We are now up to date with observations of the month.
Time to consider Observations of the Year, and catch up on outstanding observations.
Please join: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/observation-of-the-year-s-afr
Instructions will follow shortly!
Over the next month, nominations will be posted to catch up with our observations of the month.
Observations must be nominated, and the leading observation by faves will become observation of the month.
Links below. These will be posted every few days.
A place to remind users who have joined this project that some attention or action is required.
Please join the project and agree to receive notifications if you want a monthly reminder to vote (done on main page - this is for special actions).
Observations of the Month initiated on iSpot in February 2012. the first winner was the Elaborately decorative beetle - Sombre Twig Pruner submitted by Gigi (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10810343)
Observations of the month that did not migrate include:
2012
There were no winners (or these were deleted or lost) in May, July and August.
April: Not a Lichen, Stofbergsfontein 2012 - by marlandza (Frullania)
June: Flap-necked Chameleon by Arne Purves (Chamaeleo dilepis subsp. quilensis)
September: Tadpole Shrimp by lulu_pretorius (Triops granarius)
2013
May: Paper Nautilis by Sean Altern (Argonauta argo)
July: An unrivaled sight!! by darius van rensburg (Kniphofia caulescens)
September: Menongue FN 135 by PieterMier (Strophanthus welwitschii)
October: Pupae by Aart (Bucculatrix) [OBSERVATION OF THE YEAR]
November: Hymenolepis parviflora by nubigena (Hymenolepis parviflora)
2014
None
2015
June: Peacock Flounder by Sam Hansen (Bothus mancus)
2016
There was no winner (or it was deleted or lost) in May.
July: Scelotes by Dylanxleonard (Scelotes inornatus)
August: Rau Quagga - FD15 by RJ (Equus quagga subsp. antiquorum)
November: Haroldius sp. by lucanus [OBSERVATION OF THE YEAR]
2017
Old-man's-beard reduviid nymph by BWright
May - September must still be decided: iSpot was deprecated to such a state that we could not conduct a vote for the observation of the month.
