#NewSpecies!
New shrimp from #usa just pinched us:

Salmoneus manningi

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03ED87CC-EC05-8974-FF37-BE5FFBB3FF45
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5583.1.8
#Zootaxa #SalmoneusManningi

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#NewSpecies
New longhorn beetle from #ecuador just came in:

Nealcidion chloroxanthon

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/892487AC-7602-FFE5-4FD1-D88EF1CAFE07
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.1.1
#Zootaxa #NealcidionChloroxanthon

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#NewSpecies!
New water mite from #china just swam in:

Atractides cardiacus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0396422E-FFE2-FF89-FE29-871A827AF68C
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2775
#ejtaxonomy #AtractidesCardiacus

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#NewSpecies!
New moth from #china:

Sinarella jinggangshana

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/77B6DDF2-C5A6-5873-9DAB-1FA2C7E83897
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e139845
#BioDataJournal #SinarellaJinggangshana

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Studies of Insects and Shells. Drawing by Jacques Le Moyne (c.1533-1588). © The Trustees of the British Museum. #MolluscMonday #Art #invertebrates

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #japan just swam in:

Lepechinella macrospinosa

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E2B878B-FFC5-FFD7-FF29-F9BBFB06A287
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5601.1.6
#Zootaxa #LepechinellaMacrospinosa

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#NewSpecies!
New leafhopper from #vietnam just hopped in:

Multinervis phongdienensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E5F42735-8A78-5A7A-8274-1CD7B2E87B1E
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1233.136519
#ZooKeys #MultinervisPhongdienensis

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#NewSpecies!
New spider from #india just caught our attention:

Indothele amboli

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D087A3-FFEF-FF9A-D6C6-FC5D884FF832
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2827
#ejtaxonomy #IndotheleAmboli

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#NewSpecies!
New darklingbeetle from #indonesia just snuck in:

Strongylium bidens

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D6274B0C-AB77-FF92-FDB9-A1BF2C7FFBD5
Publication: https://doi.org/10.59893/bjc.24(1).002
#BalticJournalOfColeopterology #StrongyliumBidens

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At 09:09 this morning I decided it was a good time to take advantage of what the #wind had done overnight. A lot of #duckweed had accumulated in one of the bays in the #lake
visible from out lounge window.

With the aid of a angler's net attached to a long pole and a rake I managed to make a good stab of removing the weed along with some sludge and twigs found on the bed of the lake. It's now in a number of piles on the bank. I'll give it a day or two to allow #invertebrates to crawl back into the water and then move the piles to the #compost bins.

Abusing beaches as highways

"Overcrowding due to a surge in visitors at some of Queensland's pristine beaches has raised safety and environmental concerns. Reports of offences including reckless driving, littering and even defecating have increased at 4WD beaches in recent years amid a domestic tourism boom."
>>
https://au.news.yahoo.com/calls-for-major-change-at-popular-4wd-beaches-and-campgrounds-as-popularity-soars-224716506.html
#beaches #dunes #traffic #cars #vehicles #SUVs #4WDs #Biodiversity #wildlife #Invertebrates #birds #shorebirds #MigratoryBirds #turtles #NSW #Queensland #Australia #regulation #climate #tourism #FossilFuel #recreation #overtourism

Abusing beaches as highways

"Overcrowding due to a surge in visitors at some of Queensland's pristine beaches has raised safety and environmental concerns.Reports of offences including reckless driving, littering and even defecating have increased at 4WD beaches in recent years amid a domestic tourism boom."
>>
https://au.news.yahoo.com/calls-for-major-change-at-popular-4wd-beaches-and-campgrounds-as-popularity-soars-224716506.html
#beaches #dunes #traffic #cars #vehicles #SUVs #4WDs #Biodiversity #wildlife #Invertebrates #birds #shorebirds #MigratoryBirds #turtles #NSW #Queensland #Australia #regulation #climate #tourism

Traffic on beaches
It's the Wild West - turning beach ecology into a Woolies car park

Off-road vehicles are allowed to cause "serious ecological harm" to beaches, dunes and estuaries ecosystems. Vehicles traffic is causing "unequivocal serious and widespread damage" to coastal dune ecosystems. "All of the species had suffered negative effects caused by off-road vehicles. The four-by-fours running over them basically crush them to death."

"Professor Schlacher said the Noosa North Shore, Rainbow Beach, K'gari and Bribie Island were among the car-accessible beaches that were being "pummelled to death"". On Bribie Island "there can be 1,200 vehicles on the beach in one day, and that's ridiculous. It's just like a Woolies car park."

Ban 4WDs from beaches >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-24/call-for-four-wheel-drive-ban-aussie-beaches/104990150
#NationalParks #beaches #dunes #traffic #cars #vehicles #SUVs #4WDs #Biodiversity #wildlife #Invertebrates #birds #shorebirds #MigratoryBirds #turtles #NSW #Queensland #Australia #regulation #climate

Grainy hand hermit, staying safe. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2025/03/when-in-doubt-hide.html #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #Invertebrates #IntertidalInvertebrates #MarineInvertebrates #Nature

#NewSpecies!
New ghost shrimp from #china just pinched us:

Ctenocheles sinicus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7F284D42-FDBD-4962-8B6B-8400FAFCB063
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5529.2.9
#Zootaxa #CtenochelesSinicus

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