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We found a new wasp! Students are discovering insect species through citizen science
The Conversation, Vol.21 March 2025
2025
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Abstract
Playgrounds can host a variety of natural wonders – and, of course, kids! Now some students are not just learning about insects and spiders at school — they are putting them on the map and even discovering and naming new species.
Studies indicate insect populations are declining, and species are going extinct every week in Australia. But scientists have only described about a third of Australia’s estimated total of insect species.
Details
- Title
- We found a new wasp! Students are discovering insect species through citizen science
- Authors
- Andy G Howe - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Forest Industries Research CentreErinn P. Fagan-Jeffries - The University of AdelaidePatrick O'Connor - The University of AdelaideTrang Thi Thu Nguyen - The University of Adelaide
- Publication details
- The Conversation, Vol.21 March 2025
- Publisher
- Conversation Media Group
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.64628/AA.wm7cuqt6j
- ISSN
- 2201-5639
- Copyright note
- © The Conversation Media Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Organisation Unit
- Forest Industries Research Centre
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991122150102621
- Output Type
- Magazine article
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