Melambrotus papio
View the above photo record (by Mark Galpin) in LacewingMAP here. Ascalaphidae (Owlflies) Melambrotus papio Tjeder, 1992 Identification Size:&nb...
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Ascalaphus festivus
View the above photo record (by Richard Johnstone) in LacewingMAP here. Ascalaphidae (Owlflies) Ascalaphus festivus (Rambur, 1842) Identificatio...
Shovel-footed Squeaker (Arthroleptis stenodactylus)
View the above photo record (by Len de Beer) in FrogMAP here. Find the Shovel-footed Squeaker in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity ...
PHunting Round Two – Results
PHunting season is here. No critter is safe. Citizen scientists are out and about, armed with their cameras, ready to Photo Hunt! (Featured image above by Gregg...
The Virtual Museum
The Virtual Museum (VM) provides the platform for citizen scientists to contribute to biodiversity projects. This innovative concept was originally developed by...
African Oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini)
The African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini is one of the iconic species of the coastline of the southwestern Africa. There is only one oystercatcher that bree...
Impacts of Rhodes on Biodiversity 3 : Common Starling
This is the third and final blog in this series. The first blog talked about the Eastern Grey Squirrel. The second covered four of the five bird species that Ce...
Online guide to the Neuroptera (lacewings and antlions) of southern Africa
This set of postings provides an online guide to Neuroptera in southern Africa. This order includes the insects commonly known as lacewings and as antlions. The...
BirdPix on a run in 2021
BirdPix is important because it is going to be used to test whether “species distribution models” can be used to generate maps that look like the bi...
How do you refresh a butterfly? You LepiMAP it in 2021!
The take home message of this blog is one of disappointment! But the reality is that we have never looked at the butterflies in LepiMAP in this way before. Beca...