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korimakoecology.bsky.social
Small aside, citizen science and @inaturalist.bsky.social providing critical information for species conservation.

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For the predation threat from New Zealand sea lions, a terrestrial layer was produced based on the assumption that most predation events of yellow-eyed penguins by the species will be on land. This was derived from land-based public sightings of New Zealand sea lions extracted from iNaturalist Community (2023), which were then related to New Zealand human population density by census mesh block (Davis 2014). Only ‘research grade’ sightings were used, resulting in a dataset of 1188 sightings made from 1981 to 2023. These were then converted to rasterised counts using a 32-km grid cell resolution. The summed counts were then divided by the human population density for the corresponding grid cells.
February 4, 2026 at 7:34 AM
dcapillae.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Azulones en el parque Martiricos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/337295164.

#inaturalist #martiricos
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Mallard from Parque Periodista José Antonio Frías Ruiz (Parque Martiricos), Málaga, Andalucía, Spain on February 4, 2026 at 07:05 AM by Daniel Capilla
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February 4, 2026 at 6:21 AM
joncounts.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy
Each season I do four nights of moth lighting in my garden in suburban Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ. My summer moth lighting this year started on Saturday. I photograph every moth that settles at my light and today I've been uploading my photos to #inaturalist […]

[Original post on mastodon.nz]
A photo of the NZ endemic moth Gymnobathra hamatella. It's triangular and light brown with elegant darker brown and pale brown patterns on its wings. A photo of the NZ endemic moth Gadira leucophthalma. It's a long thin pale brown moth with some dark diagonal stripes. A photo of the NZ endemic Clematis triangle moth Deana hybreasalis. It's a triangular shape and yellow with a couple of silver-white blotches on each wing. It's got a long snout at the front of its head. A photo of a small pale brown moth with an orange tufted head. There's a small brown spot on each wing. This is what I've identified as the Case-bearing Clothes Moth Tinea pellionella.
February 4, 2026 at 6:09 AM
cameratraps.bsky.social
source: inaturalist - 📷 jimmygreene
February 4, 2026 at 3:09 AM
gsbioblitz.bsky.social
How many Arthropods are on iNaturalist as of now?
Which taxa have gained the most additional species over time?

forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-many-a...
How many Arthropods are on iNaturalist as of now?
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-complete-is-arthropoda-on-inaturalist/57838 In November 2024, I made a post detailing the percent of species in each arthropod order that was observed on inaturali...
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February 3, 2026 at 9:37 PM
miscelena.bsky.social
A year ago I would have put this into iNaturalist to learn something and support crowd sourced science.

Fuck AI. It's ruining so much.
miscelena.bsky.social Miscelena 🌳🧬 @miscelena.bsky.social · 1d
It was above 70° this afternoon, so I met a friend to do yoga on the hill.

And then I met this green friend also.
February 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
tevistickles.bsky.social
All pictures courtesy of inaturalist.
February 3, 2026 at 2:34 PM
dinijaz.bsky.social
There are two great apps that can help you identify birds: Merlin Bird ID from Cornell can id bird song and also physical descriptions, and Seek by iNaturalist can id birds (and mammals, plants/flowers, reptiles, insects, fungi, etc) with your camera or photos. Good luck
February 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
sohkamyung.bsky.social
A Silvereye or Tauhou (Zosterops lateralis) spotted at Glenorchy Lagoon Wildlife Reserve, New Zealand on 25 Dec 2025. A common bird that colonised New Zealand from Australia in the 1850s.

On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ].

#iNaturalist #Nature #NewZealand #Birds #Aves
A bird with an olive-green head and dark olive green wings. The underside is whitish, with light orange thighs near the legs. A white band surrounds the eye.
February 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM
dmaas.bsky.social
tumblr.amnh.org 's ot the mood of the month.
jasonheadley, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist head shot of wrinkle-faced bat (Centurio senex)
February 3, 2026 at 11:46 AM
bergamax.bsky.social
🟢🟡⚫️ The Carpet Chameleon (Furcifer lateralis). Alias the jewel chameleon, this Madagascan reptile can grow up to 25 cm.
Males are territorial, intimidating rivals with displays that include hissing, body flexing, and color changing.

Photography by Vincent Porcher for iNaturalist

#chameleon #nature
February 3, 2026 at 10:01 AM
nogoodwyfe.bsky.social
I have no real claim to expertise here bc I definitely typed “omg a woodcock” and then got nervous and squinted and started googling “birds that look like woodcocks” and consulting iNaturalist lol. however there is nothing I love more than birding memes I don’t quite fully understand
February 3, 2026 at 7:12 AM
sockynoob.bsky.social
Going through old videos for iNaturalist and it's frankly insane how well my fingernails have grown since I stopped biting them in 2025. Nail beds 100% regrow and it's never too late to stop. It's just an incredibly slow process.
Old nails Current nails
February 3, 2026 at 6:41 AM
boarhole.bsky.social
They found a Bush duiker with the funny puppy ears so I am once again asking you to consider the humble bovidae
A bush duiker with floppy ears (picture by zeledonia on iNaturalist) A normal bush duiker
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 AM
cameratraps.bsky.social
source: inaturalist - 📷 suewhitelaw
February 3, 2026 at 4:17 AM
android.activitypub.awakari.com.ap.brid.gy
iNaturalist Updates for January 2026 Here are iNaturalist updates from January 2026! General updates Over 4 million accounts have added at least one verifiable observation! See iNat’s Impact High...

