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(806 organisms)
(528 insects)
as of 2023
Why be an 'inverter'?
Like birds, invertebrates are some of the best ambassadors of the natural world. There are up to 10 million living insect species spread across countless habitats on all seven continents. With their voices (sounds), body patterns, colors, and (from solitary to social) behaviors, insects invite us to learn about them and the ecosystems they inhabit. In addition, you need to go no further than your own backyard to visit more of your insect neighbors than you might expect to be there.
A few uncommon observations from 2023:
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Pleolophus indistinctus |
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Denticulate Nomad Nomada denticulata |
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Tomoxia inclusaVery cool. Here is a link to GBIF data - https://www.gbif.org/species/1046049. Hard to say if these kinds of things are actually rare or rarely collected or reported. There might be, for example, a bunch of them in collections like UVM, but they remain undigitized. This is why we need to have all data available for use. But, for now, at the very least, you get the crown for the first known VT record! Woohoo! -Kent M (VCE)  |
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Cherry Acrobat Ant Crematogaster cerasi (Confirmation pending) |
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Dwarf Cellophane-cuckoo Bee Epeolus pusillushttps://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180116762Nice find Bernie! That is a great spot [Saxon Hill, Essex, VT]. Late fall at a sandy site makes sense for that species, though the similar Epeolus scutellaris is abundant there, and I can't quite see what I want to be sure. Colletes americanus should be the host (itself a goldenrod/aster specialist). - Spencer H. (VCE Biologist) |
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Schroederella iners |
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Genus Muesebeckidium |
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Ischnus inquisitorius |
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Plateumaris rufa |
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Impressive work!
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