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Maheshi Dharmasiri
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PhD Student at Saint Mary's University, Canada.
Soil Biodiversity. Avian Communication.
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Podium finish for the Giant Springtail - thanks for all the support!

Congratulations to the Velvet Worm for a well-deserved win. Having two soil inverts in the top three is great awareness raising for soil biodiversity!

Nice to see my photos in the Guardian too: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
An image of a finalists podium, with the velvet worm as gold medalist, nz praying mantis as silver, and giant springtail in bronze. An infographic with a pie chart and map showing the breakdown of votes for the bug of the year contest. A screenshot of a news article on The Guardian newspaper online, detailing the big of the year contest with one of my photographs of a velvet worm as the header image.
February 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Vote Giant Springtail!

There are only a few days left to vote giant springtail in the New Zealand Bug of the Year competition- the only soil animal in the competition. Look at his little face! #bugoftheyear #springtail

bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/vote-here-20...
February 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM