Alitaptap is a free, open world map of firefly sightings. This video shows every record since 1941 glowing on the map: 27,000+ sightings of 320+ firefly species across 16,400+ places. ✨
🗺️ Explore the firefly map: https://alitaptap.org
📍 Log a firefly sighting: https://alitaptap.org/#log
WHAT IS ALITAPTAP?
Alitaptap (the Filipino word for "firefly") is a citizen-science website that maps where fireflies have been seen around the world. Most sightings come from public open data on iNaturalist. The rest are logged by visitors to the site and reviewed before they appear on the map. It is free to use, available in 10 languages, and its sighting data is open to researchers under CC BY 4.0.
WHY IT MATTERS
Fireflies are disappearing in many places because of light pollution, habitat loss and pesticides. A map of where they have been seen, and where they have gone quiet, helps people find them, protect them and notice when they vanish. Many countries still have no sightings on the map. If you live in one, log a firefly and put your place on the map. 🌍
WHY I BUILT IT
My kids have never seen a real firefly. Alitaptap is a one-person project that earns nothing, but I'll keep building it, and next I want it to cover other endangered animals and support conservation initiatives.
☕ Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/jopebo24
💚 Other ways to give (GCash, Maya, QR Ph, PayPal): https://alitaptap.org/blog/en/your-donation-helps-our-firefly-map-grow
🤝 Sponsors and conservation partners: https://alitaptap.org/sponsors
⏱️ CHAPTERS (edit the times to match your video; the first must be 0:00)
0:00 Firefly sightings around the world since 1941 0:15 Zooming into one place
0:30 One firefly sighting up close
0:45 Countries with no firefly sightings yet
QUICK ANSWERS
• Where can I see fireflies? Open the map and zoom into your area: https://alitaptap.org/places • When is firefly season? It depends on your country: https://alitaptap.org/when-to-see-fireflies
• How do I identify a firefly? Answer four questions about its flash: https://alitaptap.org/identify • Where are fireflies disappearing? https://alitaptap.org/where-fireflies-are-disappearing
• Where are fireflies in the Philippines? https://alitaptap.org/fireflies-in-the-philippines 🔗 MORE FROM ALITAPTAP 📋
All sightings: https://alitaptap.org/sightings
🐞 Firefly species guide: https://alitaptap.org/species
🔦 Host a firefly walk: https://alitaptap.org/how-to-run-a-firefly-walk
🎉 Firefly festivals & events: https://alitaptap.org/firefly-events
💬 Firefly comics: https://alitaptap.org/firefly-comics
📰 Firefly stories: https://alitaptap.org/blog
🛍️ Shop: https://alitaptap.org/shop
ℹ️ About: https://alitaptap.org/about
✉️ Contact: https://alitaptap.org/contact
▶️ Watch the full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPGSIFC3t4Bo
Sighting data: iNaturalist community and Alitaptap visitors. Open data under CC BY 4.0.
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