About The Insectmobile

Have you ever wondered what the species of insects that hit your windscreen you are driving your car on a summers day? Or what species of insects that are fly around your neighbourhood? Are they big or small and do they prefer one area from another? 

You can help scientists at the Natural History Museum of Denmark to find the answers to these questions, and at the same time to get a better understanding of the distribution and diversity of flying insects in Denmark.

The Insectmobile is a research project at the National History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, with the goal to investigate the diversity of flying insects in Denmark. In the summer of 2018, 2019 and 2020 almost 400 volunteers collected flying insects using large custom made insect nets mounted on the roof of their cars.

The Insectmobile ended in 2022, but we hope to be back and do more collections. Stay tuned!