the links don’t seem to work. :-(
If you remove colons at the end they should work.
Now try;
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Does this observation of mine count? It’s still the only one in western Canada.
Forgot to add: iNat first in the UK for this ant:
https://uk.inaturalist.org/observations/79384518
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I was inspired by my own encounters with this genus of beetles and unidentified observations on iNaturalist to do more research. The specimens in the photo were loaned to me by staff at Colorado State University’s entomology collection and confirm the presence of Ripiphorus iridescens in Boulder and Fort Collins, Colorado, after it was only known from El Paso, Texas for many years. This and other range extensions will be published eventually. In the meantime, anyone can help me by finding more beetles: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/summer-wedge-shaped-beetle-hunting/42393
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I got the first iNat observations of Megachile mucida in my state, and the most observations of this species in general. I certainly didn’t expect to find this uncommon bee in a community garden.
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I currently hold the only observation of a type of pygmy grasshopper, Paxilla obesa, which I found while observing for the City Nature Challenge 2023 in the Florida Everglades. It looks like this is the southernmost record of this species, with most other specimens being collected before 1930.
I also have found interest in some Agallia leafhoppers in my area in south Florida, as some of the ones I have observed may be newly introduced into the United States.
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It’s almost too easy to get city, county, or regional firsts in eastern North Carolina. For some reason, observers here tend to focus on just the most obvious. For Greenville:
Green Anole: 77 observations by 55 observers
Baldcypress: 37 observations by 27 observers
Top ten most frequently observed:
172 Great Blue Heron
145 Canada Goose
104 Eastern Gray Squirrel
77 Green Anole
71 Pond Slider
43 Mallard
39 Double-crested Cormorant
38 American Robin
38 Common Whitetail
37 Asian Lady Beetle
Whereas I had the first American Beech, the first Bracted Plantain, the first Mayapple Rust, and one of only two Brazilian Cat’s-ear and one of only two Wax-leaf Ligustrum – none of which are rare here, or inconspicuous either; they just aren’t the most obvious.
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