1,450 species!

Not too long after my previous note in September, announcing our collective PorchLighters' observations creeping up on the 1,000 species mark, I took a peek at the count and we were deep into the 1,200's. Not even a chance to pop a cork to celebrate the Millennial Species Count before it was, as they say, old news. A special "hats off" to (or perhaps, given the context, let's shine a light on) jollygoodyellow (https://www.inaturalist.org/people/jollygoodyellow) for her observations lifting us up and well-over that "millestone" (Latin pun, not typo).

As of today (14 November, 2019), we have 6,230 observations tagged to Project PorchLight (thanks, mercí, gracias, obrigado, zikomo, תודה! to all of you for your contributions!). 2,717 of those are considered "Research Grade" (which is pretty amazing, I have to say). But that also means that even more- 3,506, in fact- are still in need of identification, so please reach out to people within your respective networks or colleagues that might be able to spend some of their northern hemisphere "downtime" helping identify those observations still needing ID'd so your observations are able to be considered "Research Grade", shunted over to the GBIF database to contribute a bit more directly to science and conservation.
Shine on!
Stan

Publicado el noviembre 15, 2019 01:10 MAÑANA por srullman srullman

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On https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/project-porchlight, the "About" section seems to imply that the project is for observing insects, but in the terms & rules there is no taxon requirements.

I've noticed the light over my Garage seems to attarct geckos (I'm guessing they are there to prey on the insects, or possibly take advantage of the radiant heat).

Would an observation of a gecko be an appropriate addition to this project or not?

Publicado por star3 hace alrededor de 4 años

Hi star3,
Absolutely! Please tag your gecko-garage light photos to Project PorchLight! 99% of the images people post are indeed insects, but other taxonomic groups are most welcome as they tell a more complete picture of the complex predator-prey relationships that occur around these light sources. I recently posted a photo of a brown chameleon waiting for "visitors" at my father's garage light in Florida.
Thanks for reaching out, and be well during these trying times!
in wildness...
Stan Rullman

Publicado por srullman hace alrededor de 4 años

And by "brown chameleon", I mean brown anole- Anolis sagrei.

Publicado por srullman hace alrededor de 4 años

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