Tarantula-hawk Wasps and Allies Tribe Pepsini 📸 © By.Ulises, Elqui, Chile during the #GSB2025 on #iNaturalist
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Interesting, thanks for the heads up. That terminology doesn’t seem to have gained traction here in Australia yet, as far as I can see at least. I can’t say for other countries in the southern hemisphere though... which is the region #GSB2025 includes

The power of #citizenscience in helping to showcase the rich #biodiversity we all share our local environments with!

#GSB2025 #Lepidoptera #mothsmatter #insects #bugsky

🦋 Insects were the undisputed stars of #GSB2025 🐞

Lepidoptera led the way with 20,000+ records & 4,100+ unique taxa!
Beetles, flies, bees & bugs all kinds made huge contributions .

Citizen science + expert eyes = real biodiversity insight.

📊 Full breakdown + figures here 👉 buff.ly/Dh56Una

🌿🦋 Great Southern BioBlitz 2025 – Part 2 is live!
Dive into the taxonomic patterns behind the data, from plants and insects to birds and beyond. See how observations were distributed across kingdoms, classes, and orders.

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#GSB2025

#GSB2025 – by the numbers 🌱🐦🦋

📸 282,261 records
🧬 37,550 unique taxa
👥 9,993 observers

Since 2020, observations ~ quadrupled and taxa ~doubled.
Growing power of #CitizenScience across the Southern Hemisphere.

Thank you to everyone who took part! 🙌
Learn more
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#Biodiversity

Piyuma prosopoides Piyuma prosopoides from Sydney NSW, Australia on October 25, 2025 at 09:01 PM by Zichen Wang

The #GSB2025 produced this first record of 'Piyuma prosopoides' in Sydney by Zichen Wang (@zichen1), a species not often recorded.

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🕷️ Final days to help ID spiders from the Great Southern BioBlitz 2025!
Every ID helps biodiversity data become more useful for science. 🌍✨

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💬 Add comments, 💖 FAVE your finds & tag #GSB2025

📸 Misumenops callinurus – @giulianna_1

🌏 #GSB2025 update!
📸 230,067 observations
🌿 25,914 species
🔎 3,694 identifiers
👥 9,480 observers

The ID phase is on! Help turn those “Unknowns” into valuable biodiversity data.
👉 www.greatsouthernbioblitz.org/post/editing...
#GreatSouthernBioBlitz #iNaturalist #CitizenScience

What a highlight!
Check out this guy Francesco spotted during the #gsb2025

Probably the best highlight of my #GSB2025.

A very busy #Echidna spotted in #Victoria

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🌏 Great Southern BioBlitz 2025 – Observation Phase Complete!
📸 202,906 Observations
🌿 24,236 Species
🔍 3,249 Identifiers
👥 9,170 Observers

The observation phase has ended- now it’s time to upload & identify!
#gsb2025

We’re wrapping up an incredible weekend of biodiversity disc We’re wrapping up an incredible weekend of biodiversity discovery across the Southern Hemisphere! 📊 Current Totals: 🔹 183,690 observations 🔹 23,028 species 🔹 3,044 identifiers 🔹 8,874 observ

🌏 #GSB2025 Day 4 update!
183,690 observations | 23,028 species | 3,044 identifiers | 8,874 observers

The observation phase is ending & the ID phase begins! 🔍
Help make every record count for conservation follow updates 💚
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Silver-crowned Friarbird 'Philemon argenticeps' #BirdsSeenIn2025 on a very productive Day 3 of the #GSB2025 Darwin, Australia

Picture of a moth with brown forewings with a delicate darker marks.

Picture of a moth with partially open brown forewings with a delicate darker marks. The hindwings are buff coloured with a dark border

Helicoverpa punctigera - Australian Fruitworm

We had a huge jump in the numbers of Australian Fruitworm moths visiting our garden moth light last night. These moths rarely settle, they flap almost constantly, dislodging all other #invert visitors
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #GSB2025

🌏✨ #GSB2025 Day 3 Update!

📊 115,851 observations
🌿 17,700 species
🔍 2,187 identifiers
👣 6,768 observers

Incredible effort from across the Southern Hemisphere — and there’s still time to explore, upload & ID on iNaturalist! 💚

#GreatSouthernBioBlitz #CitizenScience #Biodiversity

A moth with pale brown forewings that have wiggly lines and dark dots across them

Idaea philocosma - Flecked Wave

Another of last night’s visitors in the Perth Hills was this lovely Flecked Wave moth. This moth is endemic to Australia where it can be seen in most states
#teammoth #ausinberts #wildoz #Lepidopteta #inaturalist #GSB2025

#GSB2025 Highlight: A stunning record of the Southern Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa ssp. famosa)

These sunbirds play a vital role as pollinators of Aloe, Protea, and other long-tubed fynbos flowers, adding both beauty and ecological importance to their habitats.

