The BIOSCAN project is studying the genetic diversity of 1,000,000 flying insects from across the UK over a five year period. Insects from 100 sites are actively being collected on a monthly basis by project partners and then analysed at the Sanger using DNA barcoding. The resulting sequence data will provide a baseline characterisation of insect species diversity over space and time and thus form a much needed resource for DNA-based biomonitoring in the UK.
Lepidoptera
Coleoptera
Hymenoptera
Hemiptera
Diptera
Odonata
Orthoptera
Mantodea
Neuroptera
Blattodea
Trichoptera
Ephemeroptera
Phasmida
Dermaptera
Psocodea
Plecoptera
Megaloptera
Mecoptera
Zygentoma
Thysanoptera
Raphidioptera
Archaeognatha
Embioptera
Siphonaptera
Strepsiptera
Notoptera
Zoraptera
Data Sources
- Images are retrieved from iNaturalist API. They have not been verified by BIOSCAN.
