Launch of Orthopteroid Recording Scheme Online
The annual Orthopterists’ Meeting took place last week on Wednesday 19th November at The Natural History Museum. Whilst I was unable to arrive early enough for all the talks I managed to catch Peter Sutton’s lecture on ‘British Orthoptera, the current state of affairs’ which I shall discuss in a later post. His lecture was followed by the launch of the Orthoptera Recording Scheme website which will provide information on the Orthopteroids of the British Isles and enable the submission of sightings.
Anyone can submit sightings along with a photo to allow verification of the sighting identification. Once the record(s) has been verified they will be added to the National Biodiversity Network and the appropriate distribution map.
It will be interesting to follow the progress of the site and hopefully see more entomological recording sites in the future.
Tags: Entomology, L.Livermore, NHM, orthoptera, orthopteroid, Peter Sutton
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