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The Mothbox: An Open Science Tool for Automated Insect Monitoring

Are you curious about your environment and excited about DIY tools to explore it? Join us for this fascinating presentation by Dr. Andy Quitmeyer.
14 Jul 2026
Written by Agamjot Kaur
Event
Mothbox
Mothbox

DATE & TIME: Sunday, July 26  •  4:30 PM - 6 PM

LOCATION: Biotech Without Borders - Long Island City, NY

The Mothbox is a low-cost, high-performance insect monitor. Its power-efficient and lightweight design allows field biologists to deploy it anywhere, even in the depths of the jungle. You can build your own for very little money to study the biodiversity at your home or across an entire landscape! All the physical plans, electronics schematics, Pi Scripts, and insect-IDing Artificial Intelligence are provided free and open source, so you can build, share, and improve on the design.

Andy's talk will highlight the need for landscape-scale insect monitoring, explain the open design of our tool, and teach you how to use it.