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Vijay Barve

@vijaybarve.bsky.social

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Vijay Barve @vijaybarve.bsky.social · Aug 1

Northern Cardinals in #Gainesville, #Florida today.

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · Aug 1

Pesticide residues found in butterflies during the 2024 western Monarch population crash.

Monarch butterflies’ mass die off in 2024 caused by pesticide exposure – study

New peer-reviewed research found an average of seven pesticides in each of 10 butterflies tested

www.theguardian.com

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Vijay Barve @vijaybarve.bsky.social · Jul 31

The Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) is a common resident throughout the Eastern United States and one of the most frequent encounters here in #Gainesville, #Florida. myencounterswithnature.blogspot.com/2025/07/caro...

Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)

The Carolina Wren ( Thryothorus ludovicianus ) is a common resident throughout the Eastern United States and one of the most frequent encou...

myencounterswithnature.blogspot.com

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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County @nhm.org · Mar 22

🍌 These slugs are a pretty big deal (literally and figuratively)! Just in time for Snail Search 2025, California finally has a state slug: 𝘼𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙭, a.k.a. the banana slug. bit.ly/CAStateSlug

Banana slugs are also romantics at heart. Slugs are hermaphrodites, and they reproduce by exchanging sperm with their mate, but banana slugs sometimes spend hours in foreplay before doing the deed. Sometimes, their penises get caught, and they have to use their radula to chew themselves out of the embrace. By Andy Goryachev/Wikipedia.

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Shawan Chowdhury @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social · Feb 17

Please share. We are #hiring #PhD students to work on #citizen #science, #insect #migration, or #insect #conservation. If interested, please email me. You can find more about our research interests and contact information here. shawanchowdhury.com.

Shawan Chowdhury Lab

School of Biological Sciences, Monash University

shawanchowdhury.com

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GBIF @gbif.org · Feb 11

⏰ There's still time to register for our upcoming #DataUseClub practical session - Data standards & processing!

📍 Wed 12 Feb 2025 15:00-16:30 CET (this event will be recorded).

🔗 gbif.link/datauseclu...

#Biodiversity #Data #FreeEvent

drawing of a stingray with the text data use club overlaid

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Butterfly Conservation Europe @europebutterfly.bsky.social · Feb 11

Do you think butterflies are beautiful? You can help researchers at the University of Florence understand why by taking this online quiz. It only takes a few minutes. Thanks in advance www.unveiling.eu/en_US/

Unveiling - Home

www.unveiling.eu

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Priyantha Wijesinghe @elaphrornis.bsky.social · Feb 4

I think this is the first ever iNaturalist based bioblitz to be held in Sri Lanka. Diyasaru Park is on the east side of Diyawanna Lake. As a child I knew the area on the opposite side that was converted into the Beddagana Wetland Park.
www.inaturalist.org/projects/cit...

CitiSci Sri Lanka: BioBlitz

CitiSci Sri Lanka – BioBlitz 2025 📅 Date: 4th February 2025 ⏰ BioBlitz Time: 10:00 - 12.00 📍 Location: Diyasaru Park, Thalawathugoda As part of the "CitiSci Sri Lanka" initiative, the Young ...

www.inaturalist.org

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GBIF @gbif.org · Jan 23

Registrations are open for our next Data Use Club practical session - Data standards & processing!

📍 Wed 12 Feb 2025 15:00-16:30 CET. This event will be recorded.

🔗 gbif.link/datauseclu...

#DataUseClub #GBIF #Biodiversity #Data #FreeEvent

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · Jan 22

Hearing from @er1ngrady.bsky.social, science grad student as part of @inaturalist.bsky.social event today.
We will hear from @vijaybarve.bsky.social + Jeremy Yoder. (archive will be on youtube here )
Phenology is the timing of #seasonal changes in plants and animals
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZGp...

Phenology in Focus: Exploring Plant Cycles with iNaturalist (Webinar)

YouTube video by iNaturalist

www.youtube.com

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Jeremy BOO! Yoder 🎃💀🕷️ @jbyoder.org · Jan 14

Register for this @inaturalist.bsky.social webinar next Wednesday to learn about annotating phenophase— buds, flowers, or fruits on a plant you're observing with the app— and how researchers use that data, with examples from @vijaybarve.bsky.social and me!

us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: iNaturalist Webinar Registration. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Did you know that every plant observation on iNaturalist helps us understand the timing of seasonal cycles? Join us to learn more about plant phenology and easy ways to get involved! Phenology is the...

us06web.zoom.us

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diginverts.bsky.social @diginverts.bsky.social · Jan 11

Sea stars are excellent at regenerating. Most can grow back a lost arm, & some species can grow an entire body back from a severed arm! ⭐️ But even these stars of regrowth make mistakes. Regeneration errors cause some individuals to have 1 too many or 1 too few arms.
@myfwc.bsky.social

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diginverts.bsky.social @diginverts.bsky.social · Jan 11

Publication!🚨@zookeys.pensoft.net published an 167-page guide to marine isopods in the Southern CA Bight. This paper covers 190 species of isopods & is an organized biodiversity resource that will allow for scientists to better monitor the SCB. @nhmla.bsky.social zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1003...

