The "Abode at Glassell Park" development was denied permits by the City of Los Angeles. The reason given was the developer did not submit required fees and documents within the allotted time. Now the property (about 5 acres) is on the market. It will probably be hard to sell to a developer, due to the rising costs and practical issues surrounding building in hillsides.
This is good news for us (Friends Of Walnut Canyon- those of us who worked to stop the development). I like to...
I didn't see him in person, but my trail cam did. I've never seen an eastern towhee (I still call them rufous-sided towhees) in my yard in Kentucky before April. It's always been a sign of spring for me -- first the male and then about five days later, a female. Like clockwork. But it was Feb. 6 when this one made an appearance. Two days after I saw the first crocuses blooming. Was Punxsutawney Phil wrong? Is spring going to be earlier this year? Or have I just never noticed the to...
1 Января 2023г.
На базе Фенологической комиссии Пензенского областного отделения Всероссийской общественной организации "Русское Географическое Общество" был открыт
Клуб "Хранители Птиц" Сурского края в проекте "Летопись Природы Сурского Края".
В Клубе проводится ряд мероприятий, направленных на мониторинг орнитофауны в Пензенской области и информирование населения.
Сайт Клуба: http://birds.penza.su
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I haven't been very active on iNat for the past few months, and have been trying to work through a couple of thousand notifications. I've done my best, but I'm certain I have missed a large number of them, so if you've tried to tag me for anything important, and I haven't responded, that's why. If there's anything you'd particularly like to make sure I see, feel free to tag me again, or (better) send me a message!
The first club outing for the year took place on Sunday 5th February, with a number of members travelling to the Western Treatment Plant to observe the abundant bird life. However, it seems that none of our active iNaturalist users were on the trip, as no observations have been posted.
So instead of member's photos from the excursion, here is a link to observations other people have made at the treatment plant over the years. Over 3,500 observations, of 465 different species!
All dogbane beetles in this survey were found on dogbane, Apocynum androsaemifolium. Surveys were made in late June through August of each year, at the same group of dogbane plants. This area has been fairly stable, plant-wise, through the years, although in the 1990's, it was becoming weedy. In the years following 1990, common buckthorn moved into parts of this prairie. This shrub, and non-native honeysuckle, have been periodically cut down.
Year, No. of beetles see...
No one has found this creature on iNat, so incase anyone does, it will be very useful. It's range is in Indonesia, in the countries Buru, Maluku and Papua. It's species can be distinguished easily by their cephalic process / snout.
Definition for Hariola
1) Wings: transparent; coloured near wing base and membrane
2) Ovular eyes
3) Found within the countries Buru, Maluku and Papua
Comment any more points and I will add.
"But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was." James 1:23-24
Disclaimer: All of the information here should not yet be taken as credible and is subject to change. As I am researching this taxon I am adapting and changing this document to reflect the current research and taxonomy. Sentences or phrases marked with question marks are aspects that I am specifically looking to confirm (or refute), but that does not mean that they are necessarily incorrect or that sentences and phrases that are not marked with question marks are the cur...
To-do upon specimen access.
The two subspecies of the vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) differ as follows.
The northern subspecies, Vicugna vicugna mensalis, possesses a conspicuous tract of pale pelage on and around the chest, with the whitish hairs on the chest itself being noticeably longer than those anywhere else on the figure. Please see the third photo in https://www.magazinehorse.com/en/vicuna/.
The southern subspecies, Vi...
Прямой эфир сегодня в 19:30
Ссылка на эфир: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0ZwIGhn1DE
Все в АРХЭ!
Первая лекция курса «География растений: флора мира» в АРХЭ состоится 7 февраля 2023 г. (вторник). Первая лекция будет в открытом доступе - я постараюсь сделать из нее что-то вроде дайджеста курса.
My recent research into “The Complex History of Two Lichen Moth Genera”, Cisthene and Illice (including a discussion of Eudesmia and several other lichen moths), has now been published in the December 2022 issue of Southern Lepidopterists’ News (Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 461-468). A pdf copy of the paper is available to download on ResearchGate.net at
Сегодня, 7 февраля, проект "Российская зима 2022-2023" достиг отметки в 50.000 наблюдений!
