Adam

@AEdmonds
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Science geek, nature-lover, SF fan, daydreamer, photo-taker, scribbler, citizen scientist, hospital worker
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
A giant insect that looks like a stick! What is not to love?

Even more amazing – it is not even Australia’s longest stick insect!

The Guardian
#InverteFest April 2025

What is #InverteFest? It's a periodic online event where we invite you to celebrate the overlooked invertebrate fauna around you and share the joys of discovery online. The hashtag was conceived when @franzanth and @maureenbug went looking for bugs and slugs in Bali. @saimihanma, stuck in Seattle, wondered if we could invite our online friends to look for bugs and slugs together in spirit, even though we’re physically far apart. Besides, what may be an everyday creature to you is often exciting to someone who lives half the world away! #InverteFest happens three times a year: - The last 7 days of December, so you could bring your family along on a critter-spotting adventure. If you hate your family, we just gave you an excuse to avoid them. You’re welcome. - The last 7 days of April, which coincides with Northern Hemisphere spring. - The last 7 days of August, because it’s sandwiched right between April and December. More info on invertefest.com

iNaturalist
City Nature Challenge 2025

Join in the 2025 City Nature Challenge! Make observations of wild plants and animals 25-28 April, and take part in one of the largest community science events in the world while helping us better understand – and therefore, take care of – nature that lives in and around urban areas. Not in a participating city? No problem! Join our Global Project to have your observations count for the CNC no matter where you are. And consider signing up as an organizer for the 2026 CNC so your city can be an official CNC city! Not all cities use iNaturalist for the City Nature Challenge; you can find the full list of cities and their preferred platforms on the City Nature Challenge website.

iNaturalist
Spine free zone! It is time for invertebrates to stand up and be counted. There are quite a lot of them apparently. Today's cartoon... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/mar/21/invertebrates-everyone-loves-invertebrates-which-is-your-favourite
Invertebrates! Everyone loves invertebrates! Which is your favourite?

I love them all even the creepy weird ones

The Guardian
#News #Australia Is your PIN code among the first ones hackers are likely to try? https://w.st/gxMkHf
Almost one in 10 people use the same four-digit PIN

The ABC analysed 29 million stolen codes to help you avoid using an insecure one.

ABC News
#News #Australia 'Cute and an attractive' pollinator, crucial for food crops is the 2024 ABC Australian Insect of the Year https://w.st/sVHF8o
Blue-banded bee named 2024 ABC Australian Insect of the Year as thousands vote in inaugural poll

The moth or the butterfly? The stick insect or the hoverfly? The beetle or the bee? Can you guess which is the inaugural ABC Australian Insect of the Year?   

ABC News
Closing Ceremony of Continuum Convention 16 @continuum_con #c16reboot Thanks for another great con - missed it during the Covid hiatus. Looking forward to Continuum 17 next year
'The Age of Entitled Fans' panel at Continuum Con. George Ivanoff, Chuck Mackenzie, CZ Tacks and Alex Clifford.
Engrossing, enlightening, intelligent.
#c16reboot
The Aurealis Awards begin.
Aurora Australis as seen from suburban Geelong Australia earlier this evening #Aurora #AuroraAustralis #SolarStorm - sighting submitted to Aurorasaurus citizen science website