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Deinopidae: Asianopis sp., Sri Lanka. Found an old manila envelope with b/w photos of a net-casting spider brought live to museum in Colombo. Kept in cage where it produced an egg sac, which was opened up later. Notes relating to this not available. c1984-1987; Opatha, Kotugoda.

1/n This iNaturalist observation by Roman Prokhorov from Sri Lanka shows the female of a spider first described by Rev O Pickard-Cambridge from Ceylon in 1882 as Chrysso ? quadrata. It is listed in World Spider Catalog as Theridion quadratum but is not a Theridion. inaturalist.org/observations/3…

#CitizenScience Resources In this video workshop, REINFORCING and Stickydot explore the benefits of #citizenengagement in innovation settings and open up opportunities for participants to reflect on how this could apply to the processes. youtu.be/6bZcdM9u9N8?si…

Train specialists to fight for biodiversity Failure to fund education in taxonomy could derail conservation efforts in low- and middle-income countries. By Dasheng Liu. Nature 633(8031) [26 September 2024]: 741. doi-org.laguardia.ezproxy.cuny.edu/10.1038/d41586… pic.x.com/AoJ3QSM392

While in the rain forests of Sri Lanka, seeing flightless endemic grasshoppers like Rakwana ornata in intact forests & fully winged widespread species in open, disturbed areas left a lasting impression in me. I wonder, did G M Henry too think about this? inaturalist.org/observations/2…

Congrats to Scott Loarie & Ken-ichi Ueda! 2024 #HeinzAward for Environment🍃iNaturalist is the world’s largest citizen science project.

Henry’s Yellow-winged Dwarf Bamboo Grasshopper, Ochlandriphaga xanthelytrana, monotypic genus endemic to 🇱🇰. Another cool iNaturalist observation by liuye. (Wish so much G M Henry was still around to see these iN obs of grasshoppers he discovered!🥹) inaturalist.org/observations/2…

I'm very excited that iNaturalist will have a presence at #COP16 this year! Thank you to @tedschmitt and Esri Conservation for helping make it possible!

#CitizenScience Resources The key aspects of audits in #Europeanprojects A guide to how to meet the European Commission's conditions and ensure total #funding created by Zabala Innovation Europe zabala.eu/news/key-aspec… #euprojects #projectmanagement

I put this up all by myself ;) pitfalls and flight interception traps for the BeetleMania #site100 #Coleoptera diversity project in the beautiful Laguna Om reserve 🇲🇽 🪲

Our new research published today in #Nature shows that natural forest regeneration in tropical regions—without costly interventions—can restore over 215 million hectares of forest, an area larger than Mexico #COP16 #COP16Colombia #COP16EnCali nature.com/articles/s4158…

Last week, our Summer Systematics Institute interns presented their research posters at the SACNAS #2024NDiSTEM conference in Phoenix. 2 of our students, Keily and Dylan, took home awards for their posters! 🏆 Congrats to all of our interns! (Including the ones that used more than 3 words.)

Allen Brady, the spider taxonomist & the first PhD student of Herbert W. Levi, has died. (From Paula Cushing via Jason Dunlop ISArachnology ) American Arachnological Society

Presenting the IMPETUS #impactassessment methodology at the #citizenscience school of the Italian National Biodiversity Future Centre impetus4cs.eu/presenting-the…

The original or Legacy iNaturalist app on the left & the new iNaturalist Next app on the right. When uploading photos from my cellphone I still use the legacy app. When uploading photos taken with my camera I use the browser interface (from laptop) 👉 inaturalist.org

Six new Species of Palp-footed spiders from Sri Lanka. With amazing images from my former student Chathuri Jayatissa. Boagrius silindui, Female.

අසෝක පෙතියා. Asoka Barb. 𝑆𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑘𝑎 (Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1989) As shown here, the habitat already affected by habitat degradation, and quick measures should be taken to safeguard this remarkable species. Copyrights © Tharindu Ranasinghe.All Rights Reserved.

Received a message today from someone who used to send me photos of insects & spiders from Sri Lanka for identification in the days before iNaturalist , asking me to identify an insect in a video clip. Here’s what I wrote in reply.

A very cool citizen science event in Sri Lanka, on 4 February 2025: a workshop on using iNaturalist plus a bioblitz, organized by Pasindu Dilshan Abegunawaradhana & Salindra K. Dayananda & others of YBA Sri Lanka, at Diyasaru Park, Thalawathugoda. Register by 2 February. 🐝 there! scistarter.org/citsci-sri-lan…

I think this is the first iNaturalist based bioblitz to be held in Sri Lanka, organized by Pasindu Dilshan Abegunawaradhana & friends. Diyasaru Park is on the east side of Diyawanna Lake. As a child I knew the area that became Beddagana Wetland Park, on the other side. inaturalist.org/projects/citis…