Stephen Fricker
@stephenfricker.bsky.social
Interests include public health, Environment, Evolution, Mosquitos, and citizen science engagement
Co-founder GSBioblitz
Opinions expressed are my own.
Northern Territory, Aus, https://linktr.ee/stephenfricker
Co-founder GSBioblitz
Opinions expressed are my own.
Northern Territory, Aus, https://linktr.ee/stephenfricker
Hoary-headed Grebe 'Poliocephalus poliocephalus' spotted in Adelaide, Australia early in the new year.
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #aves #wildoz
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#BirdsSeenIn2026 #aves #wildoz
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January 11, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Hoary-headed Grebe 'Poliocephalus poliocephalus' spotted in Adelaide, Australia early in the new year.
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #aves #wildoz
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #aves #wildoz
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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I’m currently in Aarhus 🇩🇰 for the @tibsaarhus2026.bsky.social. Tomorrow I’ll be presenting for the first time something I’ve been working on for the past year. Come by to the auditorium 3 for the session on “Spatio-temporal modelling” #TIBS2026 #biogeography
January 8, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I’m currently in Aarhus 🇩🇰 for the @tibsaarhus2026.bsky.social. Tomorrow I’ll be presenting for the first time something I’ve been working on for the past year. Come by to the auditorium 3 for the session on “Spatio-temporal modelling” #TIBS2026 #biogeography
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Casbia celidosema - Trident Casbia
These moths seem to be more common in the Eastern states of Australia but we've recorded a few of these in our Perth Hills Garden now.
They have a very distinctive trident-like mark on each wing 🔱
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist
These moths seem to be more common in the Eastern states of Australia but we've recorded a few of these in our Perth Hills Garden now.
They have a very distinctive trident-like mark on each wing 🔱
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist
January 9, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Casbia celidosema - Trident Casbia
These moths seem to be more common in the Eastern states of Australia but we've recorded a few of these in our Perth Hills Garden now.
They have a very distinctive trident-like mark on each wing 🔱
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist
These moths seem to be more common in the Eastern states of Australia but we've recorded a few of these in our Perth Hills Garden now.
They have a very distinctive trident-like mark on each wing 🔱
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist
Reposted by Stephen Fricker
The Aedes aegypti mosquito didn’t adapt by accident. It adapted to us.
It thrives in cities, breeding in small pockets of still water.
That’s why we focus on understanding their behaviour, not just fighting outbreaks. Smarter prevention starts with how the problem actually works.
#FunFactFriday
It thrives in cities, breeding in small pockets of still water.
That’s why we focus on understanding their behaviour, not just fighting outbreaks. Smarter prevention starts with how the problem actually works.
#FunFactFriday
January 9, 2026 at 1:32 PM
The Aedes aegypti mosquito didn’t adapt by accident. It adapted to us.
It thrives in cities, breeding in small pockets of still water.
That’s why we focus on understanding their behaviour, not just fighting outbreaks. Smarter prevention starts with how the problem actually works.
#FunFactFriday
It thrives in cities, breeding in small pockets of still water.
That’s why we focus on understanding their behaviour, not just fighting outbreaks. Smarter prevention starts with how the problem actually works.
#FunFactFriday
A Brolga 'Antigone rubicunda' on a visit to the Darwin dump yesterday, there were a few not sure what they were after.
Australia #BirdsSeenIn2026 #wildoz
Australia #BirdsSeenIn2026 #wildoz
January 9, 2026 at 11:24 PM
A Brolga 'Antigone rubicunda' on a visit to the Darwin dump yesterday, there were a few not sure what they were after.
Australia #BirdsSeenIn2026 #wildoz
Australia #BirdsSeenIn2026 #wildoz
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The #GSB2025 produced this first record of 'Piyuma prosopoides' in Sydney by Zichen Wang (@zichen1), a species not often recorded.
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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Piyuma prosopoides
Piyuma prosopoides from Sydney NSW, Australia on October 25, 2025 at 09:01 PM by Zichen Wang
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January 8, 2026 at 12:09 PM
The #GSB2025 produced this first record of 'Piyuma prosopoides' in Sydney by Zichen Wang (@zichen1), a species not often recorded.
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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When the heat wave will be done with Australia,
it will pass through New Zealand and ..yes,
It will be felt, potentially historic ...
not like the one of February 1973,
but it can beat several January records and locally attack some all time ones (Napier maybe).
it will pass through New Zealand and ..yes,
It will be felt, potentially historic ...
not like the one of February 1973,
but it can beat several January records and locally attack some all time ones (Napier maybe).
AUSTRALIA SCORCHER
Heat wave continues in Australia with widespread temperatures of 45C/48C from West to East.
Even Victoria today reached up to 46.5C
Monthly record:46.3 Hopetoun
More records tomorrow with the heat blob moving further East towards the coast.
