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Bug sessions!

by Spacecampsucks near Birmingham, England, United Kingdom — June 13, 2025 — Gave 3 Hours for Earth

My 14 year old wants to be an animal educator so she came to my scout group and did sessions with every section, age ranges 4-14!

she took lots of her pets and let some of the sensible ones hold some (with adult supervision) the others were on display or in little pots.

They all learned a lot!

More farm work! + bonus art

by Shrimp (ShrimpSuru) near Middle Tennessee, United States — June 13, 2025 — Gave 80 Hours for Earth

It's been really fun working at fabled farm! The heats been killing me put maybe all this farm work will make me super buff

8 mile hike around Lake Como in Montana

by aliyah (abaki_7 on twitch) near Darby, Montana, United States — June 13, 2025 — Gave 4 Hours for Earth

I recently took a trip to Montana, and did and 8 mile hike completely around Lake Como! The lake is right next to the Bitteroot National Forest, and you can see the Bitteroot Mountains and Rocky Mountains! Lots of native plants, bugs, and a gorgeous waterfall at the halfway point of the trail

oops all mountains edition

by cx near Miyun District, Beijing, China — June 13, 2025 — Gave 10 Hours for Earth

Truly dreamlike. The hike itself was hell though it was raining and we were desperately trying not to slide down ~30degree muddy slopes

So this hike is called tiger leaping george. I took my time and spent like 5 days to stare at this mountain called the jade dragon.

Another view of the jade dragon on sundown. Why would I rush and miss this

This is at the peak of a TV tower in Yangshuo, the region is known for the layers and layers of small mountains that inspired ancient chinese painters

While not technically a mountain, look at the grassssssss. Ive spent most of my life in sg and just seeing almost my country’s worth of land as a flat grassland is crazy

A massive buddha statue at the peak of Emeishan in Sichuan china. There are apparently over 60 monastaries on the mountain itself, while this statue sits 48m tall at an elevation of ~3000m

not a mountain BUT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO SEE THIS CUTE KITTEN. She lives at a cafe in the mountains where I used go climbing at

Also not a mountain but LOOK AT THIS FAT CATERPILLAR. idk what species it is though but it looks JUICY

Full view of mt siguniang or four sisters in Sichuan again. Crazy views and biodiversity in each of the valleys.

chat seemed to like the mountains so I collated more from various hikes around china. Coming back to singapore after 2 years of exchange in China sucks there is nothing but heat and humidity here D:

Walkies

by Amy (londonbrolly) — June 13, 2025 — Gave 2 Hours for Earth

Mental health walk and a bit of trash cleanup. I think Camden is enjoying my new car. Also bought myself a little serotonin boost at a local farm stand (bouquet)

Visiting Marwell Zoo

by Samara (samaratonin) near Winchester, England, United Kingdom — June 13, 2025 — Gave 7 Hours for Earth

I went to Marwell Zoo (BIAZA). They do a lot of conservation work and it was really cool to learn about! It was very eco-focussed, including their food which was chosen to minimise negative environmental impact (locally sourced and palm oil free). Sorry this it's such a long post this week!!

Oyster Reef Conservation Exhibition!

by ethyl_ethanoate near Hong Kong, China — June 13, 2025 — Gave 1 Hour for Earth

This is a crab species discovered in the oyster reefs in HK (Nanosesarma pontianacense)

Oyster reefs act as a coastal protection on the shoreline, they absorb the impact of the waves from the ocean

Some infographics about the roles of oysters and oyster reefs

Infographics about the threats oysters face in HK

They placed some oyster spat (baby oysters) and corals onto the coastline of HK a few years ago and the oyster reefs were successfully repopulated

Key achievement of their conservation efforts in the lst 20 years

A little bit about the org behind this - The Nature Conservancy

I went to an exhibition about the conservations of oyster reefs in Hong Kong last week. They are celebrating 20 years of their conservation work. Here's some information about the exhibition and oyster reefs https://www.tnc.org.hk/en-hk/get-involved/how-to-help/our-forgotten-oyster-reefs/

Milkweed

by Permalunacy near Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada — June 13, 2025 — Gave 1 Hour for Earth

Milkweed thats even taller. — June 13th.

Have a ton of milkweed that comes up in my lawn and in between patio stones every year. It grows super fast, so heres some pictures of the same patch over a week or so.

Evening bug hunts with the spouse

by Roxorzboxorz — June 13, 2025 — Gave 2 Hours for Earth

A robber fly that was chilling outside our door.

Some aphids, under the same leaf the long-legged fly was on.

Striped bark scorpion, was like 2.5 inches long. Notice the little red mites on them.

Little itty bitty scorpion, could fit on a dime. Melanie, my spouse, spotted this one in really dim light somehow.

Southern two-striped walkingstick pair, there was probably 20+ of these pairs out that we saw.

This was the only one without a partner :(

Phyllophaga larva. They were crawling on their back, looked really crazy. Apparently Green June bug larvae are known for traversing the surface on their backs.

Very big wolf spider, Tigrosa aspersa I think. It was like 2.5-3 in long.

Evan mentioned these during the IRL bug hunt. Orange Passiflora Flea beetle, living on their namesake the purple passionflower (Passiflora incarnata)

Since it has been warmer we've moved our walks later, and now we see way more bugs out and about. So the last half of our walks have become a bit of a nightly mini bug hunt. Here are some of our finds (+ some other bugs found randomly).