Lazarus Archive · LZ-06540

Insect light-trap survey, Northwest, 1970–1988

Northwest Natural History Society, 1970–1988. Research data for scientific instruments.

Description

Nightly counts of moths and other insects from light traps run by volunteers, one of the longest such records in the region.

Provenance

Transferred from the backlog of unread media at a partner archive. The label reads ‘Game saves’. All files were recovered; 38 damaged sectors were rebuilt from redundant data.

Preservation

Fixity (SHA-256)
a979c6f3858c21b1d749107f9744480bdc312629a2dd71edfa4d20710abefa6e
Last verified
Oct 27, 2026, by Vigil
Migrated to
CSV with a data dictionary, with the original files kept
Copies
Three, on two kinds of storage, in two cities
Original carriers
Kept in cold storage in Vancouver

Access

Free, in the Lazarus reading room in Vancouver and in partner reading rooms. Copies may be taken away.

Reading-room copies are migrated to CSV with a data dictionary, with the original files kept. The recovered files are kept exactly as they were found.

Cite as: Northwest Natural History Society, Insect light-trap survey, Northwest, 1970–1988 (1970–1988). Lazarus Archive, LZ-06540.

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