🌼 Record highlight from Cork Oaks Track, Mount Beckworth, VIC 🇦🇺
Golden Cowslips (Diuris behrii) spotted by @david_boulton 💛

A delicate yellow orchid of southern Australia’s grasslands, flowering from Sept–Nov.

#GSB2025 #GreatSouthernBioBlitz #Orchids #Biodiversity

There are many adventures being has in #colombia during the #GSB2025 it's hard to keep up

💚 Registro destacado desde Santa Catalina, Envigado, Antioquia 🇨🇴
Gorgojo verde rayado (Compsus viridivittatus) observado por @juanes0812 🪲

Un escarabajo metálico y brillante, nativo de los bosques de Colombia — ¡una muestra de la increíble biodiversidad que revela el #GSB2025! 🌿
#Biodiversidad

A moth with pale fawn wings that have dark stripes down the middle sitting in a brick wall

A bright green lacewing with wide, translucent wings sitting on a brick wall

A couple of the visitors to our moth light in the Perth Hills last night, a Dark-barred Wainscot (Leucania diatrecta) and a green lacewing (Nothancyla verreauxi)

#teammoth #Lepidoptera #Neuroptera #ausinverts #wildoz #inaturalist #GSB2025

Our numbers continue to climb, biodiversity is being discove Our numbers continue to climb, biodiversity is being discovered, photographed, and shared across the Southern Hemisphere at an incredible pace! 🌿📸 And we’re only halfway through the weekend — with

As day 2 of the #GSB2025 wraps up across the Pacific — and our numbers keep climbing!

📊
56,193 obs
11,685 spp
1,451 identifiers
4,331 observers

Top species:
Aust. Magpie
Honey Bee
Rough Rock Crab
Bluefin Leatherjacket

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Pūriri moth (Aenetus virescens) Pūriri moth from Mangawhai, New Zealand on October 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM by Joseph Knight

The first record of #GSB2025 is in!
📍 Mangawhai, New Zealand
🦋 Pūriri Moth (Aenetus virescens) — NZ’s largest moth!
📸 by young naturalist Joseph Knight
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Tripterococcus brunonis - Winged Stackhousia - a stem with yellow tubular flowers that are star shaped in appearance

Melaleuca quadrifida - One-sided Bottlebrush - shrub with feathery red flowers

Stylidium recurvum - a triggerplant that grows in a rounded mound and has lots of small peachy, pink flowers all over it

Verticordia acerosa - a shrub with bright yellow, fading to orange, flowers that have a feathered appearance

The wildflower season in the Perth Hills hadn’t finished yet, still lots to see! Seen today:

🌱 Winged Stackhousia
🌿 One-sided Bottlebrush
🍃 Stylidium recurvum triggerplant
🍂 Featherflowers

For those in the Southern hemisphere, record what you see on #inaturalist for #GSB2025
#ozflora #wildoz

Kangaroo Island locals and visitors are invited to join the Kangaroo Island Great Southern BioBlitz to document KI's unique biodiversity from 24th to 27th October.
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potential hashtags:
#kangarooisland
#kangarooislandwildlife
#GSB2025

This weekend is definitely a good time to get out for a nature walk… not only are the wildflowers stunning at the minute, it’s also the Great Southern Bioblitz weekend!

Record your observations on a GSB project on @inaturalist.bsky.social to contribute

#GSB2025 #inaturalist #wildoz #auswildlife

🌿 Five on Friday — It’s BioBlitz Time! 🌏
#GSB2025 starts today! 🎉

Kick off with our Five on Friday challenge — make 5 iNaturalist observations today to boost your region! 📸

Every photo counts — tag your finds with #GSB2025 🌼🦋🐦
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#BioBlitz #CitizenScience #Nature

And we’re off! The #GreatSouthernBioBlitz 2025 has begun!
Already 🌿 559 observations, 🐞 361 species, and 💡 66 identifiers from 123 participants!

Join in — head outside, snap what you see, and upload to iNaturalist 💚
#GSB2025 #CitizenScience #Biodiversity

🌙🦋 Moth Night is here!
Join #GSB2025 (24–27 Oct) & explore the hidden world of moths after dark.

💡 Set up a light + sheet
📸 Snap photos
📲 Upload to iNaturalist

Every moth counts — discover, share & celebrate biodiversity!
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