Review and guide to the isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda) of littoral and sublittoral marine habitats in the Southern California Bight

The isopod crustaceans reported from or expected to occur in littoral and sublittoral marine habitats of the Southern California Bight (SCB) in the northeastern Pacific Ocean are reviewed. A total of ...

zookeys.pensoft.net

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Vijay Barve @vijaybarve.bsky.social · Jan 11

That is a beautiful collection. 😍

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Andrew Warren @andybugguy.bsky.social · Jan 10

To avoid males as much as possible, female Rocky Mountain Parnassians don’t fly much. Instead, they spend most of their time running around on the ground!

Douglas County, Colorado, USA

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GBIF @gbif.org · Jan 10

Going to other clubs: 😵😒🍹
Going to GBIF clubs: 😎💚🧬#DataUseClub

Registrations are open for our next Data Use Club practical session - Data standards & processing!

📍 Wed 12 Feb 2025 15:00-16:30 CET. This event will be recorded.

🔗 gbif.link/datauseclu...

#FreeEvent #Webinar #Biodiversity

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GBIF @gbif.org · Dec 20

🔎🌱 Are you a #biodiversity data holder located in Asia?

The GBIF Asia Regional Support Team is hosting a virtual #DataMobilization workshop in February 2025 📍 to support capacity needs and to promote data publication across the #Asia region!

Registrations are open!

🔗gbif.link/2025-asia-...

green graphic with biological drawings that reads 2025 virtual biodiversity data mobilization workshop in asia

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GBIF @gbif.org · Dec 16

News flash! ⚡ Four new projects have been selected to receive funding under the GBIF 2024 Capacity and Enhancement Support Programme (CESP)!

🐍 Sssssee more here: 🔗https://gbif.link/2024-cesp

#Biodiversity #DataMobilization #NewsItem #GBIF

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Rod Page @rdmpage.bsky.social · Dec 13

Interesting use of eDNA to monitor marine biodiversity #citizenscience dashboard.ednaexpeditions.org

eDNA Expeditions dashboard

dashboard.ednaexpeditions.org

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diginverts.bsky.social @diginverts.bsky.social · Dec 13

Check out the mantis shrimp🦐✨ It's actually not a shrimp, but a stomatopod with impressive raptorial claws that deliver punches at speeds of 10 m/s — one of the fastest movements in the animal kingdom. This strike is so fast, it can even boil water! #FunFactFriday

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GBIF @gbif.org · Dec 13

👩‍💻📊 Join us for #12DaysOfData as we re-cap stats highlights from the year!

Starting off with the total amount of occurrence records accessible through GBIF (to date)! 2024 was an exciting year as we ticked over 3 billion records! 🤯

🔗: gbif.org

12 days of data

3,031,388,992

Three billion, thirty-one million, three hundred eighty-eight thousand, nine hundred ninety-two occurrence records

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Vijay Barve @vijaybarve.bsky.social · Dec 13

Powdered Oakblue (Arhopala bazalus ssp. turbata) #Okinawa
#Japan Dozens encountered during September 2024.
#Butterflies #Lepidoptera

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diginverts.bsky.social @diginverts.bsky.social · Dec 10

Why DigIn?

The marine biome is the LARGEST but LEAST KNOWN biome on earth. Invertebrates make up about 75% of marine species but most specimens are essentially invisible outside of museum collections. DigIn is adding data from 7.5 MILLION specimens to online portals. #digitization #naturalhistory

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Vijay Barve @vijaybarve.bsky.social · Dec 8

Lesser Grass Blue (Zizina otis) #Okinawa #Japan
Frequently encountered during September 2024.
#Butterflies #Lepidoptera

Vijay Barve @vijaybarve.bsky.social · Dec 8

When and where was this photographed?

Vijay Barve @vijaybarve.bsky.social · Dec 7

California Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica) @boisestate.bsky.social #Idaho #USA
This was the the most common butterfly I encountered during my two day visit in late September 2024. #Butterflies
#Lepidoptera

Vijay Barve @vijaybarve.bsky.social · Dec 6

Marine Blue (Leptotes marina) caterpillar being attended by Argentine Ant (Linepithema humile) at @nhmla.bsky.social Nature Garden, #California #USA #Butterflies #Lepidoptera #Ants #BioticAssociation

Marine Blue caterpillar being attended by Argentine Ant

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Vijay Barve @vijaybarve.bsky.social · Dec 5

Reakirt's Blue (Echinargus isola) from @nhmla.bsky.social Nature Garden, #California #USA
Not very common visitor. #Butterflies #Lepidoptera

Vijay Barve @vijaybarve.bsky.social · Dec 4

Marine Blue (Leptotes marina) from @nhmla.bsky.social Nature Garden, #California #USA
One of the most common visitor. #Butterflies #Lepidoptera

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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County @nhm.org · Dec 3

🦕 Dinosaurs are hardly ever found in their entirety, and Gnatalie is no exception. Learn about the 150-million-year journey from the Jurassic to Exposition Park with @latimes.com: bit.ly/JrscJrny

Workers excavate fossils at the Gnatalie quarry near Bluff, Utah. Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times.

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