National Moth Week 2024: Greater Austin, TX Project (ALL moth observations for Jul 20-28)
Greetings fellow moth-ers. I put together a project that is all inclusive for moth observations in the Greater Austin, TX (GATX) region for Jul 20-28, National Moth Week 2024. Currently, the species total stands at 500. Great job!
The most interesting numbers to me were moth observations and species by GATX county. Not surprisingly, Travis and Williamson counties, with more people, contributed the bulk of moth observations. And, our public mothing event elevated the Bastrop County numbers nicely. I think the challenge is to hold public moth events in the underrepresented GATX counties, to help local naturalists get excited about these cool nocturnal insects and expand the knowledge of what's out there. Anybody else with me? If so, and you can suggest places to set up in these counties, that would be great.
GATX County (moth observation total, moth species total, population)
Bastrop (733, 214, 106K)
Blanco (5, 5, 12.4K)
Burnet (6, 6, 52.5K)
Caldwell (3, 3, 47.8K)
Hays (29, 22, 269K)
Travis (1715, 295, 1330K)
Williamson (1407, 309, 671K)
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/national-moth-week-2024-greater-austin-tx
P.S. It's not too late to get involved in National Moth Week 2024, as there are many moths that need identifications.
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Nice stats and many thanks for your hard work getting us out there for a dark experience!
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