Monsoon Beauty

Update - 1st August 2021

Dear Friends,

Thank you for being part of the Monsoon Beauty event.

1st August is being celebrated as International Friendship Day. We hope that through this monsoon event you have made new human friends and also become friends with nature around you.

The first 17 odd days of this event have been amazing. We have had the opportunity to see and enjoy beautiful sights and sounds from across the country.

As of writing this journal we are just past the 12000 observation mark. With 78 keen observers and 464 awesome identifiers who are helping to put a correct name to what is being put onto inaturalist.

Observations of the Day

Every day we trying to choose topical and relevant observations - an attempt to show case the rich Tree of Life with short notes on a particular taxonomic group.

You can see the posts on twitter here, While Instagram is visible here. Do tag us, share , follow - what ever your preference.

To Summarize the observations, we have highlighted so far, below is the list

16th July 2021 - Moths

1. the beautiful Thyas juno moth by @aibor

17th July 2021 - Birds

1. a male Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis by @negi

18th July 2021 - Snails & Slugs

1. a Common Land Snail Order Stylommatophora by @rajkoranga

19th July 2021 Fungi; Insects ; and Amphibians

1. A Fan-shaped Jelly Fungus Dacryopinax spathularia by @hari_mt
2. A Giant Firefly Genus Lamprigera by @krishna31
3. An IUCN critically endangered Shillong Bubble-nest Frog Raorchestes shillongensis by @ti_eramal

21th July 2021 - Butterflies

1. A Peacock Pansy Junonia almana by @paulmathi
2. A Common Redeye Matapa aria by @navaneethsinigeorge
3. A Common Grass Yellow Eurema hecabe by @subbu107

22nd July 2021 - Domestic Mammals

1. Domestic Dogs Canis familiaris by @varsh1
2. A Domestic Cat Felis catus by @arvintrix

24th July 2021 - Reptiles

1. An IUCN category Vulnerable Indian Star Tortoise Geochelone elegans by @paulmathi
2. An Indian Vine Snake Ahaetulla oxyrhyncha by @chayantgonsalves
3. The most commonly seen reptile a Changeable Lizard Calotes versicolor by @hive

26th July 2021 - Spiders

1. An Ornamental Tree Trunk Spider Herennia multipuncta by @vivekbgirija
2. Web and a Typical Orbweaver Subfamily Araneinae by @kapil_chand

27th July 2021 - Flowering Plants

The first observations, on iNaturalist, of the Amorphophallus napalensis flower

1. Seen on 25th July 2021 by @ti_eramal near Shillong see images of the flower here
2. And seen a month earlier earlier by @aibor also near Shillong see images of the flower here

29th July 2021 - Tiger

1. On international tiger day we posted this picture of the Endangered Tiger Panthera tigris shared by @mirza8

31st July 2021 - Insect Group Orthoptera

Grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids are the prominent members of this order

1. @jungli92 shared images of two Gaudy Grasshoppers Poekilocerus pictus the first image is here and the second here
2. @babloo_farswan shared this Grasshopper from the Infraorder Acrididea

So far these are the observations we have showcased on instagram and twitter

Timeline of Observation landmarks (Counts of 1000)

Through the course of the event we would like to acknowledge the efforts of as many contributors and observations as possible. Today's acknowledgment are statistical landmark posts

Like the 1st post and the 10000th

If you are curious as to which post was which the satiate your curiosity by browsing the landmark posts listed below :

1st Post by user @varsh1 of a Mogra Jasminum sambac

500th Post by user @ram_k of an American Lopseed Phryma leptostachya

1000th Post by user @pawan_singh_koranga of a Paper Wasps *Subfamily Polistinae *

2000th Post by user @nageshwaran_nageshwaran of a Crested Dogtail Grass Cynosurus cristatus

3000th Post by user @swatiudayraj of Skullcaps Genus Scutellaria

4000th Post by user @jaya_rakesh of a moth from the Genus Labdia

5000th Post by user @babloo_farswan of a Red Bistort Bistorta amplexicaulis

6000th Post by user @ti_eramal of a Large Crane Fly type insect from the Genus Leptotarsus

7000th Post by user @kapil_chand of a Hare's Foot Inkcap Coprinopsis lagopus

8000th Post by user @odonut of a Bird Feather

9000th Post by user @aadyathammaiah of a Coconut Palm Cocos nucifera

10000th Post by user @ram_k of a Pearl Moths Subfamily Spilomelinae

11000th Post by user @babloo_farswan of a Common Flower Flies Genus Syrphus

12000th Post by user @babloo_farswan of a Frogs and Toads Order Anura

Highlighting interesting observation or people or places

On iNaturalist if you feel any particular observation (or person) needs to be covered do tag us in the comments of that observation or send us the persons @tag (please use @ram_k @mountainjen @vijay_dixit) we will be happy to follow up.

And in case of any queries do write to us at indiasnature.01@gmail.com

Google forms to help us know you

In case you have not yet filled in the google form we request you to do so.

The google form is to help us know you and create niche support , when feasible,

This is the link

[https://forms.gle/6wFmQuk7zKpqsugP7||Monsoon Beauty Participant Google Form] Link

Thank you

Team India's Nature Monsoon Beauty

indiasnature.01@gmail.com

@ram_k @mountainjen @vijay_dixit

Publicado el agosto 1, 2021 09:57 TARDE por ram_k