Project Update
Greetings butterfly and moth enthusiasts! I would not have predicted when setting this project up in 2014 that less than 8 years later, iNaturalist would have amassed over 10,600 Lepidoptera observations from Nebraska, with 638 species represented. Over 1,400 people have submitted observations, and over 900 people have made at least one identification. What an amazing community of naturalists and what an amazing diversity of species and habitats those records reflect!
Some of you have taken the extra step of joining the project. In case you would like to help further, project members now will have the option of choosing to trust the Lepidoptera of Nebraska project administrators with locations of your observations of native moths and butterflies in Nebraska. If you do not wish to do that, that is completely fine - no pressure. Choosing to share the locations with us will help us make better use of the information but it is by no means required!
Thank you for your passion for conservation of butterflies and moths.
Best wishes,
Rachel Simpson, Nebraska Natural Heritage Program, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
