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https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-is-this-inaturalist-and-generative-ai/66140

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Found this 1 inch long rove beetle on a walk last weekend. I didn't realize it had bronze setae until I downloaded the photo off the camera.

#insect #inatualist #beetle

Harnessing people power 💪

A study by Soroye et al., used a case study of #iNatualist to assess the potential of #CitizenScience in aiding conservation of threatened species.

The study found that although there was evidence of taxonomic bias towards 🐦birds, 🌿 plants & 🦦 mammals, CS data matched or even exceeded threatened species richness in some regions, with >20% of all iNat users contributing data threatened species!

Read more in our #ScienceReview 🔗 https://buff.ly/3Y1AI7T

Large body size differences across species in Hymenoptera. Here, an example of a small masked bee (~7 mm) next to a minute ant (<3 mm) on a flower of European sea rocket (Cakile maritima). https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120155371

And these two are both tiny next to a violet carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea), measuring well over 40 mm in body length! https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/178658335 Similarly dramatic size differences exist within ant castes of the same species.

#iNatualist #Hymenoptera #nativebees #ants #entomology #insects #fossils #DevBio