A few years ago, I got obsessed with native plants. Then, COVID happened and I had a lot more time for gardening and observing wildlife in the garden. So, I’ve spent a lot of time this year, obsessively stalking insects and cataloguing plants with iNaturalist. My lists include 56 birds, 66 bees, 34 …

I take pictures of the wildlife in our little garden and I use the keyword “Garten”. When I search the keywords/description section for “Garten” I get also species that include “Garten” in their common name. Is there a way to organize the observations from my garden in a better way ?

I obscure all my garden observations and none of the other ones in my state, so I use that to filter. Many people have projects set up, either location or keyword based I think.

Thank you Tony, I was not aware of this tread. :) I feel proud of my garden diversity, since is really quite small, it started back in 2015, when we moved to this house.

You should be proud! It’s great to find so much diversity in a small space and hopefully more friends or neighbors are interested and start doing the same. It will never replace large scale conservation, but our gardens can be a mini wildlife refuge.

Don’t forget to tell interested people, to avoid/reduce “fumigacion” which is very popular in Mexico. Although, we had a little garden in Mexico City we almost had no wildlife due to the insecticide (which apparently killed everything alive, except the “alacranes”). Most of the time, I didn’t allow…

[image] annemirdl: our neighbors found ways to get our garden sprayed indirectly That sounds very illegal.

Found my 100th yard Lepidoptera tonight https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121974443 which makes it the first major wild “group” to hit triple digits. Not the most exciting moth, but it beats identifying Noctuidae.

I walked outside for lunch break (working from home) and the insect swarms are incredible. So many wasps and bees especially, one of the perks of sunny summer days. What are y’all seeing? Anything new or exciting? [DSC_5052_crop]

Lots of moths, spent each summer of my childhood here and never noticed how many of them are here.

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That is awful. Environmental exposure to breathing in insecticide too.

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