Jon Sullivan

Today I chatted with Jesse Mulligan on #RNZ Afternoons, because #iNaturalistNZ is just a whisker (or an antenna or a hypha) away for *3 million observations*(!!).

Earlier in the week we were thinking we might pass the 3 million milestone on Christmas Eve, but now it’s looking like we’ll pass it tomorrow. At the moment we’re at 2,999,457 observations, of 23,518 species (about 30% of NZ’s named species), observed by 50,519 (not far off 1% of NZers).
😄

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018969354/3-million-creepy-crawlies

#CitSci #NZ

3 million creepy crawlies

Here in Aotearoa, and on Afternoons in fact, we love our critters. And that passion for insects, bugs and plants is backed up by the fact that we've logged nearly three million observations on the citizen science platform iNaturalist.. The website, which has been running in New Zealand since 2012, brings together curious members of the public with expert identifiers to track populations of thousands of species. This has led to new sightings of native species, and important discoveries of invasive species. Jon Sullivan is an ecologist based at Lincoln University and is one of the founders of iNaturalist.

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Dec 20, 2024 at 7:55amWeb
Show threadJon SullivanDec 20, 2024

Here’s the link to the #iNaturalistNZ webpage showing all our observations. Here comes 3 million!

https://inaturalist.nz/observations?place_id=6803&verifiable=any

Observations

iNaturalist NZ is a social network for naturalists! Record your observations of plants and animals, share them with friends and researchers, and learn about the natural world.

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Show threadJon SullivanDec 20, 2024
2,999,689 observations now. 😄 Maybe we’ll even pass 3 million tonight?
Show threadJon SullivanDec 20, 2024
And now 2,999,701…
Show threadJon SullivanDec 20, 2024
...now 2,999,773 observations. Unless there are some night owl uploaders out there, we'll be scuttling past 3 million observations on #iNaturalistNZ tomorrow morning. 
Show threadCarolyn ~ كارولينDec 20, 2024

@joncounts I would be keen to know what the lucky upload is when it arrives.

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Show threadJon SullivanDec 20, 2024
@akoaroha Me too! I'm keeping track and will jump up and down with excitement when we get to it (if I'm not asleep at the time).
Show threadcbudDec 20, 2024

@joncounts @akoaroha

Just passed 3 M observations while I was browsing because of your post.

Show threadJon SullivanDec 20, 2024
@cbuddenhagen Oh yeah! 🎆 It looks like the iNat Android app is ahead of the website in its counting.
Show threadJon SullivanDec 20, 2024

@akoaroha At least according to the way the iNaturalist app is counting the observations, our 3 millionth observation for Aotearoa-New Zealand is this pretty little native forest semilooper moth, *Declana floccosa*, photographed in inland Waikato by stephen-ao.

Moths for the win!

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/255663432

#iNaturalist #iNaturalistNZ #mothodon

Forest Semilooper (Declana floccosa)

Forest Semilooper in December 2024 by stephen-ao

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Show threadCarolyn ~ كارولينDec 20, 2024

@joncounts ☺️

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