At the Future for Butterflies & Moths symposium in Wageningen (3–5 April 2025), MAMBO project coordinator Professor Toke Høye (Aarhus University) delivered a presentation on the use of automated insect camera traps for long-term moth monitoring.

His talk highlighted how emerging technologies can help fill current gaps in insect biodiversity data, with a focus on scalable, non-invasive monitoring methods. The presentation emphasised the importance of cross-project collaboration across Europe, an approach central to MAMBO’s mission of transforming biodiversity monitoring.

The themes of the symposium closely align with findings from a recent MAMBO-led publication, which reviews advancements in image recognition and DNA-based tools for monitoring bees, hoverflies, butterflies, and moths. The paper outlines how camera traps, molecular techniques, acoustic sensors, and lidar technologies are shaping a new generation of insect monitoring tools.