How to Get Involved
Anyone can participate in the Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) project.
The easiest way to get involved is to submit your sightings to the BAMONA database. We welcome submissions from citizen scientists, and no experience or species knowledge is needed.
Do you have a clear, high quality close-up photograph of a butterfly, moth, caterpillar, egg, or pupa? If you know when and where your photographs were taken, you can help our data collection project! Simply submit your photograph and some details via our online submission form. A regional coordinator will review your submission and identify it. Your sighting will be added to the database and made available to scientists.
To get started, you will need to register for an account. Registration is quick and easy. Once you are registered, just click the Submit a Sighting button and provide some details about where and when you found the insect. That's it!
After your sightings have been verified, you can also help the project by suggesting photographs for the BAMONA image gallery. Our image gallery features photographs from amateurs and professionals alike, and images are displayed in the main image gallery, on species profiles, on the home page, and other featured locations. When logged in, visit your Manage My Photographs page under the My BAMONA menu and suggest your best images for the gallery.
Do you want to provide additional help? Volunteer to be a photograph editor, and add other users' verified photographs to the image gallery. Contact us for details.
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Please donate!
We depend on donations to keep Butterflies and Moths of North America freely available. We want to express our gratitude to all who showed their support by making a contribution this year. You can donate to support this project at any time.
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Do you have a product or service that you think would interest BAMONA users? If you would like to advertise on this website, contact us by email, or use the contact form and select the "Advertising" category.
Share your Time
We often have tasks that can be completed by volunteers who have little training or experience as lepidopterists. Contact us to have your name added to the list of "on call" volunteers, and tell us a little about what type of volunteer work you would like to do.