The mythos of the researcher

Monitoring – Long-term Value

• The information never goes out of date • The information NOT collected now can NOT be

collected later • I and M data are used many times by many

people • I and M data creates the foundation for Research

and Researchers • The names and legacies of these people are kept

in our memories • Many are NOT professionals

How do we know there are Coqui Frogs in Hawaii?

• Native Crickets?

• Introduced Katydids?

• Etc.?

Counting Crickets with Cell

Phones: How we Harnessed New Yorkers’ Favorite Tool

During the NYC Cricket Crawl

Lou Sorkin, Sam Droege, Elizabeth Johnson,

John Pickering, Tammy Pittman, Emily Sweet

Goals

• Collect scientifically defensible data about “singing” Orthoptera in metro region

– Survey 7 easy to ID species

– Look for Common True Katydid colonies

• William T. Davis mentions them being absent [The True Katydid nearly extinct in New York City] in the early part of last century, published in the Journal of the New York Entomological Society. Vol. 28(1), March 1920)

More Goals

• Engage the public in data collection – have scientific, non-scientific groups, and citizens work

together

– generate excitement and intrigue to lure people into going outside, thinking about nature, and possibly pursuing natural history study

• Test out new citizen science protocols

– people sending in data immediately from the field

– entering and displaying data by the end of the night

More, More Goals

• Integrate art into a scientific venture

• Set an example for what other groups could replicate elsewhere

• Do it for 0 dollars

• Have fun

Quick Overview

• September 12, 2009 – rain date

• Advertised via list serves, facebook, emails, other PR

• Data quality

– selected 7 relatively easy to ID species

– set up website with training materials, audio files

– encouraged group survey (allowing folks to confer on ID)

– expert field confirmation of questionable submissions

Participation

• ~ 400 sites surveyed

• ~ 300 individuals involved – Most people went out in small groups

• Families went home afterwards

• Other people went out to bars afterwards

• Some worked overnight into the morning

• Some ??

Data Submission

• Information submitted: – Observer name, exact location, time, species

heard

• Phone message (converted to .mp3file) or email linked to drop.io box and picked up by workers at Cricket Crawl HQ

• Data entered by people at Cricket Crawl HQ and on the Internet – listen, transcribe

Cricket Crawl Headquarters

Maps of the Results

• Generated by John Pickering at the University of Georgia

• Programmed to update every 10 minutes throughout the night

Map Legend

• Yellow dots are sampling locations

• Red dots are places that recorded that species

Orocharis saltator Jumping Bush Cricket

• Common species

• Potentially some confusion with Snowy Tree Crickets (not included in the survey) and with Fall Field Crickets

• Not mentioned by Davis as present during his time

Orocharis saltator Jumping Bush Cricket

Orocharis saltator Jumping Bush Cricket

Example of Drilling Down to Manhattan Using the Online Mapping

Tool

Drilling Further Down

And Further Down

Clicking on a Dot Shows you the Data and if there was a phone call you can play it to

hear the observer

Gryllus pennsylvanicus Fall Field Cricket

• Common and ubiquitous

• Ground-dwelling

Gryllus pennsylvanicus Fall Field Cricket

Gryllus pennsylvanicus Fall Field Cricket

Pterophylla camellifolia Common True Katydid

• Large clumsy species that appears in small colonies

• Essentially doesn’t fly

• Disappeared from Staten Island in the early part of the last century

• Only reappeared lately (re: Paul Lederer and co. work)

• Unclear how long present on Manhattan

• Distribution clumped, but present in some very small woodlots (re: Marie Winn’s)

• Follow-up to confirm some localities

needed

Pterophylla camellifolia Common True Katydid

Pterophylla camellifolia Common true katydid

Gowanus Expedition

Things People Liked ….

