We also talk about the importance of volunteer-collected herbivory scores
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and point to some intriguing patterns we're just starting to dig into!
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Soldier beetles were the next most common family!
Beauts, all. Here's a preview of next week's Caterpillars Count! newsletter summarizing beetles found on standardized surveys throughout mostly eastern NA🐞
Yes, we are definitely planning on setting up a chat with you later in summer or fall for feedback sesh and brainstorming!
MM2.0 is in Year 1 with 7 sites from Florida to Vermont monitoring moths, caterpillars via branch surveys, and frass.
Next year planning to expand to ~20 sites!
Check out our June newsletter where we discuss the most common beetle families found on branch surveys...1/n
Cute little (3 mm) slug caterpillar today on a buckeye leaf.
Gotta look closely to appreciate all the tiny ornate spines!
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and how the representation of those families varies across the map 2/n