IUCNButterflySG
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The IUCN SSC Butterfly & Moth Specialist Group works to inform about and conserve butterflies and moths and their habitats around the world.
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At the just concluded Biology of Butterflies - Prague 2023 in Prague, Oskar Brattstrom presented our strategy for #Nigerian butterflies for the following years.
Final flashback to Biology of Butterflies - Prague 2023 - check out our #GlobalButterflyIndex team hard at work during the poster session! Timed counts for #monitoring butterflies with David Roy 🐛 & an intro to our #butterfly index by Holly Mynott #BoB2023
What a find! Last night, the Global Center celebrated #MothWeek by doing a bit of mothing in the Indianapolis Zoo's White River Gardens. Our Invertebrate Conservation Coordinator 𝕊𝕖𝕣𝕘𝕚𝕠 ℍ𝕖𝕟𝕣𝕚𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤 (he/him/his) found this beauty, and it is indeed fascinating. 1/
Join us at the "Conservation of Small Things - insects and other invertebrates" symposium at @ICCB2023 SCB at 10.15-13.30, room HM2. We are planning to write a collaborative paper and every participant will be involved! drnickisaac.bsky.social Lynn Dicks Shawan Chowdhury (শাওন চৌধুরী) Perpetra Akite
The Hawaiian sphinx moth (Manduca blackburni) is a hawk moth and could be the lost pollinator of the Holulu - an Extinct in the Wild plant that we grow at the Indianapolis Zoo as part of our White River Gardens collection. #MothWeek 8/
And here is a stunning moth spotted at the Indianapolis Zoo recently by one of our Horticulture staff members. Thank you, Joseph, for sharing your photo of this cecropia moth (Hyalophora cecropia) - which is the largest moth species in North America. #MothWeek 9/
Looking for a new hobby? How about butterfly watching! This blog post from The Nature Conservancy offers tips for beginners. IUCNButterflySG blog.nature.org/2022/08/15/a-b…
It's time for the #MonarchBlitz! Learn more from The Xerces Society. IUCNButterflySG 𝕊𝕖𝕣𝕘𝕚𝕠 ℍ𝕖𝕟𝕣𝕚𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤 (he/him/his)
Have you ever been involved in a #CitizenScience project? If yes, please complete our 10-minute survey and share it with your colleagues. GBIF @ecoevo.social/@gbif iNaturalist CitizenScience.Asia Australian Citizen Science Association Atlas of Living Aust e-Butterfly Butterfly Conservation 🦋 IUCNButterflySG Insect Survey ConservationOptimism
Saving species is possible because conservation works! At the Indianapolis Zoo's Global Center for Species Survival, we are working to #ReverseTheRed and recover species. Learn more about Reverse the Red here: reversethered.org