• Being outside at night looking at something they thought they knew, but really didn’t

• Sending in data with their cell phone

• Being part of an event

• Learning about crickets and katydids in general

• Dociostaurus (Dociostaurus) maroccanus (Thunberg, 1815)

• Gomphocerus plebejus Stål, 1861

• Gryllidae

• Anele ulia Otte, Carvalho & Shaw, 2003

• Caconemobius albus Otte, 1994

• Caconemobius anahulu Otte, 1994

• Caconemobius fori Gurney & Rentz, 1978

• Caconemobius howarthi Gurney & Rentz, 1978

• Caconemobius nihoensis Otte, 1994

• Caconemobius paralbus Otte, 1994

• Caconemobius sandwichensis Otte, 1994

• Caconemobius uuku Otte, 1994

• Caconemobius varius Gurney & Rentz, 1978

• Laupala cerasina Otte, 1994

• Laupala eukolea Otte, 1994

• Laupala eupacifica Otte, 1994

• Laupala fugax Otte, 1994

• Laupala hapapa Otte, 1994

• Laupala hualalai Otte, 1994

• Laupala kai Otte, 1994

• Laupala kanaele Otte, 1994

• Laupala kauaiensis Otte, 1994

• Laupala kohalensis Otte, 1994

• Laupala kokeensis Otte, 1994

• Laupala kolea Otte, 1994

• Laupala koloa Otte, 1994

• Laupala kona Otte, 1994

• Laupala lanaiensis Otte, 1994

• Laupala makaio Shaw, 2000

• Laupala makaweli Otte, 1994

• Laupala media Otte, 1994

• Laupala mediaspisa Otte, 1994

• Laupala melewiki Shaw, 2000

• Laupala molokaiensis Otte, 1994

• Laupala neospisa Otte, 1994

• Laupala nigra Otte, 1994

• Laupala nui Otte, 1994

• Laupala oahuensis Otte, 1994

• Laupala olohena Otte, 1994

• Laupala pacifica Otte, 1994

• Laupala paranigra Otte, 1994

• Laupala parapacifica Otte, 1994

• Laupala paraprosea Otte, 1994

• Laupala prosea Otte, 1994

• Laupala pruna Otte, 1994

• Laupala spisa Otte, 1994

• Laupala tantalis Otte, 1994

• Laupala vespertina Otte, 1994

• Laupala waikemoi Otte, 1994

• Laupala wailua Otte, 1994

• Leptogryllus apicalis Perkins, 1910

• Leptogryllus deceptor Perkins, 1910

• Leptogryllus elongatus Perkins, 1899

• Leptogryllus forficularis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895)

• Leptogryllus fusconotatus Perkins, 1899

• Leptogryllus hanaula Otte, 1994

• Leptogryllus haupu Otte, 1994

• Leptogryllus kaala Otte, 1994

• Leptogryllus kainalu Otte, 1994

• Leptogryllus kauaiensis Perkins, 1899

• Leptogryllus kawela Otte, 1994

• Leptogryllus kipahulu Otte, 1994

• Leptogryllus kohala Otte, 1994

• Leptogryllus lanaiensis Otte, 1994

• Leptogryllus luteus Otte, 1994

• Leptogryllus mauiensis Otte, 1994

• Leptogryllus mauumae Otte, 1994

• Leptogryllus molokai Otte, 1994

• Leptogryllus montgomeri Otte, 1994

• Leptogryllus nigrolineatus (Perkins, 1899)

• Leptogryllus nigromaculatus Perkins, 1899

• Leptogryllus oahuensis Otte, 1994

• Leptogryllus ookala Otte, 1994

• Prognathogryllus inexspectatus Perkins, 1899

• Prognathogryllus kahea Otte, 1994

• Prognathogryllus kahili Otte, 1994

• Prognathogryllus kipahulu Otte, 1994

• Prognathogryllus kohala Otte, 1994

• Prognathogryllus kukui Otte, 1994

• Prognathogryllus makai Otte, 1994

• Prognathogryllus makakapua Otte, 1994

• Prognathogryllus mauka Otte, 1994

• Prognathogryllus oahuensis Perkins, 1899

• Prognathogryllus olympus Otte, 1994

• Prognathogryllus opua Otte, 1994

• Prognathogryllus parakahili Otte, 1994

• Prognathogryllus parakukui Otte, 1994

• Prognathogryllus pararobustus Otte, 1994

• Prognathogryllus pihea Otte, 1994

• Prognathogryllus puna Otte, 1994

• Prognathogryllus robustus Perkins, 1899

• Prognathogryllus spadix Otte, 1994

• Prognathogryllus stridulans (Perkins, 1899)

