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The butterfly guide: a mobile tool for natural history education and biodiversity informatics

Butterfly researcher collaborates with computer science students

Butterfly researcher collaborates with computer science students

UC Davis ecology graduate student Melissa Whitaker put out a call for undergraduate computer science students to help on writing a SmartPhone app for butterfly identification. Undergraduates Bryan Maass and Joey Jiron responded, and the three subsequently have collaborated on developing a guide to butterfly identification that soon will be available to the public.

Credits: Courtesy of Melissa Whitaker