Citizen-Scientists in Entomology - Wildlife Gardeners

suunto · 05-19-2012, 09:32 AM

The current issue of “American Entomologist” (vol.58, no.1; Spring 2012) includes several articles on the involvement of citizen scientists in entomological research. I’m sure that many WG members are familiar with the ‘Lost Ladybug Project’ - Lost Ladybug Project - this has resulted in the detection of rare/threatened species outside of areas to which they previously were thought to be restricted. Other projects include:
“Climate Change and Caterpillars” supported by Earthwatch - Climate change and caterpillars
“Monarch Larva Monitoring Project” sponsored by the University of Minnesota - Monarch Larva Monitoring Project (MLMP) - Home
“BeeSpotter” sponsored by the University of Illnois (Urbana-Champaign) - Welcome to BeeSpotter!, BeeSpotter, University of Illinois

Additionally, images of arthropods submitted to Bugguide (Welcome to BugGuide.Net! - BugGuide.Net) for identification have resulted in the detection of many new distribution records, including some never reported previously from the USA, a good example of what is called passive surveillance (as opposed to active surveillance for invasive/exotic species by agencies such as the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - APHIS).

05-19-2012, 09:32 AM	#1
suunto The Bug Whisperer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Monroe County, WV, USA	Citizen-Scientists in Entomology The current issue of “American Entomologist” (vol.58, no.1; Spring 2012) includes several articles on the involvement of citizen scientists in entomological research. I’m sure that many WG members are familiar with the ‘Lost Ladybug Project’ - Lost Ladybug Project - this has resulted in the detection of rare/threatened species outside of areas to which they previously were thought to be restricted. Other projects include: “Climate Change and Caterpillars” supported by Earthwatch - Climate change and caterpillars “Monarch Larva Monitoring Project” sponsored by the University of Minnesota - Monarch Larva Monitoring Project (MLMP) - Home “BeeSpotter” sponsored by the University of Illnois (Urbana-Champaign) - Welcome to BeeSpotter!, BeeSpotter, University of Illinois Additionally, images of arthropods submitted to Bugguide (Welcome to BugGuide.Net! - BugGuide.Net) for identification have resulted in the detection of many new distribution records, including some never reported previously from the USA, a good example of what is called passive surveillance (as opposed to active surveillance for invasive/exotic species by agencies such as the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - APHIS). __________________ “Every artist dips his brush in his own soul and paints his own nature into his pictures.” Henry Ward Beecher

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