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Ele Willoughby, PhDIt’s <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InverteFest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InverteFest</a> again! So here is my pollinator propaganda for Manufactured Ecosystems. Thinking about the future of pollination and seeking solutions from technological and nature-based knowledge. This is essentially my conclusion: we can aid our beleaguered pollinators with technology but their continued success is vital. We need to foster the insects to keep ecosystems functioning. 🧵 <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#entomology</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/nativeBees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nativeBees</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#butterflies</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/moths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moths</a>

Daniel 🐅🏔The Donkey Tail growing down by the marina parking lot is flowering and is covered with pollinators!! I think these are all new species for me: some kind of Halictus furrowing bee (maybe Halictus rubicundus), another that looks like it’s in Lasioglossum, and then possibly a Purple Miner Bee (Andrena prunorum) There were definitely more out there but I’ll have to go back with the big camera to get enough detail. Just had my phone on me!<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spring</a>

Don Ray<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bloomscrolling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Flowers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Butterfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Butterfly</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pollinators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Iowa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Iowa</a>Spring has really exploded over the last two days. Birds, butterflies, flowers everywhere!

Alex WildThis Epicauta callosa blister beetle looks a little guilty, like I caught it in the act of a secret pollen heist. Texas. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Meloidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meloidae</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Insects</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Epicauta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Epicauta</a>

BroadforkThis is great from Dave Goulson. Improving bee hotel design: the big bee hotel experiment run by Issy Sexton. <a href="https://youtu.be/6c_YhzKD0mo?si=9PLtgLxsIiPlCUj6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/6c_YhzKD0mo?si=9PLtgLxsIiPlCUj6</a>Summary screen shot below. This is a citizen science project run by The Buzz Club from the UK studying UK bee hotel use from March-September 2024. <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pollinators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/BeeHotel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BeeHotel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gardening</a>

Sarah ArnoldA brief <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Introduction</a> or actually, re-introduction post. I'm Sarah. I'm an entomologist. I work at Niab in the UK, studying insects important in fruit crop production. This includes <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pollinators</a> like bees and hoverflies, as well as natural enemies of pests, and the pests themselves.Most of my work is on UK crops like <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Apples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apples</a> and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Strawberries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Strawberries</a> but I also have an area of work on entomology in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Cocoa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cocoa</a> (there are a lot of parallels with orchards really!).I'm always happy to infodump enthusiastically about <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SolitaryBees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SolitaryBees</a>, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Forcipomyia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Forcipomyia</a>, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Cacao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cacao</a> cultivation, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Strawberry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Strawberry</a> varieties, and also about hamsters.

hastingsmothmanJust the six <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/moth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moth</a> visitors last night, but four of them were first sightings in 2025.1) Angle Shades (top left) 2) Knot Grass (top right) 3) Shuttle shaped dart - female (bottom left) 4) Twenty-plume moth (bottom right)<a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/moths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moths</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/MothsMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MothsMatter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/lepidoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lepidoptera</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#entomology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#animals</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#garden</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spring</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/alttext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alttext</a>

J blueSweat bee (Lasioglossum pilosum) on shiranui mandarin (aka dekopon, aka sumo mandarin)Really hope the fruit hold this year.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gardening</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/garten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#garten</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/jardin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jardin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/%E6%98%86%E8%99%AB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#昆虫</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/%E8%8A%B1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#花</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/insekten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insekten</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bloomscrolling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FleurisTonFil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FleurisTonFil</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a>

dandelionDiese Seidenbiene (Colletes inaequalis) suchte sich die sonnige Mitte des Waldweges als Wohnort aus...<a href="https://dresden.network/tags/InsektenSamstag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InsektenSamstag</a> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/Wildbienen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wildbienen</a> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/Bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bees</a> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pollinators</a>

NatureMatchCuts PodcastThe <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23BatAppreciationDay" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BatAppreciationDay</a> reminds me when I once had to interview a <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23bat" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bat</a> and a <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23cactus" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cactus</a> (I have a special device for that): <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/when-gardeners-run-wild-ii/id1630784381?i=1000643836080" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23podcast" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#podcast</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NatureMatchCuts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NatureMatchCuts</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23bats" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bats</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23pollinators" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23gardening" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gardening</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23natureWriting" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#natureWriting</a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/when-gardeners-run-wild-ii/id1630784381?i=1000643836080" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">When Gardeners Run Wild II.</a>

Don Ray<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Flowers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pollinators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Orchard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orchard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Iowa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Iowa</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bloomscrolling</a>Honey bee on an apple blossom.

