Project Overview

Unified Captive Reared Caterpillar Tracker

Butterflies are in decline across the globe. Conservation strategies for imperiled butterfly species are increasingly utilizing captive propagation facilities to combat dwindling numbers. Populations of butterflies are raised indoors for release. Due to ease of start-up, data is typically recorded onto written data sheets which are later distilled and transcribed into digital records for analysis and archiving. Digital data are usually stored within spreadsheets, rarely databases.

The overall goal of this project is to create a web-based application for data collection and management with regards to butterfly propogation. It's developed specifically for the Island Marble Butterfly but keeps modularity for other species in mind, meant to be used as a tool for different organizations around the world - with Data Input, Reporting, and Usability being the main focus.