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Home of the First ‘Moth Ball’ Still Flying

“Moth Balls” are popular, cleverly named gatherings around the U.S. to watch moths, socialize and eat during National Moth Week.  The first one may have been celebrated at the home of Dave and Shelley Small in Athol, Massachusetts, USA. where Moth Balls predate the founding of National Moth Week. Dave, a longtime member of National …

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Cairns Botanic Gardens in Australia Hosts 65 for Moth Night

By Dave Rentz, Australia Country Coordinator The annual Moth Night was held on an unusually warm and humid night on July 14. The event waspreceded by a Sausage Sizzle. Approximately 65 people attended, most of whom weremembers of the Friends of the Botanic Gardens. Light sheets were set in the rainforest near the entrance to …

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Learn About Project Noah’s Moths of the World Mission in a Virtual Program Sponsored by the East Brunswick Library and FriendsEBEC

Join Michael Sarill of Project Noah at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 14, for a virtual program about thepopular online global community of nature enthusiasts and its collaboration with National Moth Week,which starts July 17.Sponsored by the East Brunswick Public Library in partnership with the Friends of the East BrunswickEnvironmental Commission (FriendsEBEC), the program will be …

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What is an NMW Event? Why is it Important? By Dr. Roger Kendrick

Well, for the “What”, as Ian Morton wrote in 2016 “Anything Goes” So why register your moth “event” for National Moth Week. What is the significance? In short – every single observation counts, by contributing to the “bigger picture”. How?? Citizen science is not new – collection of moth data and bird data from observers …

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Upload your moth observation to iNaturalist

Contributing to National Moth Week with iNaturalist is simple: Download the free iNaturalist app, photograph and make a separate observation for each moth, check that the location and date are correct, and identify each as precisely as you can. It’s ok if you can just get to family. All moths observed between July 18 – …

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Backyard mothing sharing on Twitter & Instagram – Guest post by Tanya Dapkey

Every year since 2016, I have gone to Hildacy Farm Preserve in Media, PA to set up a Moth Night. Natural Lands Hildacy Preserve encompasses 55 acres and is managed by a former graduate classmate of mine, Mike Coll. Mike has spent years working towards eliminating invasive plant species and fostering native ones. When I …

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First but not last… National Moth Week in Las Arrieras Nature Reserve, Costa Rica – Guest post by Dariel Sanabria

Costa Rica is worldwide known by its rich biodiversity. A country full of birds, plants, reptiles, frogs and……. moths! The tropics are home to a vast diversity of this interesting group that is barely known by science. Taking this into consideration, we decided to create a big event for the National Moth Week. The activity …

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Moth Week event at WWF-India – Guest post by Kaustubh Srikanth

We are delighted to share that WWF-India was invited to participate in the National Moth Week, wherein we organized a moth observation and awareness event at the Secretariat on the 24th July, 2019. Two moth setups were placed- one near the entrance of the office, while the other was placed in our office’s Butterfly Garden.  …

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