Hungry little crabs may help control coral-eating starfish numbers

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-hungry-crabs-coral-starfish.html

There is no #sentient being he will not harm. Thousands of US Dept of Agriculture employees, including #food inspectors, disease-sniffing #dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving #food to #rot in ports and #pests to proliferate. #DOGE Cuts at the #USDA Could Cause US #Grocery Prices to Rise, #Invasive Species to Spread. The quest for #dictatorship knows no bounds. Americans are not even aware of the expansive, irreparable damage done in just 2 months time - https://www.wired.com/story/usda-food-supply-chains/ No Dog Food!

European starling (Sturnus vulgaris). I generally dislike this species because they come to my feeder in large flocks and empty it while native birds sit and watch. And I've read that droppings from large roosts can kill trees. But this one was cute. Madras, Oregon. #birds #invasive #nature #chonky

New paper in Scientific Reports using @gbif mediated data:

#ClimateChange influences on the potential geographic distribution of the #invasive Asian longhorned #tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis

#CiteTheDOI:

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-86205-6

New paper in Russian Journal of Biological Invasions using @gbif mediated data:

Range Dynamics of the #Invasive Insect Pests Colorado Potato Beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say, 1824) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) and Potato Moth Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller, 1873) (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in Russia under Global #ClimateChange Conditions

#CiteTheDOI:

https://doi.org/10.1134/s2075111724700498

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

Ant visit to local high school

#PennyAnts colony found in #Iceland
#academicchatter #socialoutreach #invasive #species #climatechange

#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 #BeautyInSmallThings

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.

Another one! "Invasive Non-Native Golden Mussel Discovered in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta" #wildlife #invasive https://wildlife.ca.gov/News/Archive/invasive-non-native-golden-mussel-discovered-in-the-sacramentosan-joaquin-delta

A tangle of cypress vine morning glory (Ipomoea quamoclit). This highly invasive species' flowers close during the heat of the day. #wildflowers #invasive