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National Moth Week Is in the Books … Literally!

This month, the new edition of John Himmelman’s classic moth-er’s guide, Discovering Moths: Nighttime Jewels in Your Own Backyard, Eastern North American Species, was published by Rowman & Littlefield just in time for National Moth Week. A follow-up to his 2002 guide, the book features a profile of NMW, including how the idea for a …

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National Moth Week in High Park, Toronto, Toronto Guest post by: Karen Yukich

The annual High Park moth night was held on Thursday, July 23, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 situation, this year’s event was co-sponsored by only High Park Nature and the High Park Moth Study group and had a restricted number of participants, all of whom are regular members of the moth study group. The weather …

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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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Project Noah Fun Fact: Cinnabar moth

In honor of this year’s focus on tiger moths, our partner, citizen science website Project Noah will be featuring a fun fact about the tiger moths (Erebidae: Arctiinae) during National Moth Week. From Project Noah: Yesterday we discussed the ability of some tiger moth species to jam bat sonar. Some tiger moths are also very …

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Introducing LepSnap – Image Recognition for Moths & Butterflies – Guest post by André Poremski

LepSnap is a community field guide, created and edited by those who share a commitment to catalog the 175,000+ species of moths and butterflies around the world. It’s a smartphone app and web platform that uses image recognition AI (Artificial Intelligence) to help identify moths and butterflies (and caterpillars too!) in photos, which can be …

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