Mothu Picchu
In honor of National Moth Week, moth’er Jim Wright posted photos of moths he saw in a recent trip to Peru. Read more
July 21, 2015
NMW in New Hampshire, USA – a guest post by Lucy Golden
My name is Lucy Golden and I live in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. I have always been fascinated by insects, especially moths. Several years ago, my partner, son and I noticed that the numbers of cecropia and promethea moth cocoons in trees in our area were rapidly decreasing. We researched this and discovered …
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Project Noah Fun Fact: the Pine Processionary moth
For every day of National Moth Week, our partner, citizen science website Project Noah will be featuring a fun fact about moths. From Project Noah: The Pine Processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pinivora) is well-known in Europe for its interesting larval behavior. Caterpillars of this moth aggregate, or gather in large numbers, appearing to march like …
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Moth Night in the Meadowlands
Jim Wright published a blog post about the annual moth week event at the New Jersey Meadowlands: Last night’s fourth annual Moth Night in the Meadowlands was a big hit, with a record turnout to see night bugs with the Manhattan skyline in the distance. The folks from National Moth Week provided the lights, sheets …
National Moth Week today – July 21, 2015
There are 92 mothing events being held in 18 countries today, 65 private events and 27 public events. As of today there are a total of 379 participants, from 38 countries, registered for NMW 2015. For more information and to find events in your area check out the NMW map: