|Spend the time||outdoors| |Location||California United States|
An ant collecting kit provided by the Naturalist Center at the
California Academy of Sciences. Bay Area Ant Survey The Bay Area
Ant Survey is a citizen science program that gives the public a
chance to participate in research by obtaining baseline data for
ants living in local counties. The major goals of this
scientific survey are to identify local species, chart native
ant distributions, and provide baseline data to monitor the
distribution of the invasive Argentine ant. Participants collect
ants and send their ant-filled vial and corresponding data sheet
back to the Naturalist Center at the California Academy of
Sciences. All specimens will be identified and entered in a
database by an Academy entomologist. All results are then
uploaded to AntWeb where the location and identification of the
ants are made public. Your contribution becomes part of the
scientific record!