Local removal of #invasive #mongooses that have been eating their way through native #Caribbean species has little long-term effect as surrounding populations quickly move back in. https://wildlife.org/jwm-invasive-indian-mongoose-bounce-back-after-removal/
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-hungry-crabs-coral-starfish.html
Out-of-control invasive species has met its match: Cute and hungry #otters
#WestCoast states are spending millions to protect their inland #waterways from #invasive #crabs. In some places, otters are just eating them. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/12/20/invasive-green-crabs-are-no-match-for-sea-otters/77090472007/?tbref=hp
Rose-ringed parakeets (or Drarra, as I knew them) are pretty and colorful #birds, but they are also a very aggressive #Invasive species. Just to demonstrate how aggressive - they attack (and sometimes kill) rats.
https://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/110174
#RachelMaddow #stunned by #Trump #hiring #form’s #outrageous #personal #questions.
Maddow said many of us would #callthepolice if our would-be #employer #asked these extremely #invasive #personal #questions.
Big bad Florida snakes (the other python) - annual hunt
The Everglades Avengers bagged this 91-pound python in 2021.
#ArtAdventCalendar day 4 Creeping #Thistle Cirsium arvense is an unwelcome #invasive plant here, causing real problems in some cultivated fields and rendering areas in pastures unpalatable to livestock and wild browsers. #Pollinators and other insects, however have no hesitation in using flowers and foliage; + they can be beautiful with lots of fragrant colourful flowers +- as you see here- seed heads hanging on well into #winter. #Alberta #SolaceInNature #photography 
This is what a coconut palm tree damaged by coconut Rhinoceros beetles looks like. Was on the north shore of Oahu a few hours ago & many or even most of the palms there are damaged.
The state is very worried. The beetles are well-established, it appears.
I bought the domain for treeofheavensucks.com bc I'm that much of a hater against this fucked up tree lmao
#GorgeWaterway Action Society is part of the federal Department of #Fisheries and #Oceans #EuropeanGreenCrab #MonitoringProject.
The local monitoring team caught a few invasive crabs during the Gorge Waterway trapping yesterday. The team is back out, today(Sept. 19) at 10am.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x5-MeifU5FA
This is an ongoing environmental project for our #GorgeWaterwayActionSociety.
https://www.gorge.ca/projects/european-green-crab-monitoring
In association with #DFO - #PacificSalmonFoundation
https://psf.ca/
#PeninsulaStreamsSociety
https://peninsulastreams.ca/
#InvasiveSpeciesCouncilBC
https://bcinvasives.ca/
More info on these #invasive #crabs be found here:
https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/profiles-profils/europeangreencrab-crabevert-eng.html
If you see any of these invasive green crabs - please report them:
Toll-free: 1-888-356-7525
Email: DFO.AISPacific-EAEPacifique.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Local #invasive #EuropeanGreenCrab monitoring team caught a few invasive #crabs during the #GorgeWaterway trapping yesterday. The team is back out on the waterway, today at 10am.
This is an ongoing environmental project for our #GorgeWaterwayActionSociety. In association with #DFO - #PacificSalmonFoundation - #PeninsulaStreamsSociety - #InvasiveSpeciesCouncilBC.
refreshed #introduction
#citizenScientist in Reston, VA in the suburbs of Washington, DC · coordinator for long-term project at Huntley Meadows Park, monitoring #nestBox activity of #WoodDuck (#AixSponsa) and #HoodedMerganser (#LophodytesCucullatus) · https://vnps.org · http://www.virginiamasternaturalist.org · #invasive plant removal & #habitatRestoration · #retired #software engineer from https://www.npr.org · #communityTheater · Northwestern Univ (BA), Univ of Pennsylvania (MBA)
The Friends of Native Trees in Takoma (FONTT) offers a One-Stop Guide to #Invasive Plants – what they are, why we need to prevent their spread, and how to remove them. https://fontt.org/remove-invasive-plants/
While specific to the 8A region in the #USA, many apply to all #northamerica
Visit the guide and learn:
What is an #invasivespecies
Are all #non-natives invasive?
Why remove invasive plants?
Which plants are invasive?
Remove these TKPK invasives!
Rhinoncomimus latipes, a weevil introduced into the United States in 2004 to control mile-a-minute (Persicaria perfoliata), a Class B noxious weed. Larvae eat stems, adults eat leaves. The beetle's range is expanding ~4 km/yr. #weevil #insect #entomology #ipm #biocontrol #beetle #weed #invasive #coleoptera #macro #photography
Invasive Available October 22
#horror – #horrorcomics – #comicbooks – #Invasive – #CullenBunn – @OniPress – @cullenbunn – Author: Cullen Bunn Dr. Carrie Reynolds was a veteran trauma surgeon with a godlike mastery of muscle and bone. But outside the operating room, her rigidly ordered life spiraled into chaos when her daughter, Heather-a recovering plastic surgery addict-suddenly di…
#horror #Invasive #CullenBunn #Comics #Releases #ad
https://horrornerdonline.com/2024/09/invasive-available-october-22/
I've been unsuccessful at trying to find the other #invasive European wall #lizard nests to eradicate them from our property. This one lizard that I saw this morning is medium sized, about 3" long.
#EuropeanWallLizards breed prolifically & are a threat to our native #ecosystems, disturbing #ecological balance by killing/eating several native flora & fauna - including native alligator lizards, native slugs & salamanders & news, baby turtle eggs, wild bird eggs, they destroy native bee & bumblenee nests by eating the bees/young & they also eat native plants & seeds. They have super voracious appetites & are commonly known to eat their own young too - instead of letting them grow up & compete for food & nesting areas.
They started to spread from #CentralSaanich & are now found in every municipality in #YYJ. They've now spread up island, into the Gulf Islands, over to Vancouver mainland & BC interior areas too.
Please read an older news article linked, on how their invasion of local ecosystems started:
"Long before they ever roamed #Saanich backyards, common wall lizards existed only as an exhibit at #RudysPetPark, a Central Saanich attraction opened in 1957 to capitalize on tourist traffic from nearby Butchart Gardens.
Started by German immigrant Rudy Bauersachs, the park was located along Durrance Road next to #MountWork, and boasted lions, monkeys, cougars, bears, bobcats, snakes, and, of course, a small population of common wall lizards from Northern Italy. In 1961, one of the zoo’s wolves, Lobo, even achieved brief fame as the star of an eponymous #WaltDisney film."
https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/common-wall-lizard-victoria-rudys-pet-park-saanich
Exotic eye worm rapidly invades US by spreading from testes of fruit flies
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/08/exotic-eye-worm-rapidly-invades-us-by-spreading-from-testes-of-fruit-flies/ #parasites #EyeWorm #Eeeeyeew #invasive #VariegatedFuitFly #Thelaziacallipaeda
