AntNupTracker 2.1.0
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Publisher Description
Ants are social insects that live in colonies. A queen spends her life laying eggs, most of which grow into workers. During a short period of the year, when it is time to start new colonies, some eggs grow into virgin males and queens that are winged. These virgin males and queens participate in nuptial flights where they form a mating ball in the air. Males from one colony mate with queens from other colonies. After mating, the males die. The newly-mated queens rip off their wings and search for new homes to start their colonies.
Our project has two goals. First, we want to enable scientists to use the timing of ant nuptial flights to monitor environmental changes on a global scale. Second, we want to help people collect ants in a less destructive and disruptive manner.
To achieve these goal, we have developed AntNupTracker as a tool for reporting ant nuptial flights from the field. Using this app, we are building an open and publicly-accessible database of ant nuptial flight records. This database can either be browsed in the app, online or downloaded in the format of your choice. Whether you are a beginner or a professional myrmecologist, we invite you to share in our passion for ants and contribute to this citizen science project!
FEATURES:
- Record ant nuptial flights
- Record genus, species, date and time of flight
- If species cannot be identified, "Unknown" option exists
- Using location services, flights can be reported from the field (wifi or data required)
- Time and location of flight can be manually entered to allow reporting of archived data
- Upload an image of the flight in order to provide better validation for the species identification
- View ant nuptial flight records recorded by other users
- Filter flight list by genus and species, date of flight, and more
- Comment on flights uploaded by other users
- Flight data can be validated by professional myrmecologists
- Get notifications about specific species
LICENSE:
This binary is licensed under Apple’s Standard License Agreement. However, the source code is licensed under the GNU GPLv3 with App Store Exception. The full text of the license can be found on our website (https://www.antnuptialflights.com/app-license/).
All user-uploaded content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
Weather information is provided by OpenWeather™ (https://openweathermap.org/), which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL) (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/).
TAXONOMY LIST:
The list of genera and species presented in the app (last updated summer of 2019) is copied from AntWiki's "Category:Extant species" (https://antwiki.org/wiki/Category:Extant_species) and can be downloaded at https://www.antnuptialflights.com/taxonomy/. In keeping with the original licensing, this list is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
Enjoy recording nuptial flight data!
Aug 3, 2022
Version 2.1.0
This release features a few improvements:
- This release introduces the ability for users to edit their profile descriptions and institutional affiliations.
- We have also improved how the taxonomy is loaded from the server so that it will take less time on the first app launch and after taxonomy updates.
- Finally, we have added more prominent attribution and information about OpenWeather™, the service we use to get weather at flight locations.
About AntNupTracker
AntNupTracker is a free app for iOS published in the Kids list of apps, part of Education.
The company that develops AntNupTracker is Benjamin Rudski. The latest version released by its developer is 2.1.0.
To install AntNupTracker on your iOS device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2022-08-03 and was downloaded 3 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the AntNupTracker as malware if the download link is broken.
How to install AntNupTracker on your iOS device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to the App Store.
- Once the AntNupTracker is shown in the iTunes listing of your iOS device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the GET button to the right of the app to start downloading it.
- If you are not logged-in the iOS appstore app, you'll be prompted for your your Apple ID and/or password.
- After AntNupTracker is downloaded, you'll see an INSTALL button to the right. Tap on it to start the actual installation of the iOS app.
- Once installation is finished you can tap on the OPEN button to start it. Its icon will also be added to your device home screen.
