Knowing when pests might strike is an essential part of any gardener’s strategy to protect their crops from marauding bugs; if only we could predict exactly when they will arrive!
Big Agriculture depends on warning systems for major pests of crops such as corn and soy. Now a citizen science project is working to bring state-of-the-art pest and disease prediction systems to gardeners.
The Big Bug Hunt, a major international research project, is asking gardeners across the United States to report sightings of bugs as they appear this year. In what is possibly the biggest project of its kind, every report will then be analyzed to identify patterns in pest behavior with the ultimate goal of notifying gardeners when pests are heading your way.
Everything from aphids to slugs can be reported and it takes just seconds to register a sighting. Head over to http://bigbughunt.com/ to report a pest or register for updates about the project.
This 'citizen science' research is actually an App builder in the UK using your data to build a product. FYI
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