ArandaMoths

@dhobern@biodiversity.social
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Biodiversity informatician, naturalist/entomologist/lepidopterist, Java/Python programmer, Ngunnuwal Country / Canberra, AU He/Him

This account publishes updates from nightly insect monitoring in Canberra (https://amt.hobern.net/, https://www.flickr.com/photos/dhobern/albums/72177720322426621/) and other biodiversity data updates.

See https://scicomm.xyz/@dhobern for other posts.

Banner: #BaillonsCrake, Canberra, AU, 18 Jan 2025

Websitehttps://stangeia.hobern.net
iNaturalisthttps://inaturalist.org/people/dhobern
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Mastodonhttps://scicomm.xyz/@dhobern
ArandaMoths23h ago

Composite image from #AutomatedMothTrap operated in #Aranda, #ACT, #Australia over night of 23 to 24 Apr 2025.

High-resolution (7740 × 4760) copy at: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54472287211_03153cfdc4_o.jpg

https://amt.hobern.net/ @dhobern #Lepidoptera #entomology

ArandaMoths2d ago

Composite image from #AutomatedMothTrap operated in #Aranda, #ACT, #Australia over night of 21 to 22 Apr 2025.

High-resolution (7740 × 4760) copy at: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54467868220_56fcab4023_o.jpg

https://amt.hobern.net/ @dhobern #Lepidoptera #entomology

Show threadArandaMoths3d ago

@dhobern

The large #moth is a male of the anthelid Chelepteryx collesi:

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/355221-Chelepteryx-collesi

Batwing Moth (Chelepteryx collesi)

The white stemmed gum moth (Chelepteryx collesi) is a species of moth of the family Anthelidae. It is found in Australasia. (Source: Wikipedia, '', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelepteryx_collesi, CC BY-SA 3.0 . Photo: (c) David Cook, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC))

iNaturalist
ArandaMoths3d ago

Composite image from #AutomatedMothTrap operated in #Aranda, #ACT, #Australia over night of 20 to 21 Apr 2025.

High-resolution (7740 × 4760) copy at: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54465358488_35a576a36a_o.jpg

https://amt.hobern.net/ @dhobern #Lepidoptera #entomology

ArandaMoths4d ago

Composite image from #AutomatedMothTrap operated in #Aranda, #ACT, #Australia over night of 19 to 20 Apr 2025.

High-resolution (7740 × 4760) copy at: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54463277018_709775b940_o.jpg

https://amt.hobern.net/ @dhobern #Lepidoptera #entomology

ArandaMoths5d ago
Jason Scott6d ago

It was only a matter of time - a contracted, approved grant to the Internet Archive was cut with no warning.

https://sfstandard.com/2025/04/17/doge-neh-funding-cuts-sf/

‘A death blow’: Filmmakers, archivists reel as DOGE suddenly cuts their funding

The NEH had $17.8 million in active grants to Bay Area humanities projects — grantees are scrambling to continue their work.

The San Francisco Standard
ArandaMoths5d ago

Composite image from #AutomatedMothTrap operated in #Aranda, #ACT, #Australia over night of 18 to 19 Apr 2025.

High-resolution (7740 × 4760) copy at: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54461500515_5d0af20e74_o.jpg

https://amt.hobern.net/ @dhobern #Lepidoptera #entomology

ArandaMoths6d ago

#Sesiidae.net clearwing #moth checklist updated. Feeds into #CatalogueOfLife & @gbif.

https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55353/about

See https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55353/diff for changes.

@dhobern

ChecklistBank

ArandaMoths6d ago

Composite image from #AutomatedMothTrap operated in #Aranda, #ACT, #Australia over night of 17 to 18 Apr 2025.

High-resolution (7740 × 4760) copy at: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54459151366_0420c28998_o.jpg

https://amt.hobern.net/ @dhobern #Lepidoptera #entomology

ArandaMothsApr 17

Composite image from #AutomatedMothTrap operated in #Aranda, #ACT, #Australia over night of 16 to 17 Apr 2025.

High-resolution (7740 × 4760) copy at: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54457242936_5d628e2b74_o.jpg

https://amt.hobern.net/ @dhobern #Lepidoptera #entomology