Citizen science is a research practice that relies on public contributions of data. The strong
recognition of its educational value combined with the need for novel methods to handle …

Artificial lighting allows humans to be active at night, but has many unintended
consequences, including interference with ecological processes, disruption of circadian …

Light traps are used to make inferences about local macro‐moth communities, but very little
is known about the efficiency with which they attract moths from varying distances, and how …

Light trapping is an ideal method for surveying nocturnal moths, but in the absence of
standardised survey methods effects of confounding factors may impede interpretation of the …

Increasing human populations engender increased changes to natural environments.
Perhaps nowhere are those changes more drastic and severe than those related to the …

Light trapping is the most widely used tool for determining the diversity of nocturnal
Lepidoptera, but UV LEDs have yet to be used as light sources for the large-scale …

Pollinating insects are declining due to habitat loss and climate change, and cities with
limited habitat and floral resources may be particularly vulnerable. The effects of urban …

Moths are abundant and ubiquitous in vegetated terrestrial environments and are
pollinators, important herbivores of wild plants, and food for birds, bats and rodents. In recent …

The abundance of 100 of the most widespread species of macro-moth in the UK and Ireland
was estimated from light-trap records reported to the UK and Ireland Garden Moth Scheme …

Background The vast array of citizen science projects which have blossomed over the last
decade span a spectrum of objectives from research to outreach. While some focus primarily …