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NINESPOTS


Campaign, 
Web Design Awareness campaign to spotlight the endangered New York nine-spotted ladybug species. Ninespots is a speculative local NYC initiative dedicated to raising awareness about the native nine-spotted ladybug species while supporting conservation and environmental efforts.









Connecting nine spots on native ladybugs to various “nines” that New Yorkers experience, increasing awareness and a New York association with the species.









The Nine-spotted Ladybug was once thought to be extinct until a child discovered one.

Help from the general public is essential to conservation efforts. This student learned about the native nine-spotted ladybug in class, and his discovery kickstarted major funding for the research and conservation of the ladybug species.

Entomologists at Cornell can identify the different species, but there are too few of them to sample in enough places to find the really rare ones. The community, especially New York residents, can help by uploading ladybug sightings to Ninespot’s citizen monitoring program.

Ninespots is an iniative derived by the Lost Ladybug Project at Cornell University.











Continuing education initiatives for families.

Educational game to teach students about the nine-spotted ladybug. In collaboration with game designer Amanda Powell.











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