Night moves: Citizen scientists help document Glacier's pollinators
Participants in the Nocturnal Pollinator BioBlitz gather around an illuminated sheet designed to attract moths in Glacier National Park on Saturday, July 29.
Many hands come together to hold a light to a specimen captured during the Nocturnal Pollinator BioBlitz.
Brendan Locke of Pennsylvania and Justin Guerra of California work to illuminate and photograph moths at the Nocturnal Pollinator BioBlitz.
Hannnah Roodenrijs with Glacier National Park leans in to observe insects on an illuminated sheet.
Citizen scientists illuminate a moth captured in an observation cube during the Nocturnal Pollinator BioBlitz.
A waxing gibbous peeked above the treeline as nightfall darkened Glacier National Park on Saturday, July 29. Along Quarter Circle Bridge Road, mercury vapor lights stood like green torches as visitors from across the country, and nocturnal insects attracted to the glow, gathered around...
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