[steve_adams_86]

Hey Andy, this looks awesome. Nice work!

I think I'd like to get one to track insect diversity and populations in areas where I work on riparian restoration projects. My hope is that when projects are completed, in the following years it'll be evident in the insect data the Mothbox collects. Do you think that's a valid use case? Maybe I'd need more than one to get enough data?

[hikinghack]

Totally! We are using it for farmland and riparian restoration projects here in Panama. Everything is still very nascent, so we don't really have a good idea what amount of mothboxes would constitute "enough data," but the interesting thing about insects vs like mammal camera traps is that like even if two mothboxes are just 200 m apart, you can really see a lot of insect variation!

[steve_adams_86]

This is really interesting. That means I can collect data in places we’ve worked as well as places we haven’t, which should help with understanding what’s improving and what’s not. Hopefully the restoration sites will show improvements in some way or another over time. I’m excited to test this out. Thank you!