A few years ago, Gary visited for a seminar. Our family was in Kernville the previous weekend, & the boys had picked up a bunch of #Corbicula (invasive freshwater snail) shells & stashed them in the car. Out of context & knowing that I study marine gastropods, it took Gary ~10 seconds to ID them. 🐌💙

"The status of the Duck Mussel, Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758), in Lough Derg, Shannon River, following the arrival of three invasive bivalves" has been published in #JournalofConchology @conchsoc #dreissenids #Corbicula #mollusca #invasiveSpecies doi.org/10.61733/jco...

📢 New Webinar Oct 14!
Corbicula fluminea arrives in 🇳🇿: first record, pathways & impacts.

Join Dr Deborah Hofstra for insights on biosecurity, management & long-term effects.

🕗 8PM NZST | 8AM BST | 9AM CET
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#InvasiveSpecies #Biosecurity #Corbicula @guardias.bsky.social

📢 New Webinar Oct 14!
Corbicula fluminea arrives in 🇳🇿: first record, pathways & impacts.

Join Dr Deborah Hofstra for insights on biosecurity, management & long-term effects.

🕗 8PM NZST | 9AM BST | 10AM CET
🔗 Register: aub.ie/bSALiV

#InvasiveSpecies #Biosecurity #Corbicula @guardias.bsky.social

A female bumblebee with a full polen basket-called a corbicula-on her hind legs, used to carry polen back to the hive.

Harvesting Gold

In female #bumblebees and #honeybees, the #pollen basket (also known as the #corbicula) is a unique adaptation on their hind legs that allows them to efficiently collect and carry pollen back to the hive.

#Photography #Naturephotography #Insects #Bees #Flowers

A purple stocked flower with a bumblebee approaching it that has thick orange baskets on its lake. There are green leaves in the background and a red flower.

A bumblebee with large pollen baskets is not slowing down in its pursuit of more 🐝

#Flowers #Pollinators #Bees #SaveTheBees #Bloomscrolling #Corbicula #Honey #FlowerGirl