5 Quick Tips for Taking Photos of Invasive Species for iMapInvasives Beech leaf disease (likely caused by the invasive nematode, Litylenchus crenatae mccannii ), submitted by an iMap user for record 1138198. Cameras are ubiquitous, and photographing the world around us has become more and more accessible. We rely on help from community scientists and professionals alike to keep an eye out for invasive species and report them to iMapInvasives, and attaching a photograph is the

What is confirming?? When I heard that I would be confirming invasive species records – I thought to myself, what does that even mean? At the time, I didn’t really know what iMapInvasives was, other than I had the app and I could report these species. Soon, I learned that “confirming” meant looking at records that the public submits to iMapInvasives and verifying that it is indeed the species reported. I thought "how cool that would be!" Being a part of the process, contribut

Have you seen these guys wriggling around in your yard, slithering like snakes? Video by Madeline Maitino, Summer 2021 iMapInvasives Intern from SUNY-ESF Jumping worms are a very different beast than your typical earthworm, and have been reported at an alarming rate this year - over 300 iMap reports, emails, and telephone calls to iMapInvasives this summer. Jumping worms are non-native earthworms in the Amynthas or Metaphire genus (both in the Megascolecidae family) that po