It's a cold blustery cloudy day in much of Aotearoa-NZ (it's hailing outside as I type this) so to brighten up your day here's a snowberry yellow moth.

I just uploaded my photo from 2023 to #iNaturalist as I work through my backlog. It's now the 29th observation on iNat of the species and will be the 33rd on GBIF once my ID is confirmed.

As the name suggests, the caterpillars of this pretty yellow moth eat NZ snowberries (Gaultheria species).

inaturalist.nz/observations/34…
flickr.com/photos/mollivan_jon…

#mothodon #moths #Lepidoptera #nz #yellow

500,000 Taxa on iNaturalist! inaturalist.org/blog/103155-50…

"that’s 23% of all known species on Earth... #Birds stand out: nearly all species have been observed on #iNaturalist. 349 species (2%) are yet to be recorded... For #reptiles, #amphibians, & #mammals there are about 10x as many unobserved... Like birds, most unobserved species only remain in tropical regions. This is not the case for #fish, #plants, #invertebrates, & #fungi where there are still many left to observe in all parts of the globe"

oh shit it's #WeevilWednesday

BEHOLD: this majestic _Poteriophorus imperatrix_ observed in the Philippines by Claude Chavand: inaturalist.org/observations/3… " title=""/>

#iNaturalist #bugstodon #insects #beetles #weevils • #Coleoptera #Curculionidae #Dryophthorinae

Surprise observation this afternoon: Homotropus sp. An ichneumonid wasp, about 5-6 mm long.

There are only 8 observations world wide.

inaturalist.org/observations/2…

#iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #entomology #insects #wasplove

"Using iNaturalist to learn names in other languages" – what a great initiative, very fitting for the many of us who live in multiple languages simultaneously.

inaturalist.org/blog/88740-usi…

#iNaturalist

These are iPhone photos. You can call me the dragonfly whisperer.

#inaturalist #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #yardbugs #dragonflies #odonata #slowandsteady

An observation from July 2021. A Pied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula bicolor) spotted at the Sungei Tengah area, Singapore. Last spotted one in March 2020, so good to see it again.

The Pied Imperial Pigeon is an uncommon resident bird.

On iNaturalist [ inaturalist.org/observations/8… ]

#iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #Photography #Birds #Aves

Seeing Striated Herons (Butorides striata) fishing at Sungei Serangoon, Singapore, while walking along the park connector there nowadays. This one was seen on 4 Dec 2021.

On iNaturalist [ inaturalist.org/observations/1… ]

#iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #Photography #Birds #Aves

A Malaysian Pied-Fantail (Rhipidura javanica) spotted at Coney Island, Singapore, on 31 Oct 2021. It fanned its tail somewhat, but I haven't got it in full 'crazy' mode yet. 🙂

In the local Malay language, its name is Murai-Gila Biasa, or Ordinary Crazy-Magpie.

On iNaturalist [ inaturalist.org/observations/9… ]

#iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #Photography #Birds #Aves