They’re small, they’re blue, and they’re stingy, but they’re not a jelly fish! What are they? They’re bluebottles of course. They’re a prominent feature of summers spent by the beach, but what brings them to Australian beaches remains a bit of a mystery.
Join us in this episode as we chat to two ECRs, Kim and Maxime, who research the beautifully bizarre world of bluebottles.
For further information:
BluebottleWatch website – https://www.unsw.edu.au/science/our-schools/bees/our-research/bluebottlewatch
iNaturalist citizen science project – https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/bluebottles-in-australia-physalia-physalis