• Prognathogryllus victoriae Otte, 1994

• Prognathogryllus waikemoi Otte, 1994

• Prognathogryllus weli Otte, 1994

• Prolaupala kaalensis Otte, 1994

• Prolaupala kukui Otte, 1994

• Prolaupala perkinsi Otte, 1994

• Thaumatogryllus cavicola Gurney & Rentz, 1978

• Thaumatogryllus conanti Otte, 1994

• Thaumatogryllus mauiensis Otte, 1994

• Thaumatogryllus variegatus Perkins, 1899

• Trigonidium acuste Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium ahiu Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium aka Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium akaka Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium alina Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium alternatum (Perkins, 1899)

• Trigonidium anoe Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium atroferrugineum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895)

• Trigonidium attenuatum (Perkins, 1899)

• Trigonidium awawa Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium awiwi Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium crepitans (Perkins, 1899)

• Trigonidium debile (Perkins, 1899)

• Trigonidium eumeles Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium excultatum Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium exiguum Perkins, 1899

• Trigonidium exuberans Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium filicum (Perkins, 1899)

• Trigonidium flectens Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium fortuitum Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium freycinetiae (Perkins, 1899)

• Trigonidium fritinnium Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium grande (Perkins, 1899)

• Trigonidium haawina Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium halulu Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium hamakua Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium hamumu Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium hapapa Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium haupu Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium hehelo Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium hoahoa Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium hoku Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium holomua Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium hopo Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium huapala Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium hyperkona Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium iao Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium ignavum Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium illex Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium imitans Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium improbum Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium incongruum Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium iuka Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium mahina Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium makani Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium makanina Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium makapala Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium makau Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium malanai Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium mana Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium manuka Carvalho & Otte, 2006

• Trigonidium mauiensis Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium mauka Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium mokuleia Carvalho & Otte, 2006

• Trigonidium molokaiense (Perkins, 1899)

• Trigonidium nani Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium napua Carvalho & Otte, 2006

• Trigonidium nele Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium neogrande Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium neokukui Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium neovarians Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium novagintum Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium novena Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium octavum Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium octonalis Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium ohaka Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium ola Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium olomea Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium ookala Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium opua Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium pahiwa Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium palai Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium paramana Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium paranoe Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium paranoho Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium paraspilos Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium paroctonalis Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium pavida Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium pipili Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium pololu Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium proalina Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium procrustum Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium promana Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium pseudokua Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium pseudoli Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium pseudonoe Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium pudicum Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium puiwa Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium puukani Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium robustum Perkins, 1899

• Trigonidium roseum (Perkins, 1899)

• Trigonidium saltator (Perkins, 1899)

• Trigonidium septimum Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium sextum Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium sibilans Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium silvicola Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium spilos Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium subroseum (Perkins, 1899)

• Trigonidium sylvaticum Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium triens Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium ua Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium ulaino Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium varians (Perkins, 1899)

• Trigonidium venatum Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium virens Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium viridiscens (Perkins, 1899)

• Trigonidium wahoi Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium wai Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium waialina Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium waikua Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium waimea Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium waipuna Otte, 1994

• Trigonidium wiki Otte, 1994

• Myrmecophilidae

• Myrmecophilus (Myrmecophilus) quadrispina Perkins, 1899

• Tettigoniidae

Sam Droege – sdroege@usgs.gov