iNaturalist Competitions, Guides and Projects that may be of interest to Nature Lovers, Gardeners, Ecotourists and Entomologists, Birders and Botanists in Botswana.
AN ANNUAL WORLDWIDE COMPETITION
Five Botswana 'City Areas' are going to take part in the CITY NATURE CHALLENGE 2021- From April 30 to May 3.
These are
NGAMILAND - which includes Maun, Ghanzi, the North West and CKGR
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2021-ngamiland-botswana
BOTSWANA SOUTH - including Kanye, Molepolole, Kweneng, Southern District, Bokspits, Kang, Goodhope and Ukwi.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2021-botswana-south
BOTSWANA NORTH - including Francistown, Kasane, Chobe, the Pans, Nata, Gweta , Tutume and the North East.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2021-botswana-north-cbd27ed6-c9f8-4038-af31-53621b58e0e6
BOTSWANA CENTRAL includes Palapye, Serowe , Mahalapye, Bobonong, Shoshong, Tuli, Selibe Phikwe and Orapa.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2021-botswana-central
GABORONE AND SE BOTSWANA include Gaborone, Mochudi, Lobatse, Otse, Tlokweng and Kgatleng
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2021-gaborone-and-se-botswana
This competition has been organised by the Natural History Museum Los Angeles and California Academy of Science.
http://citynaturechallenge.org/
Please message @botswanabugs @grant_reed_botswana @murphy_tladi for more information about the City Nature Challenge 2021
https://www.inaturalist.org/people/botswanabugs
RESULTS FOR PREVIOUS CITY NATURE CHALLENGE competitions
2020 Cape Town wins and beat 245 global city areas !
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2020
In 2020 the ONLY Botswana City which entered the competition was the Gaborone Area, which managed to beat Tshwane, Tokyo, Lisbon and Montreal !
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2020-gaborone
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2020-cape-town
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-southern-africa-2020
In 2019 ONLY Cape Town entered the CNC from southern Africa and won !
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2019
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2019-cape-town
HABITATS, BIODIVERSITY and ECOLOGY of southern Africa.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/biodiversity-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/interactions-s-afr
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/habitats-s-afr
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/invasive-s-afr
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/biodiversity-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/roadkill-s-afr
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/alien-biocontrol-s-afr
PLANTS , BOTANY AND GARDENING
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/wild-and-naturalised-plants-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/flora-of-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/botswana-s-odd-interesting-rarely-seen-tough-to-identify-and-unexpected-plants
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/bryophytes-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/crinum-of-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/fabaceae-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/galls-s-afr
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/alien-plants-of-northern-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/alien-s-afr
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/plants-with-setswana-names
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/botswana-s-red-list-plants
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/plants-undergound-bulbs-corms-rhizomes-tubers-and-roots-of-southern-african-plants
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/protected-tree-species-of-south-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/plants-found-on-serowe-sandstone
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/weed-watch-sa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/tree-pests-diseases
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/trees-of-south-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/fruits-of-africa-citizen-science-project
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/cultivated-plants-in-botswana-s-gardens
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/cacti-growing-in-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/sedges-of-southern-africa?tab=observations
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/alien-plants-of-the-gaborone-area-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/alien-plants-of-botswana
Guide to Sedges of Botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/guides/12883
Guide to the Flowering Plants of Botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/guides/12835
Guide to the Ferns of Botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/guides/12833
Guide to the Fabaceae of Botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/guides/12882
FUNGI and LICHENS
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/fungi-and-lichens-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/fungi-of-tropical-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/lichens-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/lichens-of-botswana
SPIDERS and SCORPIONS and other arachnids
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/botswana-spiders-relatives-s-afr
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/jumping-spiders-of-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/scorpions-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/acari-of-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/spider-eye-patterns
Guide to the Spiders and Scorpions of Botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/guides/12793
MOLLUSCS SNAILS and SLUGS
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/snails-and-slugs-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/botswana-s-molluscs
Guide to the Freshwater Snails of southern Africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/guides/9494
INSECTS INSECTS INSECTS INSECTS
BEETLES
Guide to the Beetles of Botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/guides/12787
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/botswana-beetles-s-afr
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/fireflies-of-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/botswana-beetle-larvae
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/longhorns-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/cryptocephalinae-of-botswana-case-bearing-leaf-beetles
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/buprestidae-of-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/trogidae-of-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/elateridae-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/carabidae-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/carabidae-of-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/tenebrionidae-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/curculionidae-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/staphylinidae-beetles-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rutelinae-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/scarab-beetles-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rhinoceros-beetles-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/waterbeetles-s-afr
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/bruchinae-of-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/anthicidae-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/staphylinidae-beetles-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/beetles-of-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/african-beetles
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/african-aphodiinae
MOTHS, BUTTERFIES AND CATERPILLARS
Guide to Lepidoptera of Botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/guides/12792
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/botswana-moths-s-afr
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/butterflies-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/botswana-caterpillars
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/pillar-parade-s-afr
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/arctiinae-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/moths-of-serowe
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/moths-found-in-botswana-during-the-cold-months-june-and-july
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/sphingidae-hawkmoths-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/reared-from-larval-stage-s-afr
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/tiny-moths-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/moths-of-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/southern-african-moths
GRASSHOPPERS, LOCUSTS and CRICKETS - ORTHOPTERA
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/botswana-orthoptera
EARWIGS DERMAPTERA
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/earwigs-dermaptera-of-botswana
BUGS : HEMIPTERA AND HETEROPTERA
Guide to the Hemiptera of Botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/guides/12803
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/botswana-heteroptera-s-afr
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/psylloidae-of-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/waterbugs-s-afr
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/cixiidae-of-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/miridae-of-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/scale-insects-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/scale-insects-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/cicadellidae-leafhoppers-of-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/leafhoppers-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/leafhoppers-of-botswana-cicadellidae
FLIES -DIPTERA
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/botswana-diptera
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/mozzie-monitors-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/mosquitoes-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/mosquito-vectors
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/flies-diptera-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/hover-flies-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/hover-flies-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/hoverfly-larvae-of-southern-africa
LACEWINGS AND ANTLIONS-NEUROPTERA
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/botswana-neuroptera
COCKROACHES AND TERMITES
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/botswana-cockroaches-and-termites
DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES
Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Namibia and Botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/guides/8505
This is the BEST Guide !
BEES WASPS AND ANTS
Gide to the Ants of Botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/guides/12913
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/botswana-s-bees-wasps-and-ants
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/african-wasps-bees-and-ants-hymenoptera
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/bees-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/wasps-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/ants-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/ants-of-africa
PRAYING MANTIDS
Guide to the Mantids of Botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/guides/12836
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/botswana-mantids
CENTIPEDES AND MILLIPEDES
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/botswana-centipedes-and-millipedes
SEX , EGGS, NESTS, DEVELOPMENT AND EARLY STAGES
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/mating-pair-s-afr
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/pupae-cocoons-s-afr
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/juveniles-larvae-s-afr
FISH
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/fishes-of-northern-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/freshwater-fish-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/okavango-delta-fishes
MAMMALS
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/mammals-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/spoor-signs-s-afr
BIRDS
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/birds-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/southern-african-birds
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/vultures-of-botswana-stop-the-poisoning
REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/reptiles-of-botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/herps-of-southern-africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/afriherps
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/okavango-herpetology
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/tadpoles-of-africa
Guide to the snakes of Botswana
https://www.inaturalist.org/guides/12877