Spring is here in the Northern Hemisphere and the world of insects will explode!!!
Part of our initiative at @bhrc.bsky.social with #CaterpillarsCount.

A fantastic global initiative that is now in South Asia due to our work through COMPASS

#birdfood #birdmigration #winter #summer #spring

Third caterpillar of the year, dangling from a recently leafed out red maple.

Can’t wait to start some branch surveys!

Join us!

#CaterpillarsCount

caterpillars.unc.edu

Article pdf can be read in full through the link below 🦋

#teammoth #mothsmatter #caterpillarscount #Lepidoptera

Tiny school works to save extremely rare 'flying jewel' butterfly It's the size of a 10-cent piece and matures under the guard of protective ants, but the purple copper butterfly needs more help to survive — and a group of NSW primary school students has stepped up ...

A fascinating story about the endangered Purple Copper Butterfly (Paralucia spinifera), it’s mutualistic relationship with a species of ant, and the efforts of one primary school to save it 🦋🐜

#ausinverts #wildoz #butterfly #caterpillarscount #conservation #nature

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

With these 2-day old chickadee nestlings, the parents have been busy!

#CaterpillarsCount

Learn how to track #insect #birdfood at our last webinar of #CitSciMonth this Wed @ 12p ET

caterpillarscount.UNC.edu/getStarted

#CitizenScience #CommunityScience #ParticipatoryScience approaches like this are crucial for insights into large-scale trends.

Keep conducting those butterfly surveys, submitting @inaturalist.bsky.social observations, and consider learning more about #CaterpillarsCount caterpillarscount.unc.edu!