So far, we’ve got NMW events registered in 27 states! We’re over halfway to having at least one event in every state. For NMW2012, we had events in 49 states and we’re determined to have participation in every state this year. Think we can do it? We’ve also got events in 13 countries and counting …
Moths and other lepidoptera sometimes go to extreme measures to avoid being detected by predators and parasites. This New York Times article details a few predator avoidance strategies that moths employ to avoid being caught, eaten, seen, or parasitized. Some moths use mimicry to trick predators into thinking they are poor food resources such as dead …
We’ve blogged before about moth declines and here’s some more evidence from the UK indicating that moths need conservation attention. A Scientific American blog post recently reported extinctions of 3 moth species and declines for many others in the UK. The three extinct species are the orange upperwing (Jodia croceago), the bordered gothic (Heliophobus reticulata) and …
Mothapalooza (June 14-16, 2013) is a weekend-long Lep appreciation celebration in West Portsmouth Ohio. We’re excited that Mothapalooza has signed on as an official NMW partner! If you are in Ohio, or will be for the weekend of June 14-16, you can register for Mothapalooza here. If not, you should definitely still check out their …
Since 2001 DiversityIndia (http://diversityindia.org/)has been organizing communities to document biodiversity of Indian Subcontinent. It started with a cyber-community on Yahoo groups called ButterflyIndia to talk about Butterflies of India. The discussions began with 25 members and over the years generated more than 1500 members. Very soon the cyber group started meeting together to share and …
Established in 1971, the Xerces Society is at the forefront of invertebrate protection, harnessing the knowledge of scientists and the enthusiasm of local citizens to implement conservation and education programs. Over the past four decades, Xerces has protected endangered species and their habitat, produced ground-breaking publications on insect conservation, trained thousands of farmers and land …
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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