Alex WildA tumbling flower beetle, Mordella sp., feeds from an aster at UT Austin's Stengl Lost Pines Field Station. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Beetles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Beetles</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mordellidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mordellidae</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Coleoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coleoptera</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pollinators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Insects</a>

Colin PurringtonThis might be a record for me: 16 mason bee cocoons in a single nesting tube. The ones are on the left are larger and likely all females. The smaller ones on the right are males, who emerge first and then wait for females to come out. It's really cool how hymenopterans can control the sex of eggs they lay (males are from unfertilized eggs). Osmia georgica. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/InsectHotel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InsectHotel</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/BeeHotel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BeeHotel</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/cocoons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cocoons</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hymenoptera</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/osmia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#osmia</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/haplodiploidy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#haplodiploidy</a>

PollinatorsApril 14, 2025. The honey berry shrubs started blooming. They bloom a few days after the pussy willow trees. The earliest flying pollinators will have natural food. Native plants with early blooms are good habitat. <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#minnesota</a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/zone4b" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zone4b</a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/growyourown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#growyourown</a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/nativeplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nativeplants</a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/haskaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#haskaps</a>.

NatureMatchCuts Podcast<a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Dandelion" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dandelion</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23beauty" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beauty</a> with <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23noMow" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#noMow</a> and <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23lazyGardening" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lazyGardening</a>. Comes after snowdrops, then violets. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23gardening" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gardening</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23pollinators" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23lawn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lawn</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23perfectLawn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#perfectLawn</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23eatable" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eatable</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23cooking" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cooking</a> with <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23dandelions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dandelions</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23bloomscrolling" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bloomscrolling</a>

HelenaNoticed that the first of the James Grieve apple tree flowers had opened went to take a photo & within the same minute 2 pollinators had visited. Trees really provide a lot of food for the pollinators. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/blossom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blossom</a>

Dark Sheep Arts1/ Flowers for Pollinators, short threadSo, I'm posting this for folk in the UK, because I only know about plants and gardening in the UK.Following up on another post -- if you're worried about pollinating insects, it's a good time to start growing some flowers. Even just some things in a window box, or some pots you buy in the shops and put in an open window.However, try to stay away from double blooms like the one pictured, because they're too hard for insects to get at.<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a>

Colin PurringtonAre there any flowers that Western honey bees avoid? My sister just got several hives and she is worried about the native bee population having nothing left to eat. I'd love to give her a list of plants to seek out for her property. In Central Oregon, so ideally drought-tolerant, too. Thanks for any ideas. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/honey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#honey</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/beekeeping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beekeeping</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gardening</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/honeybees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#honeybees</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#entomology</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flowers</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/apiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apiary</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/apis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apis</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insect</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/pollinating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinating</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oregon</a>

Pollinators<a href="https://archaeo.social/@Minimus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Minimus</a> A lot of beings are celebrating the first dandelion blossoms with you. <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/growyourown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#growyourown</a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a>

DeeAnn LittleWithout my glasses I thought that this was some weird dirt clump on the floor that I was about to sweep up, until I saw it moving (very slowly, I don't think it can fly right now). It's having a drink of sugar water from a jar lid and hopefully it'll perk up. <a href="https://layer8.space/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://layer8.space/tags/bee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bee</a> <a href="https://layer8.space/tags/bugstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bugstodon</a> <a href="https://layer8.space/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://layer8.space/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a>

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