Perhaps you have heard of the largest single flower in the world?
Let us be clear.
It is a single flower.
It is not a composite of flowers (the largest of these of which is produced by the famous Amorphophallus titanum ).

No, the largest singl flower in the world,
up to about 20-inches (50 cm) across,
is produced by Rafflesia arnoldii.

And yet to see the plant that produces this enormous flower

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This month's featured photograph is of Orsima ichneumon, photographed by Nicky Bay, a hobbyist macro-photographer from Singapore! The above photograph is his stunning image showing the bizarre yet beautiful spinnerets of this spectacular jumping spider.

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Question 1.: When/where/why did you photograph the...

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By definition, a persistent plant part is retained after its normal function has been completed. I created an observation field for persistent plant part, with the following values:

• bud scales
• calyx
• frond
• fruit
• seed
• strobilus
• style

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Well done everyone on 4-days of surveying.
We are now in the Uploading and Identification phase of the Challenge, after a few days of well-earned rest.

GSB 2023 officially ends on 14 December though time is moving pretty-fast as we look forward to year-end partying. We encourage everybody to upload ASAP so that we have sufficient time to identify as many observations as possible.

If you are desperate to get going then perhaps start here:

We need to...

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If while looking through observations, you find one that you like, that enthralls you, or that surprises or amazes you, Please VOTE for it.
To vote, look for the FAVE button. It is a star just under the map on the top right of every observation. Just click on the star to record your vote.

If while making identifications, you see an eligible observation, please VOTE for it.
The Fave button is at the bottom of the left-hand picture panel, in the middle, to the lef...

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Progreso del grupo:

Hola a todos, ¿cómo les va con las cargas?
En toda Ecuador, ¿le gustaría ayudar a identificar los récords que todos hemos hecho?
primero la ayuda más básica para mover las observaciones de desconocido a la categoría más básica
Desconocido

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Ladies and gentlemen,

@scops @kattenkwaad @terrajanis @loggi @opisska

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搵咗呢位小朋友足足三年，早在2020年已錄到佢哋雨後大合唱，當時我好肯定有海量嘅蛙蛙樂團包圍住我，但我竟半隻都揾唔到。利害的@tomleechunwa 及 @samuelho 憑聲辨認到是巴氏小雨蛙，耳殘及Seeing is Believing嘅我當然一直半信半疑!

三年來造訪該地點無數次，仍然係只聞其聲不見其影! 平常心啦! 但去年手多多影蝌蚪，又比
＠oryzias 發現當中有一隻巴氏幼體! 之後每次見蝌蚪都望多眼，但當刻意去搵又係唔見!

直到昨天...

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2 декабря (суббота) в 11:00

Онлайн-лекция «Растительный мир Камчатки» в рамках Лектория «Флоры России»

📢 В 1908 г., к началу работы экспедиции Русского географического общества на Камчатке, здесь было уже известно не менее 500 видо...

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[in English]
The Anolis auratus species group requires multiple posts to review. Anolis fuscoauratus, A. trachyderma, A. ortonii are discussed here with the other most common anole of the Amazon. The remainder of the auratus group, including A. auratus, are reviewed...

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Contact me with any issues you came across while using this key, if an the result seems incorrect tag me in the observation and I’ll have a look.

1 Mesofemora and metafemora dentate or subdentate...2
1’ Mesofemora and metafemora never dentate...4
2 Elytral punctures strongly muricate...E. moesta
2’ Elytral punctures simple or slightly muricate...3
3 Pronotum widest anterior of middle, femoral spines large...E. armata
3’ Pronotum widest at middle, femoral spine...

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Hi this is a test

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It's time for our annual update!

Last December the project was only a few months old and our total number of observations was 209, with 123 species documented. Today, we sit at 1260 observations of 348 species! That includes 147 species of plant, 111 insect species, 36 birds, 15 reptiles, 14 mammals, 13 arachnids, and 10 species of fungi.

We've welcomed a new Park Manager to the Asombro Institute...

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This is a basic guide for the identification of some of the most common species of Kalanchoe subgenus Bryophyllum, which are invasive in the tropics and subtropics. Some of the species are easily confused, especially when leaves are not present. I've seen many observations go unidentified because the photo showed only flowers and not leaves, so I did some research and found key differences between the species that are helpful for identification. I will try to make this as simple as possi...

