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NMW event – Moth Dinner Party in Maine

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Liti

The Dustin family in Maine are having a festive moth dinner party with their friends. We are looking forward to photos of moths and people celebrating NMW. Here is the invitation they sent: You and your family are invited to … Continue reading →

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Submitting data and other observations

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Liti

Have you camera ready for Moth Week events! You can submit moth observations to any of our partner organizations . Discover Life, BAMONA and Project Noah introduce a special category for NMW, see below. More information on these and other … Continue reading →

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National Moth Week Partners with BAMONA for Data Collection

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Liti

Butterflies and Moths of North America (www.butterfliesandmoths.org) is excited to partner with National Moth Week (NMW).  Our website provides easy online submission of your backyard photographs, and we encourage all NMW participants to create a free account and to submit … Continue reading →

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Moth Money!

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Liti

It’s this simple: Get an album. Take photos of moths (and photos marking the time and place you found them). Upload photos to your album.  Tag with location. Do it better than anyone else — collect your money!  Discover Life … Continue reading →

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Moth data collection – why and how

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Liti

National Moth Week offers an unparalleled opportunity to contribute meaningful scientific data about moths. We encourage data collection and high quality photographic documentation of moths during National Moth Week for anyone interested in this important endeavor. Obtaining voucher specimens for … Continue reading →

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New mothing tools and upcoming events from Discover Life

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Liti

Discover Life  recently published some exciting new tools for analysis of moth data. Check out the Simple protocol for monitoring moths. Please also see: 1) An example of the new phenology tool.  This page compares across years the dates when … Continue reading →

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So You Want To Photograph Moths?

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Other

       National Moth Week will soon be here and hopefully many a backyard will be glowing with either a Mercury Vapor or Ultra Violet bulb. Most importantly, will you be photo cataloging this event? If yes, one might want to … Continue reading →

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Meet our partners – BAMONA

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Liti

What is BAMONA? The Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) project is ambitious effort to collect and provide access to quality-controlled data about butterflies and moths. The project is hosted by the Butterfly and Moth Information Network and is … Continue reading →

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Meet our partners – Discover Life

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Liti

Discover Life‘s mission is to assemble and share knowledge in order to improve education, health, agriculture, economic development, and conservation throughout the world. We provide free on-line tools to identify species, share ways to teach and study nature’s wonders, report … Continue reading →

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Statement on Collecting – The Lepidopterists’ Society

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Liti

Adopted by the Executive Council: 13 June 1996, Houston, Texas The Lepidopterists’ Society affirms that collecting Lepidoptera is one of many legitimate activities enabling professional and avocational lepidopterists to further the scientifically sound and progressive study of Lepidoptera and education … Continue reading →

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