Danish Butterflies and Moths 2020 Challenge

At the Natural History Museum of Denmark, we are digitizing the Danish collection of butterflies and moths. A collection of about 2 million specimens covering a recording span of more than 300 years. It is a huge challenge!
As a pilot, we have captured the specimens and labels of nearly 4.000 butterflies and moths as high quality images. Now we ask the public to help us transcribe the old handwritten labels that hold important information on when and where each specimen was collected. Thereby the scientific value of the database increases tremendously. The collections may serve analytical purposes for research, also in a global context through the sharing of this data in www.gbif.org. Our goal is simple: Each and very label is to be transcribed before the end of 2020, so that we can share and make even better use of our biodiversity data.

Join us! Discover our collections, take up the challenge and help us reach the goal.