30 members and >3500 observations!

Wow, in just a short amount of time, we've already got an active community and are up to >3500 observations! Incredible! The observations I'm seeing are already super interesting and I can't wait to see what else folks are finding.

There are lots of caterpillars out and about right now. So a great time to take a stroll around your garden or local park and flip some leaves. I'm starting to find Copper Underwings on many different host plants in the area.

Another way you can help is by curating existing data. There are about 16+ ways that iNat users have indicated the host plant of a given caterpillar. I've been going through these different observation fields and observation notes and 1) adding them to the project, and 2) including a taxonomically defined host plant if the observation field doesn't already have one.

If you'd like to help with these efforts, feel free to reach out, and I can send you a link that 'hacks' the iNat search to look for these observations.

Happy caterpilling,
Desiree

Posted on June 15, 2023 09:05 PM by dlnarango