Volunteers wanted to count butterflies. Yes, as they read it. That is the mission. Count Lepidoptera.
Saba González was born in Caldas de Reis, she is passionate about insects and now, as well as a technique of Society for the Conservation and Study of Butterflies in Spain or coordinator of the European Monitoring Program for Diurnal Butterflies in Galicia, she is dedicated to counting butterflies.
It does so through a program launched by the Council of Galicia They intend to census, even if they have an ephemeral life of 15 days, all kinds of butterflies found in the different natural spaces. This is intended to promote citizen science and arouse the interest of the population in the environment.
As an example of a volunteer we find Natalia Lago who, although she was previously interested in the life of butterflies, has become an expert in recent months. In summer she did one of the training courses for volunteers and now all that remains is to wait for spring to start counting butterflies.
In Galicia there are hundreds of different species, it is a place very rich in this type of insects, and they need to be ordered and organized in a census that allows their classification. So if you want to be part of this curious experience, take note and find out on the website parques.naturaisxunta.gal