500,000 Taxa on iNaturalist! https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/103155-500-000-taxa-on-inaturalist

"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: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38706476

#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.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216551306

#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.

https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/88740-using-inaturalist-to-learn-names-in-other-languages

#iNaturalist

Using iNaturalist to learn names in other languages · iNaturalist

Now, you can see common names in multiple languages! iNaturalist has been translated into 57 languages, but many people want to use the platform in one language while learning common names in another.

^iNaturalist

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

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