UCCS along with about 80 other research teams from across Canada and the US are tracking insect abundance. Samples will be gathered from Malaise traps from 2023-2025. This robust sampling will allow us to detect a 5% decline in insects.

Past sampling performed by Dunn et al. 2023 revealed large-scale geographic and phenological variation in insect biomass and abundance. This current study expands the number of sampling locations.