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National Moth Week Welcomes Ali Akbar Rafi as Country Coordinator for Bangladesh

National Moth Week is pleased to welcome Ali Akbar Rafi as the new country coordinator for Bangladesh. Ali is currently studying for his bachelor’s degree in zoology at Jagannath University in Dhaka. He describes himself as a “dedicated and enthusiastic student with a strong commitment to academic excellence and personal growth … consistently seeking opportunities …

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Mapping and Moths Are a Perfect Combination for Jamie Lubov

  Jamie Lubov is a self-described “passionate individual with a deep love for the natural world,” Currently pursuing a double major at Rutgers University in plant biology and ecology and natural resources, Jamie also is studying GIS mapping, with an eye on earning a certificate in it.   As someone who’s also raised caterpillars to …

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Meet Aundrea Schneider , Country Coordinator for Canada

National Moth Week welcomes Aundrea Schneider of Ontario, Canada, an outdoor educator and wilderness skills instructor, as the country coordinator for Canada. Aundrea, who has been participant in National Moth Week since 2014, tells us about herself: “Since childhood, I’ve spent so much of my time in the forests and lakes that I’ve met countless …

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Meet Julian Ibarra: Putting National Moth Week ‘on the map!’

If you’ve recently checked out the events map for National Moth Week 2022, you’ll notice it’s clearer and easier to navigate and find events in your state or country. The improvements are the work of our new GIS mapping specialist, Julian Ibarra, who joined the team this spring to help with mapping NMW events around …

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Meet Yahel Ben-Zvi: National Moth Week’s First USA Student Coordinator

Meet Yahel Ben-Zvi: National Moth Week’s First USA Student Coordinator
National Moth Week welcomes Yahel Ben-Zvi as its first USA student coordinator. In this newly created position on the NMW team, Yahel will be cultivating interest in NMW among college and university students across the country.
Yahel, 22, graduated in 2021 from the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences with a double major in entomology and plant science. He just completed his first year in the school’s Ph.D. program in entomology. His research focuses on how landscape changes and domestication of agricultural crops have affected the attraction of beneficial insects, such as pollinators and predators/parasitoids to the plant’s volatile compounds. This summer, he is doing fieldwork in the cranberry bogs of New Jersey’s Pine Barrens.
As a child growing up in East Brunswick, Yahel attended events held by the Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission, which established National Moth Week in 2012 under the leadership of David Moskowitz and Liti Haramaty.
“I’ve been to several mothing events since black-light trapping is a very popular method of collecting insects,” he said. “When Liti Haramaty approached me about working with NMW, I thought ‘Oh wow, that’s pretty cool.’ I didn’t know it was so global.”
Yahel says his role in National Moth Week is “very connected to what I do.”
“As a student in the USA studying entomology, I have been in contact with people from the Entomology Society of America in order to spread the word about NMW among students of other universities.”
He notes that the society’s meetings are the biggest entomology events for students across the country, and he hopes to leverage his connections in his new role with NMW.

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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Meet Hamadé Sanga, Country Coordinator for Burkina Faso

Hamadé offers a glimpse of his country of Burkina Faso, a landlocked nation in the heart of West Africa with an area of approximately 274,000 square kilometers and an estimated population of 21,510,181. The capital of the country is Ouagadougou. Formerly known as the Republic of Upper Volta, it has a young population, with 79 …

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