Heat wave continues in Australia with widespread temperatures of 45C/48C from West to East.
Even Victoria today reached up to 46.5C
Monthly record:46.3 Hopetoun
More records tomorrow with the heat blob moving further East towards the coast.
January 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM
When the heat wave will be done with Australia,
it will pass through New Zealand and ..yes,
It will be felt, potentially historic ...
not like the one of February 1973,
but it can beat several January records and locally attack some all time ones (Napier maybe).
it will pass through New Zealand and ..yes,
It will be felt, potentially historic ...
not like the one of February 1973,
but it can beat several January records and locally attack some all time ones (Napier maybe).
Reposted by Stephen Fricker
For those in Australia the "Vic Fazio III Moth Marathon" is back on again for another year, starting on Friday, 16th January, 2026. Over a 10 day period (January 16, 2026 - January 25, 2026)
www.inaturalist.org/projects/202...
www.inaturalist.org/projects/202...
2026 Moth Marathon in Memory of Victor Fazio III
This is the fourth year of running the moth project in memory of Victor Fazio III. Starting on Friday, 16th January, 2026 we will start exploring this biodiverse group with a ten day marathon. We welc...
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January 5, 2026 at 8:51 AM
For those in Australia the "Vic Fazio III Moth Marathon" is back on again for another year, starting on Friday, 16th January, 2026. Over a 10 day period (January 16, 2026 - January 25, 2026)
www.inaturalist.org/projects/202...
www.inaturalist.org/projects/202...
Greater Sand-Plover 'Anarhynchus leschenaultii ' from back in January one of my first #BirdsSeenIn2025 my only sighting of this species!
Rapid Creek #Darwin #Australia
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#aves #wildoz #birdsofoz #inaturalist
Rapid Creek #Darwin #Australia
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#aves #wildoz #birdsofoz #inaturalist
December 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Greater Sand-Plover 'Anarhynchus leschenaultii ' from back in January one of my first #BirdsSeenIn2025 my only sighting of this species!
Rapid Creek #Darwin #Australia
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#aves #wildoz #birdsofoz #inaturalist
Rapid Creek #Darwin #Australia
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#aves #wildoz #birdsofoz #inaturalist
Pied Butcherbird 'Cracticus nigrogularis' from Pine Creek Australia, making almost 100 #birsdseenin2025 for me.
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Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis)
Pied Butcherbird from Pine Creek NT 0847, Australia on December 19, 2025 at 02:18 PM by Stephen Fricker
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December 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Pied Butcherbird 'Cracticus nigrogularis' from Pine Creek Australia, making almost 100 #birsdseenin2025 for me.
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Another new species for me from the Top End, Mopsolodes australensis one of only two species of in this genus restricted to north Australia and PNG
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Australian Mopsolodes (Mopsolodes australensis)
Australian Mopsolodes from Douglas-Daly NT 0822, Australia on December 18, 2025 at 07:09 PM by Stephen Fricker
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December 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Another new species for me from the Top End, Mopsolodes australensis one of only two species of in this genus restricted to north Australia and PNG
inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations...
inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations...
Paperbark Flycatcher 'Myiagra nana', found across the north of Australia
This one was seen in Holmes Jungle near Darwin, and takes me close to 100 #BirdsSeenIn2025
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This one was seen in Holmes Jungle near Darwin, and takes me close to 100 #BirdsSeenIn2025
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
December 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Paperbark Flycatcher 'Myiagra nana', found across the north of Australia
This one was seen in Holmes Jungle near Darwin, and takes me close to 100 #BirdsSeenIn2025
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
This one was seen in Holmes Jungle near Darwin, and takes me close to 100 #BirdsSeenIn2025
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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Notodryas sp. ANIC7
We’ve seen this micro moth (~3mm long) several times in our Perth Hills garden, but had no ID for it until now.
After an ID suggestion on #inaturalist, it looks to be an undescribed species of Notodryas, a genus endemic to Australia.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera
We’ve seen this micro moth (~3mm long) several times in our Perth Hills garden, but had no ID for it until now.
After an ID suggestion on #inaturalist, it looks to be an undescribed species of Notodryas, a genus endemic to Australia.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera
December 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Notodryas sp. ANIC7
We’ve seen this micro moth (~3mm long) several times in our Perth Hills garden, but had no ID for it until now.
After an ID suggestion on #inaturalist, it looks to be an undescribed species of Notodryas, a genus endemic to Australia.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera
We’ve seen this micro moth (~3mm long) several times in our Perth Hills garden, but had no ID for it until now.
