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National Moth Week 2015, July 18-26, Invites Citizen Scientists to Celebrate Moths

This year’s event to spotlight hawk moths, sphinx moths in Sphingidae family Registration is in full swing for the fourth annual National Moth Week 2015 (NMW) July 18-26, a global citizen-science project that celebrates the beauty, diversity and ecological importance of moths. This year, National Moth Week will spotlight the Sphingidae family of moths found …

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Moth Week event at Jefferson County Park in Jefferson Co, Iowa

Moni Hayne organized a moth week event at Jefferson County Park on July 27, 2012: Naturalist Therese Cummiskey hosted our moth night with 1st session starting at 10:30pm, 2nd starting at 11:45pm. Moni Hayne, local entomologist discussed basic information about moths. Handouts of moth silhouettes were passed out and a slide show of local moths …

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Meet NMW supporters – Miami Blue Chapter and Broward County Butterfly Chapters of North American butterfly Association (NABA)

Lepidoptera are estimated to be about 80% moths and 20% butterflies. Although huge in numbers of species, moths, largely nocturnal, have taken a back seat to their typically more colorful diurnal butterfly cousins in our imaginations, enthusiasm, and culture. National Moth Week may be the beginning of our appreciation of our moths — their fantastic …

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Welcome aboard – Dan Ford has joined the NMW team

National Moth Week is pleased to announce that Dan Ford has joined our team. Dan is a recent graduate of the University of Delaware with a Bachelor of Science in Entomology, Agriculture and Natural Resource Studies, and Wildlife Ecology. Dan is currently employed as an Environmental Scientist with EcolSciences, Inc., an environmental consulting firm in Rockaway, …

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