"Юбилейным" стало наблюдение большой синицы, сделанное в Москве Юрием Соколковым @sokolkov2002.
Над сбором такого количест...
Друзья, в ВОСКРЕСЕНЬЕ 12 февраля, приглашаю на прогулку по бору.
Сбор в 8-50 возле пригородных касс на Барнаульском ж/д вокзале. Отправление поезда в 9-04. Покупаем билеты до ст. Власиха. Цена билета 22 рубля. Время в пути 19 минут.
С собой необходимо взять термос с горячим чаем/кофе, перекус (бутерброды, пироги и т.п.).
Блокнот, карандаш, фотоаппарат для фиксации наблюдений.
Одеваемся тепло, удобно и по погоде!
Длина маршрута более 15 км.
Обратно в Барнаул разъед...
С начала существования проекта наиболее ярко видны отстающие районы. Их список статичен уже многие месяцы, хотелось бы призвать наших постоянных наблюдателей посетить эти районы, тем, кто уже это сделал — постараться это повторить, ну и конечно агитируйте окружающих присоединяться к iNaturalist.
Возможно, кого-то из вас заинтересует совместная поездка в какой-либо район области (включая деревни, о которых мы писали ранее), можете сообщить об этом в комментариях или в личном сообщении!
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На нашем счетчике 93 067 НАБЛЮДЕНИЙ, 2 107 ВИДОВ, 1 146 ЭКСПЕРТОВ и 1 041 НАБЛЮДАТЕЛЬ
I think I'm going to go for it -- 2023 is my iNat big year. I'm going to try to post personal bests in the basic categories: most observations in a year, most species (=unique taxa), most new species, most identifications, and at least one observation every day. New species is going to be the most difficult personal record I think, although I'll probably focus on that and then fumble my streak or something. Here are my personal bests:
Most observations (2017) = 3560
Most spe...
Дорогие друзья!
Традиционно в начале каждого года Игорь Поспелов (@taimyr) готовил серию постов о перераспределении усилий по документации флоры топ-регионов проекта "Флора России". С красочными картами мы рассказывали о региональных диспропорциях данных в проекте "Флора России", делая это накануне каждого нового полевого сезона. Задача была простой: показать, куда следует отправиться, чтобы п...
Synonyms : Ficus hanceana, F. longipedicellata, F. pumila var. lutchuensis, F. repens var. lutchuensis, F. scandens. F. stipulate, F. stipulate, F. vestita, Plagiostigma pumila, P. stipulate, Tenorea heterophylla. Urostigma scandens, Varinga repens.
Common names : Climbing fig, creeping fig, 薜荔
Varieties & Cultivars
Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang 愛玉子
Ficus pumila var quercifolia
Ficus pumila ‘Curly’
Ficus pumila ‘Variegated’
Ficus pumila ‘Snowfl...
Melothria pendula, also known as the creeping cucumber or the Guadeloupe cucumber, is a plant in the Cucurbiteae tribe.
The plant resembles the cultivated cucumber, possessing miniature yellow flowers, similar leaf shape, same leaf patterns, as well as similar growth patterns. The unripe berries strongly resemble minuscule watermelons.
The berries, when unripe and light green can be eaten raw.
Senegalia pennata ( Clilmbing Wattle ) is Petai Duri in Malay. It is a legume species native to South and South East Asia.
It is not common in Malay peninsula, but widely consumed as green in Indochina, India Subcontinent and Indonesian Archipelago. It can be eaten raw, cooked in curry, stir-fried, mixed in omelettes, in soups or simply boiled.
It has a distinctively stinky odor, similar to those of petai.
Notes for what to add to this journal post:
Tenebrionid burrowing videos
Squamanotoxus elegans burrowing video
Jumping Psocid nymph (video?)
Beetle mites
Ladybug
Note on Cydara (sadly not photographed)
Jumping moth, wasps (including Trichogrammatid), Saldids, Ephydrids, and others.
Whatever I may have temporarily forgotten. With videos, potentially embed, but at least linked to youtube.
Лекторий «Флоры России» — научно-популярный проект для всех желающих. Встречи будут проходить еженедельно, по пятницам или субботам, в онлайн-формате. Приглашенные лекторы расскажут о своих исследованиях, открытиях и проектах в области современной ботаники и на стыке наук.