![]() We added 185 Vermont records from the Lost Ladybug Project and uploaded them to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) through the Vermont Atlas of Life IPT server. This is coupled with over 400 verified photo-observations comprising 20 Lady Beetle species that community naturalists have reported to the Vermont Atlas of Life on iNaturalist that are also shared with GBIF. Spurred on by this old document, we began to assemble as much data as possible. First, we digitized 201 records covering 37 species reported in the historic document. But there was little information readily available from Vermont. Since at least the 1980s, native Lady Beetles that were once very common across the Northeast have become rare or have even gone missing. Recently, we unearthed a 43 year old document – Lady Beetles: A Checklist of the Coccinellidae of Vermont.The authors listed the first and last date each species was collected in Vermont and the total number of specimens known, a snapshot of Lady Beetle life in Vermont prior to 1976. When we find it, our mission is to save it from potentially being lost in the dustbin of history. Here at the Vermont Atlas of Life we’re always on the lookout for historic biodiversity data. Verified lady beetle species shared with the Vermont Atlas of Life on iNaturalist.
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