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Category: Citizen Science

Archive/Biodiversity/BirdPix/Citizen Science/News/Virtual Museum

BirdPix progress in the three “Capes”

Posted on 09/04/2020 by Les Underhill

This blog covers BirdPix the Western, Eastern and Northern Cape provinces of South Africa. For each province, it answers three questions: (1) How well is BirdP...

Archive/Biodiversity/Citizen Science/Industrial biodiversity/LepiMAP/MammalMAP/News/OdonataMAP/Virtual Museum

BioMAPping at Home – Lock down on Biodiversity

Posted on 07/04/2020 by Megan Loftie-Eaton

These are trying times for all of us. It can be hard to stay focused, it can be hard to stay positive, but there are ways we can make the lockdown more bearable...

Archive/BDInsight/Biodiversity/BirdPix/Citizen Science/News/Virtual Museum

BDInsight – March 2020

Posted on 31/03/2020 by Megan Loftie-Eaton

BestMarch for the Virtual Museum Awesome citizen science teamwork for March 2020. Together we achieved BestMarch late on the evening of 30 March 2020! Now we ha...

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BDInsight – February 2020

Posted on 29/02/2020 by Megan Loftie-Eaton

First BDI Citizen Science Conference, Karoo Gariep Nature Reserve, Hanover The really important things at conferences happen outside of the formal programme. Th...

Citizen Science/Distributions/Lestes/Lestidae/Odonata/OdonataMAP

Cryptic Spreadwing (Lestes dissimulans)

Posted on 27/02/2020 by Dragonfly Atlas: Megan Loftie-Eaton, Ryan Tippett, Rene Navarro & Les Underhill

Cover photo by Marita Beneke. Find the Cryptic Spreadwing in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) here. Family Lestidae Identification...

Archive/Citizen Science/Data and statistics/Distributions/Libellulidae/Odonata/OdonataMAP/Urothemis

Blue Basker (Urothemis edwardsii)

Posted on 25/02/2020 by Dragonfly Atlas: Megan Loftie-Eaton, Ryan Tippett, Rene Navarro & Les Underhill

Cover photo by Christian Fry. Find the Blue Basker in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) here. Family Libellulidae Identification Me...

Biodiversity/Citizen Science/Distributions/Lestes/Lestidae/News/Odonata/OdonataMAP

Smoky Spreadwing (Lestes virgatus)

Posted on 13/02/2020 by Dragonfly Atlas: Megan Loftie-Eaton, Ryan Tippett, Rene Navarro & Les Underhill

Cover photo by Rob Dickinson. Find the Smoky Spreadwing in the FBIS (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) here. Family Lestidae Identification Medium siz...

Biodiversity/Chlorolestes/Citizen Science/Distributions/News/Odonata/OdonataMAP/Synlestidae/Virtual Museum

White Malachite (Chlorolestes umbratus)

Posted on 11/02/2020 by Dragonfly Atlas: Megan Loftie-Eaton, Ryan Tippett, Rene Navarro & Les Underhill

Cover photo by Desire Darling. Find the White Malachite in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) here. Family Synlestidae Identificatio...

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OdonataMAP Report for 2019

Posted on 04/02/2020 by Megan Loftie-Eaton

OdonataMAP is the Atlas of African Odonata and forms part of the Virtual Museum. OdonataMAP was launched in 2010. The first record was uploaded into the databas...

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Conspicuous Malachite (Chlorolestes conspicuus)

Posted on 04/02/2020 by Dragonfly Atlas: Megan Loftie-Eaton, Ryan Tippett, Rene Navarro & Les Underhill

Cover photo by Gregg Darling. Find the Conspicuous Malachite in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) here. Family Synlestidae Identifi...

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