Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bug
Have you ever wondered how the colors of a bug change impact your emotions? If so, we did too and we set out to find answers for our research project.
Have you ever wondered how the colors of a bug change impact your emotions? If so, we did too and we set out to find answers for our research project.
This project examines the population growth of spotted lanternflies at Randall’s Island based on iNaturalist data gathered at the Macaulay annual BioBlitz.
Climate and temperature changes may greatly affect species that depend on environmental cues for reproduction, migration, and hibernation triggers. The purpose of this study was to test if migration patterns of monarch butterflies were affected by changing climates in New York, specifically in Central Park. We hypothesized that in a changing climate, there would be changes to monarch butterfly phenology and their migration patterns. We predicted that if monarch butterflies are responding to a warmer climate by migrating later, then there would be a later decline in the number of sightings. The data we observed does support our hypothesis. Using iNaturalist data, we observed that most sightings of monarch butterflies were recorded in August. Furthermore, through this study, we’ve determined that citizen data is useful and can lead to significant findings.
Japanese Knotweeds are one of the worst invasive species. It’s bullying the surrounding plants to take over NYC. See what effect this plant has on our Biodiversity.
Deep orange butterflies are pretty right? But what gives them their color and how does this affect their migration across the US?
A correlation study between Spotted Lanternfly observations made on iNaturalist and humidity levels and temperature from 2020 to present.
We decided to look into how temperature changes during the winter months due to climate change have affected the bee population in NYC through iNaturalist observations.
How does human population density in NYC affect the pigeon population?
We studied the invasive spotted lanternfly’s presence in NYC parks and its relationship to the also invasive tree-of-heaven.
Research and study of some of the native and non-native species in New York. Focusing more on the spotted lanternfly, milkweed bug, tree of heaven, and milkweed plant.