Lost Ladybug Project
| Founded | 2000 in Ithaca, New York |
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| Type | Non-profit NGO |
| Focus | Conservation, education |
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| Website | www |
The Lost Ladybug Project is a nonprofit organization focused on promoting citizen science and science education to children.[1][2] Its mission is "to help children become confident and competent participants in science, identifying personally with science, so that we develop a generation of adults who are engaged in scientific discussions, policy, and thinking."[3]
History
The Lost Ladybug Project was founded in 2000 when researchers from Cornell University worked with the 4-H Master Gardener program to survey ladybug populations across New York. With the discovery of a rare nine-spotted ladybug in 2006, the Lost Ladybug Project developed research methods and a database to log ladybug observations.[3][4] Granted funding from the National Science Foundation in 2008, the Lost Ladybug Project has counted over 19,900 ladybugs since its inception and is now a nationwide project.[5][6] Researchers and citizen scientists from across the United States submit photographs to the Lost Ladybug Project to help track different ladybug species.
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