#NCCBioBlitz
Thank you to our amazing Big Backyard BioBlitzers! You shared an incredible 54,000+ observations & spotted over 5,900 species during #NCCBioBlitz 2025! Big thanks to Manulife for making it possible.
August 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
August 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
August 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Root-maggot Flies (Anthomyiidae)

The Anthomyiidae are a large and diverse family of Muscoidea flies.

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August 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
#NCCbioblitz thanks for the week. Most of it exploring nature with two of my grandkids, just like these pied-billed grebes. It has been fun.
August 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Last day: Hairy & metallic blue - Fall webworm moth (Hyphantria cunea) & Common blue mud dauber wasp (Chalybion californicum). #NCCBioBlitz
August 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
It’s the final day of NCC’s Big Backyard BioBlitz, sponsored by Manulife. 🔍🐛

Today’s featured observation is an osprey with its supper, snapped by djholland2022 in Alberta. www.inaturalist.org/observations...

We hope you’re enjoying a day outdoors! #NCCBioBlitz
August 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Meadow Spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius)

I cannot express how much I adore these frogular little friends

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August 4, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil (Polydrusus formosus)

(sorry for all the posts; trying to get them all in before bioblitz ends)

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August 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
August 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Last day for #NCCBioBlitz !
Gorgeous cardinal singing in our tree!!
August 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Sphinx kalmiae, the laurel sphinx, a moth of the family Sphingidae. At Torbay History House, Torbay, NL. www.inaturalist.org/observations... @ncccnc.bsky.social #NCCBioBlitz
August 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
weeeeeee!
The siblings want uppies

anyone know which species of Lepidoptera these larvae belong to?

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August 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Day 7: Gray Hooded Owlet Moth (Cucullia florea) caterpillar drinking dew / feasting / sleeping on fleabane… #NCCBioBlitz
August 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It’s Day 7 of #NCCBioBlitz, and we’re nearing the finish line! 🏁

Today’s featured observation: Eastern phoebe, spotted by scaup in Nova Scotia. www.inaturalist.org/observations...

There’s still time to participate. Sign up and help track Canada’s biodiversity: brnw.ch/21wUBqK
August 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM