National Moth Week on the Rutgers’ Newsroom
National Moth Week is featured this week on the Newsroom website of the School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Click here to read the news report.
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NMW on Encyclopedia of Life podcast
Listen to sounds of National Moth Week on Encyclopedia of Life’s new podcast. Listen to the podcast heck out the extras and meet NMW founders. http://podcast.eol.org/podcast/moths This podcast is part of the One Species at a Time series from the Encyclopedia of Life (eol.org). Hosted by Ari Daniel Shapiro and produced by Atlantic …
Project Noah helps host the inaugural National Moth Week – Guest Post by Jacob Gorneau
The Moths of the World mission at Project Noah was featured as part of the inaugural National Moth Week, which ran from July 23, 2012 to July 29, 2012. Project Noah and National Moth Week promoted appreciation of all moths around the world during the week. If a user contributed a spotting to the Moths …
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Moths in Our Gardens: Five-spotted hawkmoth (tomato hornworm)
The five-spotted hawkmoth or tomato hornworm, feeds on tomato, eggplant, pepper, and other members of the Solanaceae family. Often the larvae of the tomato hornworm are parasitized by wasps and can be found clinging to the stems of tomato plants with white pupae attached to their bodies (left). What’s Cool: The adult moths have stunning …
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Why are moths attracted to flame?
The question everyone wants an answer to: Why are moths attracted to flame? EarthSky.org recently posted an explanation. Read it here.
Moths in Our Gardens: Squash Vine Borer
As its name implies, the squash vine borer, Melitta curcurbitae, targets plants in the family Cucurbitaceae (pumpkin, summer squash, zucchini, etc.). It is a pest to both commercial agricultural operations and home gardeners. What’s cool: Squash vine borer moths have an impressive aposematic coloration; the adult moths resemble a wasp at first glance. The moths …
Guest post: Deb Lievens – NMW in NH
I’m Deb Lievens and I’m an amateur naturalist from New Hampshire who recently discovered moths. So I’ve been studying and photographing moths in two locations in NH, one south and one north. When I found out about National Moth Week, I knew I had to schedule some activities in NH. I planned one public event …
Data from NMW event in Alaska
More about NMW in Alaska from Ken Philip: Here are the determinations for all but one of the moths in the photo I sent you of my catch 27-28 July. These were made by Cliff Ferris. Column #1: 1. Drepana arcuata 2. Eulithis testata 3. Sicya macularia 4. Eulithis xylena 5. Ceratodalia gueneata Column #2: …
The East Texas Natural History Collection’s National Moth Week Lighting Event
On Saturday July 28, 2012 the staff and research associates of the East Texas Natural History Collection at Jarvis Christian College hosted a public event in conjunction with the National Moth Week celebration. Robert J. Nuelle, Jr. wrote about the event, the location, the people and the moths on the East Texas Natural History News …
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Moth Eyes Inspire Medical Imaging Devices
In this article from Fierce Health IT, a group of researchers has been using moth eyes as a model to developed nanoscale materials to improve the light-capturing efficiency of medical imaging devices. Moths have large compound eyes that reflect very little light, helping them to evade predators in the dark. Previous researchers have used moth eyes …