research paper: doi.org/10.3897/rio....
📃 A US team propose an open-by-design reference framework & guidance as prerequisites for a thriving #research and knowledge ecosystem.
🔓 Research paper: doi.org/10.3897/rio....
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In September, the ScienceRadar newsletter highlighted WildPosh’s latest innovations in insect sampling.
ScienceRadar, by @pensoft.net, celebrates groundbreaking research, science news, and tips for communicating complex ideas.
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ScienceRadar, by @pensoft.net, celebrates groundbreaking research, science news, and tips for communicating complex ideas.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:17 AM
In September, the ScienceRadar newsletter highlighted WildPosh’s latest innovations in insect sampling.
ScienceRadar, by @pensoft.net, celebrates groundbreaking research, science news, and tips for communicating complex ideas.
🔔 Subscribe to ScienceRadar: dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/103938...
ScienceRadar, by @pensoft.net, celebrates groundbreaking research, science news, and tips for communicating complex ideas.
🔔 Subscribe to ScienceRadar: dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/103938...
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The Crete Declaration outlines a clear vision for implementing One Health across Еurope with concrete commitments to drive innovation, generate evidence, and support effective policy-making.
🔎 bmd-project.eu/news/crete-d...
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social @naturalis.bsky.social
@sib.swiss @pensoft.net
🔎 bmd-project.eu/news/crete-d...
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social @naturalis.bsky.social
@sib.swiss @pensoft.net
November 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The Crete Declaration outlines a clear vision for implementing One Health across Еurope with concrete commitments to drive innovation, generate evidence, and support effective policy-making.
🔎 bmd-project.eu/news/crete-d...
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social @naturalis.bsky.social
@sib.swiss @pensoft.net
🔎 bmd-project.eu/news/crete-d...
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social @naturalis.bsky.social
@sib.swiss @pensoft.net
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Dr. Igor Ljubenkov served as EMT ambassador at MedGU-25 in Athens, helping expand the journal’s visibility.
emt.pensoft.net/news/1030
emt.pensoft.net/news/1030
Dr. Igor Ljubenkov Serves as Ambassador for Estuarine Management and Technologies at MedGU-25 Conference
Dr. Igor Ljubenkov, a valued Editorial Board Member of the Estuarine Management and Technologies (EMT) journal, proudly served as an official ambassador at the prestigious MedGU-25 Conference (10&ndas...
emt.pensoft.net
November 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Dr. Igor Ljubenkov served as EMT ambassador at MedGU-25 in Athens, helping expand the journal’s visibility.
emt.pensoft.net/news/1030
emt.pensoft.net/news/1030
📸 Last week's #BioAgora2025 annual meeting in Brussels!
🤝For 3 years now, we've been honoured to be part of the @bioagora.eu consortium as experts in #ScienceCommunication & dissemination & contributors to nature-friendly policies across the EU!
ℹ️More on our blog:
blog.pensoft.net/2023/05/19/p...
🤝For 3 years now, we've been honoured to be part of the @bioagora.eu consortium as experts in #ScienceCommunication & dissemination & contributors to nature-friendly policies across the EU!
ℹ️More on our blog:
blog.pensoft.net/2023/05/19/p...
November 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
📸 Last week's #BioAgora2025 annual meeting in Brussels!
🤝For 3 years now, we've been honoured to be part of the @bioagora.eu consortium as experts in #ScienceCommunication & dissemination & contributors to nature-friendly policies across the EU!
ℹ️More on our blog:
blog.pensoft.net/2023/05/19/p...
🤝For 3 years now, we've been honoured to be part of the @bioagora.eu consortium as experts in #ScienceCommunication & dissemination & contributors to nature-friendly policies across the EU!
ℹ️More on our blog:
blog.pensoft.net/2023/05/19/p...
Three newly discovered toad species skip the tadpole phase entirely and give birth to live toadlets! 🐸
Learn more about these rare amphibians on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/17/t...
Learn more about these rare amphibians on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/17/t...
Three new toad species skip the tadpole phase and give birth to live toadlets
Researchers have identified three new species of tree-dwelling toads from Africa, all of which skip the tadpole phase and give birth to live toadlets.
blog.pensoft.net
November 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Three newly discovered toad species skip the tadpole phase entirely and give birth to live toadlets! 🐸
Learn more about these rare amphibians on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/17/t...
Learn more about these rare amphibians on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/17/t...
🎉 BROKEN RECORD!
🕸️ The recent discovery of a 100,000- #spider “megacity” on the border between Greece and Albania, published in our #openaccess, peer-reviewed journal @subtbiol.pensoft.net, became the most popular article across our entire #scientific portfolio, outperforming ~27,000 articles! 👏
🕸️ The recent discovery of a 100,000- #spider “megacity” on the border between Greece and Albania, published in our #openaccess, peer-reviewed journal @subtbiol.pensoft.net, became the most popular article across our entire #scientific portfolio, outperforming ~27,000 articles! 👏
Record-breaking success: Study on spider megacolony is the most popular article published by Pensoft
In less than a month, a paper in Subterranean Biology surpassed nearly 27,000 Pensoft studies in popularity.
blog.pensoft.net
November 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🎉 BROKEN RECORD!
