Two New Beetle Species Identified at NEON Field Site in Hawai’i
Diverse genus of ground beetles inhabiting island volcanoes reaches 241 species with two discovered at National Ecological Observatory Network's Pu'u Maka'ala Natural Area Reserve.
What’s That Beetle? Ask the Algorithm
Can machine learning be used for accurate species identification of beetles and other invertebrates? Researchers using carabid beetle data from the National Ecological Observatory Network created an algorithm that reached 85 percent accuracy on unidentified images. Eventually, they hope machine learning could one day be used to classify unidentified species in NEON bycatch and answer new questions about invertebrate diversity and abundance across North America.