BDInsight – July 2021
During the most recent BDI Citizen Scientist Hour, Les Underhill gave a talk on the current status of OdonataMAP, the Atlas of African Dragonflies and Damselfli...
Tag: Biodiversity
Biodiversity enthusiast! ….The BDI interviews citizen scientist Lucky Okpanachi Atabo
Please tell us a bit about yourself, your background and what you do: My name is Lucky Okpanachi Atabo. I am a young Nigerian and an active volunteer and advoca...
Garden Ecology: Colonisation and Succession
Good afternoon, naturalists! Time for an update on Operation Feed the Birds, and a few new insights into garden ecology. Let’s begin with the birds. ...
Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus)
Identification The Cape Sparrow is a small, boldly patterned bird which is sexually dimorphic; in other words, males and females look different to one another. ...
The Virtual Museum
The Virtual Museum (populatrly known as the VM) provides the platform for citizen scientists to contribute to biodiversity research and mapping projects. This i...
BDInsight – May 2021
Winter is around the corner here on the southern tip of Africa, in some areas winter has already arrived with a cold bang! We have some great BDI news to warm y...
Smoky Duskdarter (Zyxomma atlanticum)
Zyxomma atlanticum is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and shrub-domina...
Smoky Spreadwing (Lestes virgatus)
View the above photo record (by Rob Dickinson) in OdonataMAP here. Find the Smoky Spreadwing in the FBIS (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) here. Fami...
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White Malachite (Chlorolestes umbratus)
View the above photo record (by Desire Darling) in OdonataMAP here. Find the White Malachite in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) h...
OdonataMAP Report for 2019
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...