citizen science

The extent of the mosquito population is being understood thanks to a successful citizen science project.

Dr Georgia Kirby leads the citizen science project and said public reporting has guided where they hang the traps, which can sometimes catch more than 1,000 mosquitoes in just two days.

We didn’t analyze whether these metrics explain attention to species among citizen science efforts, so I can’t make any definitive statements about that.

However, there have been some studies assessing potential bias in citizen science efforts, for example among birds and butterflies.

This included data from citizen science programmes like the North American Butterfly Association's Fourth of July counts.