Bugs Matter app

Bugs Matter App is a new application that can track bug splats on the car number plates to help the UK scientists to study the dwindling numbers of insect population. This was developed following a 2019 study analysing car registration plates after trips in Kent found a 50 per cent decline in splatted bugs when compared to 2004.

The new app will enable people enter the total number of bug splats in the number plates. It also tracks location and time data for accurate understanding of these bugs’ distribution. The collected information will help researchers to better understand the health of insect population and the overall environment.