Snippets
Brief reports by members based on their observations of nature
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No.1- LORANTHUS – Beauty or Beast?  .28 Apr 2023 |
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No.2- Paper Wasps . 18 Mar 2023 |
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No.3- ACAVIDAE – A Family of Land Snails in Sri Lanka with Two Endemic Genera . 20 Mar 2023 |
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No.4- The Star Orchid 'Phaius wallichii' . 18 Mar 2023 |
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No.5- Seaweeds at Mount Lavinia . 27 Mar 2023 |
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No.6- The Stingless Bee 'Tetragonula iridipennis' (S: kanawa) . 22 Mar 2023 |
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No.7- Cymbidiums in Sri Lanka . 25 Mar 2023 |
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No.8- Freshwater Mussels – Families Unionidae and Corbiculidae . 04 Apr 2023 |
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No.9- "Blistering Barnacles" – In All Shapes and Sizes . 08 Apr 2023 |
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No.10- Some Indigenous Orchids of Sri Lanka . 04 Sep 2023 |
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No.11- JELLYFISH - Stingers and non-stingers . 18 Apr 2023 |
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No.12- Green Orchids - Coelogyne pandurata and others . 02 Jan 2024 |
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No.13- Starfishes in Sri Lanka ECHINODERMATA, ASTEROIDEA . 06 Aug 2023 |
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No.14- Sea Urchins in Sri Lanka ECHINODERMATA, ECHINOIDEA . 26 Jan 2024 |
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No.15- Feather Stars in Sri Lanka ECHINODERMATA, CRINOIDEA . 17 Aug 2023 |
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No.16- Brittle stars in Sri Lanka ECHINODERMATA, OPHIUROIDEA . 31 Aug 2023 |
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No.17- AGARICS and POLYPORES (Mushrooms and Brackets) . 13 Feb 2024 |
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No.18- An introduced palm, Areca triandra, is becoming invasive in the wet zone . 24 Mar 2024 |
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No.19- The Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis . 11 Apr 2024 |
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No.20- Parrots or Parakeets? . 28 May 2024 |
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No.21- Getting close to Hard Corals . 19 Jun 2024 |
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No.22- Bundala National Park and its troublesome invasives . 10 Oct 2024 |
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No.23- The Greater Painted-Snipe Rostratula benghalensis – a rare breeding resident . 26 Feb 2025 |