🕸️ The recent discovery of a 100,000- #spider “megacity” on the border between Greece and Albania, published in our #openaccess, peer-reviewed journal @subtbiol.pensoft.net, became the most popular article across our entire #scientific portfolio, outperforming ~27,000 articles! 👏
🕸️ The recent discovery of a 100,000- #spider “megacity” on the border between Greece and Albania, published in our #openaccess, peer-reviewed journal @subtbiol.pensoft.net, became the most popular article across our entire #scientific portfolio, outperforming ~27,000 articles! 👏
Happy to see our stickers traveling the world! Here they are pictured in Brussels at #BioAgora2025, with Francesca Magnolo of INBO, one of the partners in @bioagora.eu, proudly showing off her collection!
As always, shoutout to @illustrixxxy.bsky.social for these amazing illustrations!
As always, shoutout to @illustrixxxy.bsky.social for these amazing illustrations!
November 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Happy to see our stickers traveling the world! Here they are pictured in Brussels at #BioAgora2025, with Francesca Magnolo of INBO, one of the partners in @bioagora.eu, proudly showing off her collection!
As always, shoutout to @illustrixxxy.bsky.social for these amazing illustrations!
As always, shoutout to @illustrixxxy.bsky.social for these amazing illustrations!
📢 Applications for the annual award: #SpongeBooster of 2026 are NOW OPEN
🏆 Our partners at @spongeboost.eu are looking to recognise an individual or a project for their commitment to restoring #sponge #landscapes.
‼️Deadline: 30 November 2025
🏆 Our partners at @spongeboost.eu are looking to recognise an individual or a project for their commitment to restoring #sponge #landscapes.
‼️Deadline: 30 November 2025
Become our next SpongeBooster of the year! 🏆 What's in it for you?
💬 Online workshop with experts
📸 A field visit to your project site & on-site footage
🤝 Support in networking with local stakeholders
🌍 Visibility across our network
👉 Apply until 30 November: events.pensoft.net/events/spong...
💬 Online workshop with experts
📸 A field visit to your project site & on-site footage
🤝 Support in networking with local stakeholders
🌍 Visibility across our network
👉 Apply until 30 November: events.pensoft.net/events/spong...
November 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
📢 Applications for the annual award: #SpongeBooster of 2026 are NOW OPEN
🏆 Our partners at @spongeboost.eu are looking to recognise an individual or a project for their commitment to restoring #sponge #landscapes.
‼️Deadline: 30 November 2025
🏆 Our partners at @spongeboost.eu are looking to recognise an individual or a project for their commitment to restoring #sponge #landscapes.
‼️Deadline: 30 November 2025
🆕 Fresh off the Press: the 2nd fascicle treating New World apameine #fauna!
🔓 Published as an Advanced Book on our #openaccess platform: doi.org/10.3897/ab.e..., the monograph presents complete revisions of genera, 77 #species treatments, 11 #newspecies, numerous new life histories & more!
🔓 Published as an Advanced Book on our #openaccess platform: doi.org/10.3897/ab.e..., the monograph presents complete revisions of genera, 77 #species treatments, 11 #newspecies, numerous new life histories & more!
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
🆕 Fresh off the Press: the 2nd fascicle treating New World apameine #fauna!
🔓 Published as an Advanced Book on our #openaccess platform: doi.org/10.3897/ab.e..., the monograph presents complete revisions of genera, 77 #species treatments, 11 #newspecies, numerous new life histories & more!
🔓 Published as an Advanced Book on our #openaccess platform: doi.org/10.3897/ab.e..., the monograph presents complete revisions of genera, 77 #species treatments, 11 #newspecies, numerous new life histories & more!
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Thought to be possibly extinct, the beautiful killifish 𝑀𝑜𝑒𝑚𝑎 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑒 has been rediscovered in Bolivia, providing a second chance for conservation.
Read more on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/14/a...
Read more on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/14/a...
A second chance for conservation: lost fish species rediscovered in Bolivia
Researchers have announced the rediscovery of Moema claudiae, a fish species in Bolivia that was previously thought to be possibly extinct.
blog.pensoft.net
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Thought to be possibly extinct, the beautiful killifish 𝑀𝑜𝑒𝑚𝑎 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑒 has been rediscovered in Bolivia, providing a second chance for conservation.
Read more on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/14/a...
Read more on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/14/a...
🌏 A field survey of the #pollinators of a rare Australian wildflower led Kit S. Prendergast to describe the 🐝 Megachile lucifer #bee in hope to bring new light to the #conservation of native #bees and their native #habitats.
