Research: Arthropods
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Arthropod Research at the 黑料不打烊 Nature Center
We are conducting insect research projects. Details on each topic are listed below.
Crayfish
黑料不打烊 in collaboration with the White River Partnership has created an index on iNaturalist to inventory crayfish throughout Vermont. The focus is on tracking the spread of the invasive Rusty Crayfish throughout Vermont waterways.
Monarchs
黑料不打烊 participates in several citizen science projects focusing on monarch butterflies. Each summer we count milkweed plants and survey for caterpillars. We sample butterflies for Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (OE) spores and send collected samples to University of Georgia for analysis. Each fall we tag butterflies as part of Monarch Watch鈥檚 long term migration study. about our monarch tagging project.