Search the repository
Submit to Repository Upload
Search the Site
COMMUNITY:
Project Descriptions

Vanessa Migration Project

January 1, 2001 | Public Programs
The Vanessa Migration Project is a citizen science program that has been active since April 2001 as part of the Red Admiral and Painted Lady Research Site. Citizen observers in North America report their sightings of date, location, flight direction, and other activity of four butterflies of the genus Vanessa (V. atalanta, V. cardui, V. virginiensis, and V. annabella). Objectives include 1) monitoring butterflies and their yearly seasonal distribution; 2) tracking migrations and outbreaks; and 3) studying effects of weather and climatic patterns on butterfly activity.

Project Products

http://vanessa.ent.iastate.edu/ http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citscitoolkit/projects/vanessa/

TEAM MEMBERS

  • Royce Bitzer
    Contact
    Iowa State University
    • Discipline: Climate | Ecology, forestry, and agriculture | Geoscience and geography | Life science | Nature of science
    Audience: General Public | Educators/Teachers | Scientists
    Environment Type: Public Programs | Citizen Science Programs

    If you would like to edit a resource, please email us to submit your request.