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Evergreen

• C. barbarae

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[in English]
Bachia (Gymnophthalmidae) and Marinussarus are relatively easy to identify to genus with their extremely elongated worm-like body and tail much longer than body. They appear a bit like Amphisbaenians in that they lack ear openings, have short blunt heads with reduced eyes, and have band...

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these are just some cool plants i found in both Clemson and rural west ashley

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Do you enjoy working outside, and have an interest in forests, insects, or pathogens?!

The US Forest Service will be filling several permanent seasonal Biological Science Technician positions in the Alaska Region through an Open Continuous Recruitment effort, including a position located in Fairbanks that supports Forest Health Protection. The Fairbanks-based position will be involved in survey and monitoring efforts for forest insect and disease damage and a variety of office an...

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I get really annoyed when I post a Mushroom picture for Identification and then someone Identifies it as "Fungi" or "Mushroom". Like, I DONT NEED THAT.
ITS OBVIOUSLY A MUSHROOM/FUNGI! SO all my Pics are indentied with broad general labels like "Fungi" or "Mushrooms".
SO irritiating!

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Our Bioblitz challenge is a new global initiative. We invite everyone to become a citizen scientists which is a wonderful way to learn about biodiversity in your local area, connect with nature and benefit research! Simply make observations of biodiversity in your local community (plants, animals, insects, fungi) and log them in iNaturalist once you've joined your region's project. We will track observations for each region - EMEA, NA, JAPAC, LAD.

The participant with the most am...

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Уважаемые слушатели!

Это домашнее задание возможно корректно выполнить только в браузерной версии iNaturalist (компьютер или планшет). Вам предстоит пополнить базу русских названий растений iNaturalist, аккуратно скопировав по 50 названий из базового списка на страницы соответствующих таксонов, добавив ссылку на первоисточник. У вас будет возможность познакомиться с фотографиями этих видов, а также их научными и русскими названиями.

Русские названия (пока 2000 штук) - рас...

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Even better version with changes for the identification of E. discincta and E. adumbrata. Some sentences made more clear and understandable. It is of note that E. nevadensis will soon be synonymized with E. delicata, the taxon will be named Metablapylis nevadensis. Since Johnston 2015 does not recognize E. nevadensis in favor of E. delicata, I would recommend that any of your E. delicata/E. nevadensis observations be identified as E. delicata. Also the range of E. wheeleri is not restric...

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The Phantom Midge (Family: Chaoboridae) are commonly found in ponds and still waters. This example is a juvenile or larva which is nearly transparent with a partially tallow cast. It has two opaque features or airbags (one in the thorax, one in the abdomen in the second last segment). The adult forms are differentiated by wing venation and delicate flies that closely resemble Chironomidae. This larva was found in a bag of purchased Daphnia and care therefore needs to be taken to distingu...

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All welcome to Little Penguins presentation, 10am Saturday 2 December at the Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Garden. AGM will commence after the presentation, to be followed by light refreshments. Hope to see you there!

More details here:

https://budawangcoast.org.au/2023/11/08/agm-2023/

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Arthrosaura, Loxopholis

[in English]
There are at least three species of Arthrosaura and four species of Loxopholis (Gymnophthalmidae) that occur in the Amazon. Together these t...

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Дорогие друзья! Dear all! На счётчике сегодня новая круглая отсечка: 3 150 000 наблюдений в проекте "Флора России"! Для очередных 50 тыс. наблюдений нашему сообществу потребовалось 29 дней (в прошлый раз на 50 тысяч ушло 23 дня). За по...

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Lady Beetles, Ladybugs, or Ladybirds are some of the most iconic and striking groups of beetles in the world. They can be found across the globe and never fail to impress with their almost endless array of colours and patterns. Currently, over 5000 species have been described with undoubtedly more to be discovered.

This journal hopes to compile guides and resources to help identify the many, many different species. Consider this your one-stop-stop for everything lady beetle! To a...

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Improved version with the inclusion of forgotten species E. wynnei, more info for this key in V1.0: https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/eleodesthermopolis/87075-v1-0-a-key-to-the-eleodes-species-of-the-united-states-and-canada

1 Mesofemora and metafemora dentate or subdentate...2
1’ Mesofemora and metafemora never...

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[in English]
There are at least 10 species of Amazonian Cercosaura (Gymnophthalmidae) recognizable by their extremely elongate body and tail usually 2X body length (SVL). Scales around the neck are small, granular, and not organized into regular rows. Dorsal scales are usually keeled, longer than wide, and arranged in regular transv...

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