This is a green lawn between the Natural History Museum and a busy street in Berlin. Here, as if in a forest, butterflies flutter, bees and wasps fly, and beetles crawl. Nature spots like these throughout Germany will soon become sites for insect counting.
The project called “Summer of Insects” was launched by the Union for the Conservation of Nature and Biodiversity of the country. Anyone can participate.
People are asked to count the insects they see within a radius of ten meters from themselves for an hour. The study can be carried out in a forest, park, on a city street, in your garden or even on a balcony where there is vegetation.
Insects are an important component of the ecosystem. They pollinate plants and also serve as food for birds, amphibians and small mammals. And when they die, they become organic fertilizer for the soil.
The organizers invite project participants to use the application or print a special form. They can be used to identify insects. Then you need to write down how many of them were found.
“Summer of Insects” takes place twice a year – from May 31 to June 9 and from August 2 to 11. Many are willing to join the study.
