Bush Blitz is a species discovery partnership between the Australian Government, BHP and Earthwatch Australia.
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8 Mar 2024
Happy #International_Womens_Day these are just a few of the many wonderful women we have had the privilege to work with ๐ธ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐
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15 Feb 2024
A new species of land snail, discovered during our 2021 Groote Eylandt Bush Blitz expedition, has been named! doi.org/10.3897/zse.100.1132โฆ
Scientists worked closely with the Anindilyakwa community to choose a name - ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ข.
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15 Feb 2024
This species is known only from 3 small islands of the North East Isles Group. Its future on one island is uncertain, as its habitat is being degraded by feral deer.
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13 Dec 2023
In other exciting news Dr Rachael King and Dr Remko Leijs from the SA Museum have described 2 new genera and species of subterranean amphipods! (doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.โฆ). ๐ทRachael King
@SAMuseum @Parks_Australia @bhp @Earthwatch_Aus
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13 Dec 2023
Photos 1,3,4 - Dr Rachael King & Dr Remko Leijs sampling bores in South Australia. Photo 2 - One of the new species - Carnarvonis katjae
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13 Dec 2023
There are many more species in groundwater habitats across the region yet to be described, so this is important work as stygofauna are particularly sensitive to groundwater environment disturbance. #speciesdiscovery #bushblitz #stygofauna
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13 Dec 2023
The specimens were collected on our Carnarvon Station Reserve Bush Blitz in 2014 and the paper brings the total number of known species of stygobiotic amphipods in Queensland to 3!
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7 Dec 2023
Big shoutout to our hardworking Bush Blitz spider scientists (Dr Robert Raven, Jeremy Wilson & Dr Mark Harvey) who have recently published papers describing new species! #speciesdiscovery #bushblitz #taxonomyaustralia #spidersofaustralia #australianspiders
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๐ธ1 - Dr Robert Raven with a trapdoor spider
๐ธ2 - Dr Mark Harvey and Jeremy Wilson on our Wilinggin West Kimberly expedition
๐ธ3 - Dr Barbara Baehr and Joseph Schubert on our Little Desert VIC expedition
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And Jeremy Wilson (@2fangs8legs) & Mark Harvey (along with Michael Rix) described 5 new Aname (wishbone spiders) species (doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.890โฆ) with specimens being collected on 3 Bush Blitz expeditions
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7 Dec 2023
Dr Robert Raven named 48 new Miturgid (ground-hunting spiders) species (doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.535โฆ). Around 10 of the new species were found on Bush Blitz expeditions, and 2 he named after veteran Bush Blitz scientists Dr Mark Harvey & Dr Barbara Baehr
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21 Jun 2023
Here's some microscope footage of the new stink bug species, which belongs to the Deroploini tribe of Australian Horn Bugs #newtoscience #speciesdiscovery #bushblitz @unswbees @wamuseum @Parks_Australia @Earthwatch_Aus @bhp @WAParksWildlife
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Bush Blitz retweeted
New discovery from Gerry Cassis and colleagues on a recent @BushBlitz2 @EERC_UNSW smh.com.au/national/western-โฆ
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19 Jun 2023
Have you heard the news?! A stink bug new to science was discovered on our Wudjari Esperance Bush Blitz! The pea-sized stink bug resembles the spiky leaves of its host plant, a Hakea sp. If you take a closer look, you can see it also has curved horns and bright yellow tusks!
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19 Jun 2023
The discovery was made by entomologists Dr Gerry Cassis @unswbees, and Dr Nik Tatarnic @wamuseum, with the help of Tjaltjraak Rangers and Senior Cultural Advisor Doc Reynolds at a place of cultural significance to the Wudjari people of the region. #wudjariboodja #speciesdiscovery
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15 Jun 2023
In Port Lincoln & the Eyre Peninsula?
Please listen out for a squeaky door noise- it could be a very important #frog!
Bibron's Toadlet has only been heard twice
in the area. Pls record with @FrogIDAus & help its conservation!
#EyrePeninsula #SouthAustralia @DonnellanSteve
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5 Jun 2023
Itโs World Environment Day ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ท๏ธ๐ฆ๐ and this yearโs theme is plastic pollution.
Check out this clever video about plastic pollution made by one of our Bush Blitz scouts as part of his badge work ๐๐คฃ
youtu.be/p72KnjN3sEI
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