Lost Ladybug Project

Lost Ladybug Project
Founded 2000 in Ithaca, New York
Type Non-profit
NGO
Focus Conservation, education
Location
Area served
United States
Website www.lostladybug.org

The Lost Ladybug Project is a nonprofit organization focused on promoting citizen science and science education to children.[1][2] Its mission is "to help children become confident and competent participants in science, identifying personally with science, so that we develop a generation of adults who are engaged in scientific discussions, policy, and thinking."[3]

History

The Lost Ladybug Project was founded in 2000 when researchers from Cornell University worked with the 4-H Master Gardener program to survey ladybug populations across New York. With the discovery of a rare nine-spotted ladybug in 2006, the Lost Ladybug Project developed research methods and a database to log ladybug observations.[3][4] Granted funding from the National Science Foundation in 2008, the Lost Ladybug Project has counted over 34,000 ladybugs[5] since its inception and is now a nationwide project.[6][7] Researchers and citizen scientists from across the United States submit photographs to the Lost Ladybug Project to help track different ladybug species.

References

  1. Monosson, Rachel (29 November 2012). "Citizen Science: The Case of the Lost Ladybugs". Sierra Club. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  2. Eaton, Joe; Sullivan, Ron (24 July 2011). "Help Lost Ladybug Project track bug-eating beetles". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. 1 2 "About the Lost Ladybug Project". Lost Ladybug Project. 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  4. McLaughlin, Moira (27 July 2010). "Lost Ladybug Project helps scientists understand insect's decline". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  5. "Where have all the ladybugs gone?". MNN - Mother Nature Network. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
  6. "Lost Ladybugs Found Again in South Dakota". National Science Foundation. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  7. Eides, Rachel (25 July 2012). "Find Lost Ladybugs at Wachusett Meadow". GoLocalWorcester. Retrieved 19 March 2013.


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