🦋 EwA Insect Training Webinar Resources [#1 Photographic Survey]

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EwA Insect Photo Survey Training (Recording, Slides & Resources)

Thanks to all of you who could join our first insect survey training (#1), here focused on how to photo document in the context of the EwA Insect Survey Program.

We loved having you with us! Here's what Claire covered (w / access to slides and recording) ↓

Synopsis

 

What we cover with this training (duration: ~ one hour):

• We touch on COVID 19 protocol (as it is time and site-dependent, this will be detailed in our field training)
• We show you the EwA site map and the transects
• We share a few tips about how to take great pics/observations that are scientifically valuable and hot to upload them on iNaturalist
• We brush on wildlife ethics pertaining to the study of insects so that we don't disturb them more than necessary (details in the field training)

Most importantly, the presentation is a resource for our citizen scientists: click on links to see all the details, and don't hesitate to ask any questions in our forums.

📊  Our Slides » https://tinyurl.com/ewa-entomo-photo-survey-class

📹  The Recording of this Talk (now on EwA Youtube channel) » https://youtu.be/BCwcZ6T2cnc

How to Participate in our Insect Surveys

We need You! - Help us help them! EwA runs different projects for you to participate in and make a difference for our friendly urban insects!

If you are interested in conducting insect occurrence, abundance, and habitat surveys at any of EwA's site locations of your choice (see below): Join EwA (Earthwise Aware) a few times a month to survey insects. EwA particularly focuses on entomofauna (insect life), so that they can compare species occurrences and population trends between sites in the region.

🖐️ If you made your choice already here's our volunteer form » https://tinyurl.com/ewa-citsci-volunteer-form

Our Insect Projects:

🦋 [Seeing] Insect Photo Survey: Insect Occurrence and Mapping Project (The topic of this training)

Data platform: iNaturalist

🐛 [Counting] Insect Count Survey: Insect Abundance & Composition Project > see recap here

Data platform: Caterpillars Count

🌻 [Connecting] Insect Connector Survey: Insect-Habitat Project > see recap here

Data Platform: Nature's Notebook

🗺️  EwA Survey Locations: 

□ Middlesex Fells (Winchester, Medford, Stoneham, Melrose areas) » EwA at the Fells Program

□ Fresh Pond (Cambridge) » EwA at Fresh Pond Program

□ Mass Audubon Habitat (Belmont) » EwA at Habitat Program

□ Growing Center (Somerville) » Helping our Urban Insects Project

✉ Question? Contact Claire at citizenscience@earthwiseaware.org
ⓘ About EwA Citizen Science Program » https://tinyurl.com/ewa-citizen-science
$ Free with a value: This event is free, still we need your support. 
🧡  Become an EwA #ScienceForAll Ambassador » Donate at www.earthwiseaware.org/donate