🗞️ News via @washingtonpost.com.
🔓 Research paper from @jhr.pensoft.net
🗞️ News via @washingtonpost.com.
🔓 Research paper from @jhr.pensoft.net
Scientists discovered a bee with devil horns. Meet ‘Lucifer.’
Only female bees from the new species have the distinctive horns, scientists said, after it was discovered in a remote part of Western Australia.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🌏 A field survey of the #pollinators of a rare Australian wildflower led Kit S. Prendergast to describe the 🐝 Megachile lucifer #bee in hope to bring new light to the #conservation of native #bees and their native #habitats.
🗞️ News via @washingtonpost.com.
🔓 Research paper from @jhr.pensoft.net
🗞️ News via @washingtonpost.com.
🔓 Research paper from @jhr.pensoft.net
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BioAgora, together with sister projects @coop4cbd.eu & RESPIN, will co-organise a side event at #COP30 in Belém, Brazil 🇧🇷.
📅 Science-Policy for Biodiversity & Climate: Experiences from Europe, Latin America & Africa
📍 Blue Zone
🕓 16:45-18:15 (local time)
Read more 👉 bioagora.eu/news/bioagor...
📅 Science-Policy for Biodiversity & Climate: Experiences from Europe, Latin America & Africa
📍 Blue Zone
🕓 16:45-18:15 (local time)
Read more 👉 bioagora.eu/news/bioagor...
November 13, 2025 at 5:18 AM
BioAgora, together with sister projects @coop4cbd.eu & RESPIN, will co-organise a side event at #COP30 in Belém, Brazil 🇧🇷.
📅 Science-Policy for Biodiversity & Climate: Experiences from Europe, Latin America & Africa
📍 Blue Zone
🕓 16:45-18:15 (local time)
Read more 👉 bioagora.eu/news/bioagor...
📅 Science-Policy for Biodiversity & Climate: Experiences from Europe, Latin America & Africa
📍 Blue Zone
🕓 16:45-18:15 (local time)
Read more 👉 bioagora.eu/news/bioagor...
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Mehr öffentliche wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen sollten sich dafür entscheiden diamond open-acess zu publizieren.
Forschungsergebnisse, die mit öffentlichen Geldern generiert werden, sollten auch öffentlich zur Verfügung stehen.
#openacess #science2people
Forschungsergebnisse, die mit öffentlichen Geldern generiert werden, sollten auch öffentlich zur Verfügung stehen.
#openacess #science2people
We are thrilled to be co-publishing the diamond open-access 𝐴𝑛𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑢𝑚 𝑉𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑎 with @nhmwien.bsky.social!
blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/12/a...
blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/12/a...
Annals of the Natural History Museum Vienna begins publishing with Pensoft
The Annals of the Natural History Museum Vienna has launched its first issue since movinng to the ARPHA publishing platform and co-publishing with Pensoft.
blog.pensoft.net
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Mehr öffentliche wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen sollten sich dafür entscheiden diamond open-acess zu publizieren.
Forschungsergebnisse, die mit öffentlichen Geldern generiert werden, sollten auch öffentlich zur Verfügung stehen.
#openacess #science2people
Forschungsergebnisse, die mit öffentlichen Geldern generiert werden, sollten auch öffentlich zur Verfügung stehen.
#openacess #science2people
We met with John Stireman, reviewer at @bdj.pensoft.net and @zookeys.pensoft.net at #EntSoc25!
November 13, 2025 at 10:53 AM
We met with John Stireman, reviewer at @bdj.pensoft.net and @zookeys.pensoft.net at #EntSoc25!
At the #BioAgora2025 this week, highlighting our involvement in @bioagora.eu and showcasing journals like @riojournal.com, @oneecosystem.pensoft.net, and @bdj.pensoft.net!
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
At the #BioAgora2025 this week, highlighting our involvement in @bioagora.eu and showcasing journals like @riojournal.com, @oneecosystem.pensoft.net, and @bdj.pensoft.net!
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👀 FORSAID materials were #spotted at #EntSoc25, the annual conference of @entsocamerica.bsky.social!
⭐ Our partners from @pensoft.net shared the project's objectives and target innovations in forest pest management at their own booth on the event's exhibition floor.
#Pests #PlantHealth #Forests
⭐ Our partners from @pensoft.net shared the project's objectives and target innovations in forest pest management at their own booth on the event's exhibition floor.
#Pests #PlantHealth #Forests
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
👀 FORSAID materials were #spotted at #EntSoc25, the annual conference of @entsocamerica.bsky.social!
⭐ Our partners from @pensoft.net shared the project's objectives and target innovations in forest pest management at their own booth on the event's exhibition floor.
#Pests #PlantHealth #Forests
⭐ Our partners from @pensoft.net shared the project's objectives and target innovations in forest pest management at their own booth on the event's exhibition floor.
#Pests #PlantHealth #Forests