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iNaturalist Updates for January 2026
Here are iNaturalist updates from January 2026! General updates Over 4 million accounts have added at least one verifiable observation! See iNat’s Impact Highlights from 2025 iNat released its Product Goals for January–June 2026! Published results of iNat’s first ID-a-Thon and Identifiers Survey! A new Computer Vision model was released! Released a demo for a different way to handle infraspecies IDs. Product updates Website The Identify page has now been moved to API version 2. Let us know i...
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February 3, 2026 at 2:47 PM
inaturalist.bsky.social
Right now, there are only six iNaturalist records of this striking ant, Myrmecia cydista, which is native to and only found in Australia!

📷 timpaasila on iNaturalist
📍 Australia
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay
A black ant with a large head, segmented body, and yellow rear crawls on a plant.
February 2, 2026 at 7:06 PM
amypteride.bsky.social
And of course: some references, thank you for reading I’ll see you on the next #Cheliceratime!

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REFERENCES · Barker S.C., Kelava S., Mans B.J., Apanaskevich D.A., Seeman O.D., Gofton A., Shao R., Teo E.J.M., Evasco K.L., Soennichsen K.F., Barker D. & Nakao R., 2024. The first cryptic genus of Ixodida, Cryptocroton n. gen. for Amblyomma papuanum Hirst, 1914: a tick of North Queensland, Australia, and Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 5410, p. 91–111. · Guglielmone A.A., Robbins R.G., Apanaskevich D.A., Petney T.N., Estrada-Peña A., Horak I.G., Shao R. & Barker S.C., 2010. The Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida) of the world: a list of valid species names. Zootaxa 2528, 28 pp. · Taylor M.A., Coop R.L., Wall R.L., 2015. "Dermacentor reticulatus (ornate dog tick, marsh tick, meadow tick)". Veterinary parasitology. 4th edition, John Wiley & Sons, p. 247. Boulanger N., 2022. Quoi de neuf sur les tiques ? - La tique Dermacentor spp. en expansion. Online at https://crmvt.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Conference_Dermacentor_2022_N-Boulanger.pdf INaturalist, 2025. Dermacentor reticulatus. Online at https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/320832-Dermacentor-reticulatus Plantard O., 202O. Mémo-Tiques : le genre Dermacentor. Programme CiTIQUE. Online at https://tmt.sfecologie.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/TIQUE-01_dermacentor.pdf
February 2, 2026 at 4:30 PM
norfolkmoths.bsky.social
It is dreadful quality data. iNaturalist don’t generally provide a recorder name just a username, no method, no quantity, no stage and often site names that are completely different to the gridref provided. Or no gridref! Loads of duplicated records, so a nightmare to sort out!
February 2, 2026 at 3:05 PM
sohkamyung.bsky.social
New Zealand Scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae) spotted at Glenorchy Lagoon Wildlife Reserve on 25 Dec 2025. These ducks are endemic to New Zealand. Second shot shows a female in front of the male.

On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ].

#iNaturalist #Nature #NewZealand #Birds #Aves
A rounded male duck with dark black-brown plumage, a striking yellow eye and a dark greenish head. A female duck swimming in front of the male duck, heading towards the camera. The female has duller chocolate brown plumage and brown eyes.
February 2, 2026 at 1:54 PM
neprimateconsrv.bsky.social
Coquerel's giant mouse lemurs (Mirza coquereli) are endemic to western Madagascar. Solitary and nocturnal; in day, they sleep in spherical nests in the fork of large tree branches or among dense lianas. Threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation. Endangered. Photo: ©zozologiste/iNaturalist/CC4.0.
February 2, 2026 at 1:08 PM
vannabartlett.bsky.social
I dare say there are lots of reasons. Norfolk moths website is brilliant at what it does and it is much easier for the volunteers to verify recs in one place, ie via the website rather than having to check various ther sources. iNaturalist recs are sometimes very poor with bad data and poor photos.
February 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
wa-orchids.bsky.social
In honour of #WorldWetlandsDay2026 here is a wetland species from the southwest of Western Australia.

This is Cycnogeton lineare, sometimes known as a Water Ribbon and known as Tjaawkurr in the local Noongar language.

#ozflora #wildoz #wetlands #nativeplants #inaturalist
Picture of a flower spike that has several wide-spaced small white flowers
February 2, 2026 at 11:27 AM
norfolkmoths.bsky.social
If I may make one request this year please do NOT use iNaturalist for recording moths in Norfolk. Please record directly on the website norfolkmoths.co.uk Thank you! #norfolkmoths #teammoth
Norfolk Moths
The Moths of Norfolk. In association with the Norfolk Moth Survey.
norfolkmoths.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 11:26 AM
divernet.bsky.social
Great white sharks grow a new kind of tooth

It comes in handy for slicing bone as the sharks age, and reflects how their lifestyle changes over ...

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Great white shark (Ken Bondy / iNaturalist, CC BY-NC)
February 2, 2026 at 10:20 AM