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      • Snake Mapping and Monitoring
      • Tracking Willet Migration
      • Coastal Otter Research
      • 2013 Belted Kingfisher & Swallow Colony Surveys
    • Martha’s Vineyard Atlas of Life
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    • MV Christmas Bird Count
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Martha’s Vineyard Atlas of Life

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 Sky Pirates!
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By Matt Pelikan
In Insects, Martha's Vineyard Atlas of Life
Posted June 21, 2022

Sky Pirates!

There is virtually no end to the list of strange life histories insects have evolved. I came across a good example as I tended a moth sheet (a white sheet […]

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 Think Like a Fly
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By Matt Pelikan
In Insects, Martha's Vineyard Atlas of Life, Uncategorized
Posted June 15, 2022

Think Like a Fly

To be successful at hunting or fishing, the saying goes, you need to learn to think like your prey. The same is true of insect study: by learning to imagine […]

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 Deer Bot Fly
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By Matt Pelikan
In Insects, Martha's Vineyard Atlas of Life
Posted June 1, 2022

Deer Bot Fly

Flies – the order Diptera – are an incredibly diverse group, and they’ve evolved an astonishing array of bizarre life histories. I recently encountered an example of one of the [...]

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 A Vineyard Treasure: Walsh’s Anthophora
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By Matt Pelikan
In Environmental Issues, Insects, Martha's Vineyard Atlas of Life, Uncategorized, Wildflowers
Posted May 19, 2022

A Vineyard Treasure: Walsh’s Anthophora

Friday, May 20, is both Endangered Species Day and World Bee Day. What could be a more appropriate topic for that dual celebration than  an endangered bee? Walsh’s Anthophora (Anthophora [...]

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 Stiletto flies
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By Matt Pelikan
In Insects, Martha's Vineyard Atlas of Life
Posted June 21, 2021

Stiletto flies

Perhaps because of their elongated shape, members of the fly family Therevidae have acquired the common name “stiletto flies.” This is a smallish fly family, widespread but said to be [...]

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 New Arrival
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By Matt Pelikan
In Insects, Martha's Vineyard Atlas of Life
Posted June 7, 2021

New Arrival

Human travel and commerce have completely rewritten the book on wildlife distribution. Deliberately or by accident, humans have transported many thousands of species from their native ranges to [...]

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 “Mystery Fly” on the Vineyard’s South Shore
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By Matt Pelikan
In Insects, Martha's Vineyard Atlas of Life
Posted May 27, 2021

“Mystery Fly” on the Vineyard’s South Shore

With 4 million contributors, more than 67 million records, and a third of a million species documented, iNaturalist might seem like a complete archive of biodiversity. But with an estimated […]

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 New Wasp Species for Vineyard Atlas of Life
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By Matt Pelikan
In Insects, Martha's Vineyard Atlas of Life
Posted May 17, 2021

New Wasp Species for Vineyard Atlas of Life

An interesting species was added to the BWorks Martha’s Vineyard Atlas of Life project on iNaturalist last weekend: Vespula vidua, sometimes known as the widow yellowjacket. A queen or [...]

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 Don’t Take Flies for Granted!
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By Matt Pelikan
In Insects, Martha's Vineyard Atlas of Life
Posted May 6, 2021

Don’t Take Flies for Granted!

Flies — the order Diptera — tend to be either ignored or reviled by humans. But this diverse group of insects, with about 17,000 known species in North America, is […]

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 Martha’s Vineyard Atlas of Life – Update
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By Matt Pelikan
In Insects, Martha's Vineyard Atlas of Life
Posted April 7, 2021

Martha’s Vineyard Atlas of Life – Update

An alert observer and the power of iNaturalist (iNaturalist.org) recently combined to add a regionally important insect record on Martha’s Vineyard! iNaturalist observer abgeorge found the [...]

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