Lost Ladybug Project

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Lost Ladybug Project
Founded2000 in Ithaca, New York
TypeNon-profit
NGO
Purpose Conservation, education
Location Ithaca, New York, United States
Region served
 United States
Website www.lostladybug.org

The Lost Ladybug Project is a nonprofit organization in the USA focused on promoting citizen science and science education to children. [1] 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." [2]

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. [2] [3] Granted funding from the National Science Foundation in 2008, the Lost Ladybug Project has counted over 34,000 ladybugs [4] since its inception and is now a nationwide project. [5] Researchers and citizen scientists from across North America 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.
    - Eaton, Joe; Sullivan, Ron (24 July 2011). "Help Lost Ladybug Project track bug-eating beetles". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 "About the Lost Ladybug Project". Lost Ladybug Project. 2013. Archived from the original on 2 November 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ↑ McLaughlin, Moira (27 July 2010). "Lost Ladybug Project helps scientists understand insect's decline". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Where have all the ladybugs gone?". Mother Nature Network. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Lost Ladybugs Found Again in South Dakota". National Science Foundation. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
    - Eides, Rachel (25 July 2012). "Find Lost Ladybugs at Wachusett Meadow". GoLocalWorcester. Retrieved 19 March 2013.


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