Event summary

Thank you, everyone, for taking part in the third Socially Distant BioBlitz (SDB) on 24 May! While this event had fewer participants (148) than our two previous bioblitzes, we rallied together to make >10,000 observations and document >3,300 species. This brings our SDB series totals to nearly 50,000 observations and almost 9,000 species. Well done, team! If you still have observations to submit, please do so! Although this summary has been posted, your observations will still be included in the event totals.

The United States lead the way with most observations (7,033), yet Australia took the prize for most observations per observer (219). The friendly competition for SDB species champion between @nicklambert of Australia and @alexis_orion of Germany continues to propel our tallies ever higher. Congratulations to @nick2524 and @seileonne for topping the 24 May SDB observations and identifications leaderboards, respectively!

Our collective “day” started at right at 12:00 AM local time near Coffs Harbour, Australia, where @nicklambert documented this moth in the genus Opogona. It was still well before sunrise in Japan when @utchee recorded this singing Chinese Hwamei. A few hours later, back in Australia, @cobaltducks found this dangerous looking Kangaroo Thorn . German naturalist @amzamz was the first to post from Europe, documenting this Flame Shoulder Moth, a common nocturnal insect found across Europe. More observations soon followed in Belgium, Nepal, and Laos as @gillessanmartin, @karoconniff, and @edelaquis began their respective days. Nocturnal insects were a highlight of this SDB thanks to the recent new moon, and @bonnieeamick took full advantage of this lunar timing by submitting >120 Insecta observations before sunrise in the eastern United Sates. Many other bioblitz-ers made a concentrated effort to find moths, spiders, pill bugs, and more at nearby lights, which helped arthropods make up 33% of our species total (up from 28% in our previous bioblitz). The bioblitz wrapped up after 38 hours and 59 minutes when @jciv recorded a bee fly in southern Texas at 11:59 PM local time.

We hope you can join us for the next bioblitz on 14 June, and please encourage others to participate as well.

Warm regards,

Steven Lamonde (@slamonde ), Sara Lobdell (@slob973 ) & Michael Nerrie (@mnerrie )

List of participating countries (29): Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czechia, Fiji, France, Germany, Guatemala, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Laos, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, and Uruguay.

Publicado el sábado, 30 de mayo de 2020 a las 04:04 PM por slamonde slamonde

Comentarios

ooh, nice! @nicklambert has a bit of an edge over me just by being in Australia ;) I'll have to visit a new habitat next time :P

Anotado por alexis_orion hace casi 4 años

It's true, I'll continue to make the most of my advantage! ;)

Anotado por nicklambert hace casi 4 años

Good work everybody! Looking forward to the next blitz now that we are not confined to our gardens in South Africa any more.

Anotado por cecileroux hace casi 4 años

My tally was seriously hampered by combining a day of rock climbing and blitzing... but it did result in visiting new areas and making some firsts for my life list in Laos. Now that the rainy season is truly underway there should be a lot of wildlife on display for the next bioblitz.

Anotado por edelaquis hace casi 4 años

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