Lea Gelling

Biologist from Vancouver Island! Bugs are my favourite!

[Lea Gelling @LeaGelling]

Anyone able to id this cool bee? Was at Kal park Vernon yesterday. #bees #bcbees #pollinators https://t.co/DSO4LbuD32

[Lea Gelling @LeaGelling]

Great opportunity at the bccdc! https://t.co/WCC2DV5Bga #yyj #ecologybc #speciesatrisk

[iNaturalist @inaturalist]

A Gorgone Checkerspot #butterfly (Chlosyne gorgone) alights on the head of an Eastern Hognose #Snake (Heterodon platirhinos) - it's our #TwoferTuesday Observation of the Day! Seen in the US by rollingplainst.

More details at: https://t.co/icAEyP7ORv #biodiversity #nature

[Lea Gelling @LeaGelling]

@LRRamsay @Ibycter @odyer10 What form!! Thanks for the great memory @LRRamsay

[Lea Gelling @LeaGelling]

https://t.co/YQAFygWZ4y #wolverine #yyj #vancouverisland #bcwildlife

[iNaturalist @inaturalist]

An Eared #Grebe wrestles with a freshwater #pufferfish of the genus Pao - it's our Observation of the Day! Seen in #Thailand by patta-v.

More details at: https://t.co/iif9twWdFs #ichthyology #nature #ornithology #biodiversity #animals #naturephotography #birding #fish

[Lea Gelling @LeaGelling]

@LRRamsay Hahahahahahha!!!!

[Lea Gelling @LeaGelling]

#zoology #biology #vintagebible

[Lea Gelling @LeaGelling]

My dad bought this bible at an #auction - 1903! All you need to know about #nature!

[iNaturalist @inaturalist]

These are likely the first photos of Okanagana arctostaphylae in its natural habitat, taken by iNat user easmeds. It's a species of #cicada first described in 1915 and not documented again until last week.

More details at https://t.co/1aVK8zebEn #WildlifeWednesday #entomology

[Lea Gelling @LeaGelling]

@VictoriaNHS No way!!! 😱

[Josh Chapman @j_chapper]

Can’t believe it took me this long to get into @inaturalist. I can post a crappy phone pic of a random bug and the world’s expert in that bug will just show up and ID it. I’ll never be bored again lol

[Alec G. @PhrynosomAlec]

When I see a horned lizard it means you get to see one too! #Phrynosoma

[Lea Gelling @LeaGelling]

@VictoriaNHS @gilmore_scott @MarmotRecovery @natureserve @cosewic Well now I officially have a favourite tapeworm!! VI marmot was last ranked by BC CDC in 2015 so a review is coming soon.

[iNaturalist @inaturalist]

This remarkable creature is a Gonyleptellus angeloi #harvestman, & the first one to be posted to iNat - it's our Observation of the Day! Seen in #Brazil by adrik29.

More details at: https://t.co/AcxEGOgBdd #OOTD #arachnology #nature #biodiversity #besidesus #opiliones #arachnids

[Katrina Stipec @katstipec]

@TheIckabog @jk_rowling from Mischa (12) This is King Fred, Lord Spittleworth and Lord Flapoon looking bored in the background. What a great project,you have been Mischa's hero since grade 2 when she started reading your books! Her inspiration! #TheIckabog

[Lea Gelling @LeaGelling]

These Canadian species are found nowhere else on Earth https://t.co/UzC31DS8Jh #bc #yyj #WildLifeConservation

[Lea Gelling @LeaGelling]

@RBCMInverts @_glitterworm Thanks to both of you! This is why you should never go anywhere without a vial of ethanol! 🌊🦑🐙

[Lea Gelling @LeaGelling]

⁦@RBCMInverts⁩ Heidi is this a polychaete worm? My friend saw it washed up on the beach in Victoria #marineinvertebrates #yyj

[Lea Gelling @LeaGelling]

Beauty Polyphemus moth today in Sidney! ⁦@VictoriaNHS⁩ #moths #yyj