After an ID suggestion on #inaturalist, it looks to be an undescribed species of Notodryas, a genus endemic to Australia.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera
A male and female Hooded Parrot 'Psephotellus dissimilis' seen yesterday in Pine Creek. This is a species found in Australia's northern savannah and open woodland and is one of two extant species in its genus that nest in termite mounds
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #wildoz
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #wildoz
December 20, 2025 at 1:33 AM
A male and female Hooded Parrot 'Psephotellus dissimilis' seen yesterday in Pine Creek. This is a species found in Australia's northern savannah and open woodland and is one of two extant species in its genus that nest in termite mounds
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #wildoz
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #wildoz
Green Pygmy-Goose 'Nettapus pulchellus' seen at Fogg Dam, NT Australia
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#BirdsSeenIn2025
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#BirdsSeenIn2025
December 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Green Pygmy-Goose 'Nettapus pulchellus' seen at Fogg Dam, NT Australia
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#BirdsSeenIn2025
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#BirdsSeenIn2025
Rainbow Lorikeet 'Trichoglossus moluccanus' from Adelaide, Australia. A backyard favourite
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www.inaturalist.org/observations... #BirdsSeenIn2025
December 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Rainbow Lorikeet 'Trichoglossus moluccanus' from Adelaide, Australia. A backyard favourite
www.inaturalist.org/observations... #BirdsSeenIn2025
www.inaturalist.org/observations... #BirdsSeenIn2025
Little Pied Cormorant 'Microcarbo melanoleucos' chilling in a tree at Rapid Creek, Darwin Australia back in September
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#BirdsSeenIn2025
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#BirdsSeenIn2025
December 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Little Pied Cormorant 'Microcarbo melanoleucos' chilling in a tree at Rapid Creek, Darwin Australia back in September
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#BirdsSeenIn2025
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#BirdsSeenIn2025
White-necked Heron 'Ardea pacifica' seen in Middle Point NT, Australia
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www.inaturalist.org/observations... #BirdsSeenIn2025
December 16, 2025 at 4:15 AM
White-necked Heron 'Ardea pacifica' seen in Middle Point NT, Australia
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www.inaturalist.org/observations... #BirdsSeenIn2025
Little Tern 'Sternula albifrons' from the foreshore at Rapid Creek NT, Australia back at the beginning of the year. Wonder if they are back?
www.inaturalist.org/observations... #BirdsSeenIn2025 #wildoz
www.inaturalist.org/observations... #BirdsSeenIn2025 #wildoz
December 15, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Little Tern 'Sternula albifrons' from the foreshore at Rapid Creek NT, Australia back at the beginning of the year. Wonder if they are back?
www.inaturalist.org/observations... #BirdsSeenIn2025 #wildoz
www.inaturalist.org/observations... #BirdsSeenIn2025 #wildoz
Little Black Cormorant 'Phalacrocorax sulcirostris' seen in Rapid Creek, Darwin, Australia. Seen during the #HomeRiverBioblitz
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#BirdsSeenIn2025
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#BirdsSeenIn2025
December 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Little Black Cormorant 'Phalacrocorax sulcirostris' seen in Rapid Creek, Darwin, Australia. Seen during the #HomeRiverBioblitz
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#BirdsSeenIn2025
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#BirdsSeenIn2025
Caspian Tern 'Hydroprogne caspia' from Lee Point, Darwin, Australia
A great spot for shorebirds
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#BirdsSeenIn2025 #wildoz
A great spot for shorebirds
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#BirdsSeenIn2025 #wildoz
December 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Caspian Tern 'Hydroprogne caspia' from Lee Point, Darwin, Australia
A great spot for shorebirds
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#BirdsSeenIn2025 #wildoz
A great spot for shorebirds
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#BirdsSeenIn2025 #wildoz
White-winged Chough 'Corcorax melanorhamphos' from Victoria earlier this year from You Yangs in Victoria, Australia
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#wildoz
www.inaturalist.org/observations... #BirdsSeenIn2025
#wildoz
White-winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos)
White-winged Chough from Little River VIC 3211, Australia on August 28, 2025 at 03:08 PM by Stephen Fricker
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December 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
White-winged Chough 'Corcorax melanorhamphos' from Victoria earlier this year from You Yangs in Victoria, Australia
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#wildoz
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#wildoz
I spied this Willie Wagtail 'Rhipidura leucophrys' from Fogg Dam NT, Australia during the #gsbioblitz2025 in October.
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#BirdsSeenIn2025
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#BirdsSeenIn2025
December 14, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I spied this Willie Wagtail 'Rhipidura leucophrys' from Fogg Dam NT, Australia during the #gsbioblitz2025 in October.
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#BirdsSeenIn2025
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#BirdsSeenIn2025
Great Knot 'Calidris tenuirostris' seen on a afternoon walk at Rapid Creek, Australia
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#BirdsSeenIn2025
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#BirdsSeenIn2025
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Great Knot 'Calidris tenuirostris' seen on a afternoon walk at Rapid Creek, Australia
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#BirdsSeenIn2025
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#BirdsSeenIn2025