More Info on Citizen Science Program: What Researchers Need
     
 
Researchers need four pieces of data for each sighting of an adult that seems to have a caterpillar on its wings and for each sighting of a larva:

     1) a photograph of the adult or larva
     2) a photograph of the plant it is on
     3) the location
     4) the date you took the photographs

A data sheet will be provided for you to fill in.

If you can, try to identify the species--including the plant. Identifying a larva may be challenge, but reasearchers especially need information on them!

You try: See if you can see markings that look like a caterpillar on the wings of the adults. Then, see if you can match the adult to its larva.

           
     
           
     
             
     


Image credits:
Euphilotes ellisii ellisii Ellis' Blue: adult © 2008 Kim Davis, Mike Stangeland and Andrew Warren; larva © 2011 Nicky Davis
Heliconius sara theudela Sara Longwing: adult © 2009 Kim Davis, Mike Stangeland and Andrew Warren; larva © 2011 Rudy Dodero
Hamadryas guatemalena marmarice Guatamalan Cracker: adult © 2011 Andrew D. Warren; larva © 2010 Jim P. Brock
Chlosyne fulvia coronado Fulvia Checkerspot: adult © 2009 Jim P. Brock; larva © 2009 Kim Davis and Mike Stangeland
Poladryas minuta minuta Dotted Checkerspot: adult © 2010 Andrew D. Warren; larva © 2011 Jim P. Brock
Eantis papinianus Cuban Sicklewing: adult © 2009 Kim Davis, Mike Stangeland, and Andrew Warren; larva © 2010 Andrei Sourakov