The worldwide demand for plants suitable for use in aquaria and ponds is being serviced by a multi-million dollar worldwide trade. An unfortunate consequence of this is that many of the plant species involved in this trade end up being released into local waterways. This sometimes causes serious ecological consequences where the introduced plants become…
This Lucid based identification and information system includes 177 species of thrips that have been taken alive on the British Isles at least once. It provides a means of identifying species, together with an introduction to what is known of the biology and distribution of each species. Developed by Laurence Mound (Australian National Insect Collection,…
A new update to Fact Sheet Fusion (v2.0.5.132) is now available (free to existing v2 licence holders). This update includes: New features and enhancements The main forms (Main interface, Glossary manager, Media manger and Image viewer) now save and reload their position, size and layout between openings. The Image Viewer now allows you to move…
A new Lucid v3.6 update is now available. It adds additional features and corrects several minor bugs. Changes include: Lucid JavaScript (Browser) Player New auto unprune option. Fixed bug preventing manual discard in the application player. Lucid Builder Major updates to numeric input dialog, and improvements to the process for entering numeric data. Enhancements to…
In a previous Newsletter (October 2018), (October 2018 newsletter) the spotlight article focussed on Q-Bank, an invasive plants database that provides detailed species-level information on all plants species on the European Union list of EU concern. In this article we provided a list of Q-Bank keys to invasive plant species that are currently available but…