Insect Investigators

Insect Investigators is a citizen science project that partnered with regional schools across South Australia, Queensland, and Western Australia. Fifty regional schools surveyed their local insect biodiversity using a Malaise trap (a flight intercept trap) for four weeks in March 2022. The insect samples were then sorted and processed, and around 14,000 insect specimens were chosen to be DNA barcoded at the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics in Guelph, Canada. The insect specimens were returned to Australia and made available to taxonomists. Many schools have found undocumented species that they are working with taxonomists to scientifically name and describe. Insect Investigators provides resources for teachers to include entomology and taxonomy in the classroom and plans to continue working with school students to better understand and document insect diversity all over Australia. Insect Investigators received funding from the Australian Government and is a partnership between many organizations including the South Australian Museum, The University of Adelaide, the University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland Museum, Western Australian Gould League, Western Australian Museum, the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, South Australian Science Teachers Association, and Australian Entomological Supplies.

昆虫调查者（Insect Investigators）是一项公民科学项目，与澳大利亚南澳大利亚州、昆士兰州及西澳大利亚州的多家地区学校开展合作。2022年3月，50所地区学校使用马来氏诱捕器（Malaise trap，一种飞行拦截诱捕器）开展了为期四周的本地昆虫生物多样性调查。随后，科研团队对采集到的昆虫样本进行分拣与处理，并选取约14000份昆虫标本，送往加拿大圭尔夫的生物多样性基因组学中心（Centre for Biodiversity Genomics）开展DNA条形码分析。完成分析后，这批昆虫标本被送回澳大利亚，供昆虫分类学家使用。多所参与项目的学校已发现未被正式记录的昆虫物种，目前正与分类学家合作，对这些物种进行科学命名与形态描述。昆虫调查者（Insect Investigators）为教师提供配套教学资源，以便将昆虫学与分类学内容融入日常课堂教学，并计划持续与在校学生合作，以更全面地了解并记录全澳范围内的昆虫生物多样性。该项目获得澳大利亚政府资助，合作方涵盖多家科研与教育机构，包括南澳大利亚博物馆、阿德莱德大学、阳光海岸大学、昆士兰博物馆、西澳大利亚古尔德联盟、西澳大利亚博物馆、生物多样性基因组学中心（Centre for Biodiversity Genomics）、南澳大利亚科学教师协会以及澳大利亚昆虫学用品公司。

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Insect Investigators是一个公民科学项目，与澳大利亚三个州的50所地区学校合作，通过马氏网采集昆虫样本并进行DNA条形码测序，旨在教育学生并促进昆虫多样性研究。项目采集了约14,000份标本，发现了未记录物种，并计划继续与学校合作，以推动全澳昆虫多样性的理解和记录。