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Amatola Malachite (Chlorolestes apricans)

Posted on 03/02/2020 by Dragonfly Atlas: Megan Loftie-Eaton, Ryan Tippett, Rene Navarro & Les Underhill

Cover photo by Stewart MacLachlan. Find the Amatola Malachite in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) here. Family Synlestidae Identif...

Biodiversity/Citizen Science/OdonataMAP/Virtual Museum

First draft of new generation maps for dragonflies and damselflies

Posted on 19/09/2019 by Les Underhill

The map below shows coverage for OdonataMAP. There are records for only 1,101 of the 2,014 grid cells of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. That’s a lit...

Citizen Science/Virtual Museum

Atlas maps: choice of grid scale

Posted on 06/07/2019 by Les Underhill

Traditionally, we have used the quarter-degree grid scale to generate distribution maps in biodiversity atlases. In southern Africa, this convention started wit...

Biodiversity/Citizen Science/LepiMAP/Virtual Museum

Virtual Museum: open for refreshments!

Posted on 02/07/2019 by Les Underhill

As you drive your new car out of the showroom, its value drops dramatically, and then keeps on dropping. It’s not quite as bad with the Virtual Museum. Bu...